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In 2020, Isaac French, 27, and his family purchased a train car that had been sitting abandoned on a neighbor’s farm in Deary, Idaho. They paid just $3,000. Train car number 306 was built in the 1900s and originally ran on the Washington Idaho & Montana Railway from 1909 until the 1950s. When the family got […]
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Khor Kalmat, Pakistan [25.412836978, 64.05686092] What’s in the photo? A vibrant blue lagoon in a harsh desert environment Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8 When was it taken? June 9, 2014 This striking, false-color satellite photo of Pakistan’s Khor Kalmat lagoon shows how the tidal body of water helps […]
Singapore’s adaptation of South Korean hit game show “I Can See Your Voice” invites viewers to solve a musical mystery alongside some of the nation’s most beloved entertainers. The show enlists resident celebrity detectives Benjamin Kheng, Gurmit Singh, Najip Ali and Xixi Lim to assist — or mislead — contestants in their decisions. The series […]
In a season that’s seen everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Mariah Carey, Lauren Sánchez, and Heidi Klum hit Aspen’s slopes, shops, and après-ski scene, Bella Hadid and her boyfriend Adan Banuelos have dropped in to bring the yeehaw to the celebrity-favored festive destination. The couple were spotted just prior to New Year’s Eve, leaving Nobu’s […]
“If you excuse me — I can show you my deck,” Arthur says, darting upstairs. Moments later, he returns with a stack of Pokémon cards 5 inches high. “This is Code Breaker,” he explains. “It puts two of any card on top of your deck. It’s handy.” As he shuffles through the stack, explaining each […]
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper jumped into their old rapport quickly during CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live,” with the two hosts and real life BFFs teasing each other and breaking out the booze. Cohen brought tequlia for shots for the hosts to take on the hour. While Cooper, a light drinker, took the first shot […]
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Monday, with Kyiv bringing home 189 former captives, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Zelenskiy thanked the United Arab Emirates and other partners for facilitating the swap. “The return of our people from Russian captivity is always very good […]
Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner’s support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms. The platform grew out of […]
New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship.
