Meet Lucas Rojas, the 16-year-old Miami student who turned one inclusive kickball game into a six-team league with 40+ players and 60+ teen volunteers, then won a $10,000 national young hero prize

Lucas Rojas, the 16-year-old Miami student who turned one inclusive kickball game into a six-team league with 40+ players and 60+ teen volunteers (Image Credit: Christopher Columbus High School) A single kickball game gave 16-year-old Miami student Lucas Rojas an idea that grew far beyond one afternoon on the field. What began as a chance…

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Built in 1951, Gavin Newsom’s San Francisco childhood home listed for $4.5 million after renovation; property was owned by his maternal grandfather and sold by family in the 1970s

Gavin Newsom’s San Francisco childhood home is on the market for $4.5 million, decades after his family sold the property. (Photo: Getty/Kit Castagne, Arbor Visual Media) California Governor Gavin Newsom’s San Francisco childhood home has hit the market for $4.5 million, decades after his family sold the property. Newsom lived in the two-level house for…

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Widow of Indian-origin pilot killed in helicopter accident minutes after their wedding in Georgia sues venue, chopper company: She was trapped under her dead husband for hours

Widow of Dave Fiji, an Indian-origin Delta pilot who died in a helicopter crash minutes after his wedding, filed a lawsuit against the helicopter company. Four months after Dave Fiji, an Indian-origin Delta pilot, lost his life in a helicopter crash minutes after his wedding, Jesni Sam, the Georgia bride who survived the crash, has…

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In New York, 29 million discarded glass bottles were ground into concrete for JPMorgan Chase’s 60-storey headquarters; replacing 40% of its cement cut over 5,000 tons of carbon and enhanced concrete strength

A massive skyscraper rising in Midtown Manhattan has turned tens of millions of used waste bottles into part of its structural support. The project shows how city waste can replace carbon-heavy building materials on a large commercial scale. Workers used special concrete containing ground recycled glass in the foundation and floor slabs of JPMorgan Chase’s…

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CNN, MS NOW, Politico seek emergency hearing after White House denies access despite court order | World News

CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied White House access despite court order/Image: Reuters CNN, MS NOW and Politico have asked a federal court for an emergency hearing after their reporters were denied entry to the White House despite a judge ordering the Trump administration to restore their access.US District Judge Timothy Kelly had issued an…

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In 1999, Mariah Carey paid $9 million for two Tribeca apartments, combined them into a 12,728-sq-ft triplex and had Mario Buatta design the interiors; 27 years later, the penthouse is asking $27 million

Carey purchased two apartments in the building in 1999 for a combined $9 million. The units occupied three floors and were subsequently joined to create a single residence measuring approximately 12,728 square feet. Mariah Carey’s Tribeca penthouse has always been more than a New York home. It is a lavish snapshot of the singer’s larger-than-life…

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Meet Natalie Flaherty, the Minnesota girl who turned a 2023 Halloween idea into an anti-hate campaign distributing 100,000+ bracelets across 50+ countries; now the 12-year-old has won a $10,000 national Young Hero prize

Natalie Flaherty, a 12-year-old from Minnesota who distributed over 100,000 anti-hate bracelets, is one of this year’s Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes winners. The tween won the $10,000 award for her global initiative, ‘I Stand with Anne’, which aims to transform Holocaust remembrance into daily action. The bracelets she made read, “I Stand With…

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19-year-old lost his lamp in an Australian cave in 1953, survived three days, became a NASA scientist; 68 years later, students found the lamp still hanging | World News

Professor Brian O’Brien and the carbide lamp he lost inside an Australian cave in 1953. Image: ABC Brian O’Brien was 19 when he entered the Yarrangobilly Caves in New South Wales in December 1953 with fellow caver Fred Stewart, but a short exploration turned into a three-day fight for survival. The pair became separated inside…

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