The former CEO of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain has listed his Palm Beach oceanfront estate for $96 million. Leonard Riggio’s contemporary-style house is among the most expensive single-family homes ever marketed for sale in the “multiple listing service,” records show. The Riggios have longtime ties to New York. Leonard Riggio’s career as a bookseller […]
(Bloomberg) — There’s a growing list of institutional investors in Europe who are stripping oil and gas stocks out of their portfolios, in a move they say reduces the risk of ending up with stranded assets and financial losses. Most Read from Bloomberg The latest to do so is PFA, Denmark’s largest commercial pension fund […]
The income limit for seniors, disabled, or service-connected disabled veterans to qualify for a property tax exemption jumped across Washington state this year, and the number of individuals applying for the break has dramatically increased in Kitsap County through the first half of 2024. The Washington State Legislature passed the Substitute House Bill 1355 in […]
Now that Barron Trump is a class of 2024 high school graduate, which college will the youngest son of Donald Trump attend? Barron Trump, the only child of former president Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump, received his high school diploma just over a month ago − May 17, 2024, from Oxbridge Academy […]
Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion. The International Union for Conservation of Nature released its latest Red List of Threatened Species on […]
In a concerning development for coffee enthusiasts, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a nationwide recall of nearly 300 types of canned coffee products. This affects a wide range of brands and coffee roasters, initiated by Snapchill LLC, based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The coffee company’s voluntary recall comes after it was […]
Want to camp under the stars, enclosed by mountains, with the sounds of the Rio Grande River putting you to sleep? Terlingua, Texas is the place to go. In fact, it’s the No. 2 place in the U.S. for RV camping. A recent study, sponsored by State Farm and camping app The Dyrt, looked at […]
Industrial action by Aer Lingus pilots will begin on Wednesday, with 270 flights already cancelled by the airline. A resolution to the bitter dispute over pay does not look imminent after the Labour Court told both sides it would not be intervening at the present time. Tens of thousands of passengers’ flights have been cancelled […]
Two popular pizzerias in Massachusetts and Vermont have made the New York Times’ list of “Best Pizza Places in the United States.” “There are great pizzerias virtually everywhere in the United States, from small New England towns to the Mississippi Delta to rural Iowa to Los Angeles to Alaska,” the New York Times reported on […]
It’s not exactly a secret that Donald Trump hopes to exact revenge on his domestic foes if voters give him a second term. NBC News reported earlier this month, “Fresh off his historic guilty verdict in New York, Trump’s public comments … have increasingly focused on the idea of ‘retribution’ against his enemies if he […]
HILLSDALE COUNTY — The Hillsdale County Clerk’s Office has officially released a full list of every proposal that will appear on the Aug. 6 state primary ballot for Hillsdale County. While a majority of the proposals are continuances of millages enacted in the past, the list includes a proposal for a new millage levy to […]
Rupert Murdoch and his new wife Elena Zhukova have been named among the famous couples to make the top 10 of the Social Power Index. The annual list, which is described by Tatler as “an annual report into where the real power lies in British society”, last year Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla were […]