A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the city of Portland, Oregon, in response to a lawsuit on Saturday, Oct. 4, according to Reuters and CNN. The ruling came from Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, who blocked the president from sending troops at least until October 18, stating there was no evidence that recent protests had escalated to the level of a rebellion or seriously interfered with law enforcement. “The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts,” Immergut wrote. The White House said it would appeal. Oregon’s Democratic Attorney General, Dan Rayfield, filed a lawsuit on September 28, just…
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Bans on this landscaping tool continue to spread across the US.
As fall arrives, with its falling leaves, many cities and states are cracking down on gas-powered leaf blowers. Over 200 local jurisdictions and several states have already banned or restricted their use, encouraging people to switch to electric alternatives. This shift is driven by environmental concerns, as gas-powered blowers contribute to noise pollution and air quality issues. The movement is gaining traction. Arlington County, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., is considering a year-round ban on these machines. Meanwhile, in New York, a bipartisan bill that would offer rebates for electric lawn equipment passed the state Senate. Although it didn’t make it through the Assembly before the legislative session ended, supporters…
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Chuck Feeney
In the 1980s, Chuck Feeney was a hidden billionaire. As co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers, he had the wealth to live in castles and fly private jets. But his reality was very different. He lived in a modest rented apartment, carried papers in a plastic bag, and wore a simple Casio watch. Friends said he was happiest blending in, never showing signs of his immense fortune. Behind the scenes, Feeney was quietly giving it all away. In 1982, he launched Atlantic Philanthropies, and just two years later, transferred his entire stake in his company to fund it. Over the next four decades, he donated more than $8 billion — supporting…
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My Cat Saved My Life
I’m not usually one for dramatic stories, but what happened the other night still has me shaken — and deeply grateful. It was late, and I had just climbed into bed. The house was quiet, and I was moments away from falling asleep when my cat, Max, suddenly burst into the room. He’s vocal by nature, but this was different. He was yowling, his eyes wide, tail puffed, darting around my room like he was trying to get my attention — not just for food, but for something urgent. I’d never seen him behave like this before. At first, I assumed he was just being his usual hungry self. Maybe…
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Chris Arsenault dedicated his life to cats saving the forgotten and abandoned.
Chris Arsenault dedicated his life to saving the forgotten and abandoned. After the tragic loss of his 24-year-old son in a motorcycle accident, Chris found himself lost in grief. One day, he came across a colony of 30 sickly cats near train tracks in Long Island. Instinctively, he took them in, nursing each one back to health. In their fragile lives, he found a sense of purpose and healing. That day changed everything. Chris turned his home into Happy Cat Sanctuary, creating a safe haven for countless stray and abandoned cats. Over the years, he built a world where these overlooked souls could feel loved and safe, transforming his entire…
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Baby whispering’ professor: Babies respond to calm
During a quiet university lecture, Professor Sydney Engelberg was teaching with calm passion in front of an attentive classroom. Suddenly, the persistent cries of a baby broke the silence. The child, held in the arms of his mother—a young student sitting at the back of the room—immediately drew everyone’s attention. The woman, visibly embarrassed, stood up intending to leave so as not to disturb the class further. But something unexpected happened. Before the mother could reach the door, Professor Engelberg briefly paused his lecture, calmly walked over, and without saying a word, took the baby into his arms. He then returned to the front of the class and resumed teaching…
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LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA
My mum used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread butter on bread on the same cutting board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn’t seem to get food poisoning. Our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in a brown paper bag, not in ice pack coolers, but I can’t remember getting e. Coli Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake or at the beach instead of a pristine pool (talk about boring), no beach closures then. We all took PE ….. And risked permanent injury with a pair of Dunlop sandshoes instead of having cross-training athletic shoes with air cushion…
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A Cat Story
There once were two cats who lived across the road from the school in a small town near you. One of them, named Fluff, lived in a nice house and her best friend, Kat, lived next door in a rather old and ugly house. The owners of the cats were best friends too. One year both cats had kittens at the same time. The first kitten born to Fluff was pretty little white cat. She was bigger than her brothers and sisters and her owners named her Beauty. Everyone who saw her felt that her name fit her perfectly. Just a few hours later Kat had her kittens. But because…
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In 1958, a mummy was found in the Acacus Mountains, southwest of Libya, about 5,600 years old.
In 1958, a mummy was found in the Acacus Mountains, southwest of Libya, about 5,600 years old. 2- This discovery aroused the interest of the world, given that the history of the mummy predates by about 1500 years the time of mummification recorded in the ancient Egyptian civilization, which dates back to (2250-2750) BC, which prompted scientists to reconsider the belief that prevailed that mummification in the African continent It began in Egypt, and pushed a new hypothesis that its source is likely to be one of the unknown previous civilizations that arose in the area now known as Libya over a period of 20,000 years. 3- The mummy’s name…
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Patrick Swayze With Beloved Dogs
Patrick Swayze was a huge animal lover and kept a menagerie of pets with his wife Lisa – which included farm animals, horses and dogs – at his ranch in the San Gabriel Mountains. Animals were such a part of his life that Swayze once said, “I don’t keep track of time… The segments of my life are in movies or animal generations.” In 1995, while filming Three Wishes, Swayze had to grapple with the death of his beloved dog Cody. In an interview that year, he said, “Cody – my guardian, my conscience, my friend, my son, my bodyguard for years – this 115-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback, who truly…