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Meloni did not specify what the specific cap on foreign students per class would be (Photo: Reuters). Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Sunday that Italy will ban face coverings including burqa and hijab in schools and impose a limit on the number of foreign students allowed per classroom, speaking at a youth event hosted…

​Alderman Merriam’s Shells, 1951 A Michigan collector paid just $30 for a painting at an estate sale, not knowing that the work had been out of public view for about 75 years. The 1951 painting by American Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie has since been authenticated and is now estimated to sell for $150,000 to $250,000 at…

Beaver Valley Headwaters Preserve in Siskiyou County, Calif. California’s Wildlife Conservation Board has approved $43.868 million in grants for 15 projects across 11 counties. The projects will support Tribal land acquisition, salmon habitat restoration, public access and protection of wildlife corridors.According to California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the funding includes $32 million in climate…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom/Image: AP California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed 13 bills aimed at strengthening election security, including measures targeting ballot interference, mail voting and undisclosed political content on social media.The legislation comes ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections and amid disputes between California and the Trump administration over election procedures, particularly the…

More than 18,000 acres of federal forest land in Oregon could be transferred into trust for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde under new legislation introduced in the US Congress, in a move the tribe says would help rebuild part of its land base after decades of federal termination.The Grand Ronde Land Transfer Act, introduced…

More than eight decades after his death during World War II, Captain Marvin Lancaster has been laid to rest in Vanceboro, North Carolina alongside his parents. Family, friends and fellow service members gathered in Epworth Methodist Church to lay Lancaster to rest on Friday. “Right now, oddly enough, I’m feeling relief,” Lancaster’s nephew Jerry Brown…

The watch had been left forgotten in a drawer for more than 45 years. (Representational AI photo) A rare Rolex Daytona made in 1967 and kept in a family drawer for more than 45 years sold for CHF 1.143 million at auction in Geneva. The 18k yellow-gold watch, a Reference 6239 with a black and…

The boy had been living in difficult conditions and had never experienced school before. (Representational photo. Credit: The Seattle Times) A 10-year-old boy in Seattle walked into a school for the first time last week after spending much of his childhood living in a tent in a North Seattle park. His first day of school…

There are 14 islands totaling 2,674 square feet. Each island is a miniature replica of the natural archipelagos of the Mississippi River. Before the islands were placed in the creek, four prototype designs in a variety of shapes and sizes were developed. Sometimes the answer for a city that has fought floodwaters for years isn’t…

The Kellogg story is also one of persistence. He began farming at 14 after his father left agriculture to care for his ill wife. By his senior year of high school, Bill was managing 700 acres, much of it through relationships with older farmers in the community. For Bill Kellogg, conservation did not begin with…