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Billionaire Ken Griffin donates $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. Becomes largest individual donor in the history of US education: here's what his record gift will createRenowned billionaire investor Ken Griffin has pledged a staggering $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. This historic donation will es...- In 1975, Chicago lawyer John Swenson ordered an unusual garlic from a catalog out of curiosity; decades later, that curiosity had grown into 150 preserved varietiesA Chicago-based lawyer, John Swenson, found himself drawn to garlic when he randomly ordered a few bulbs out of mere curiosity. Over the ye...
- Miami set to get a new CMU campus, thanks to $3 billion donation by Citadel founder Ken Griffin — the largest-ever gift in US higher education historyCMU is set to transform Wynwood, Miami, with a stunning $2 billion investment dedicated to establishing a new university campus. Anticipate...
- Meet Martha Nickerson, a Massachusetts teacher who gave away 48 wooded acres in 2001; today the land survives as a public preserve people can walkMartha L. Nickerson contributed 48 acres of her family farm in Massachusetts to the Attleboro Land Trust. This donation created the public ...
- In 2021, New Jersey dropped about 400 donated gravestones and concrete rubble onto Barnegat Reef; 60 tons of monuments became new underwater habitatIn May 2021, New Jersey took a significant step by deploying around 400 gravestones to bolster its artificial reef initiative. Sourced from...
- Valeria Dukelow began saving her mother’s red poppy seeds in Pittsburgh in the 1960s; more than 50 years later, gardeners were still growing the same family flowersValeria Dukelow cultivated the Chima Family Heirloom poppy, a warm red flower, in Pittsburgh. The plant has been passed down through genera...
- Jai Singh Rathore-like scam in US: Rs 7 crore raised for 81-year-old delivery driver whose wife had cancer; it was his daughter who posed as a neighbour to raise moneyAn online fundraiser that collected more than $700,000 (around Rs 7 crore) for an 81-year-old Texas delivery driver whose wife has pancreat...
- Senate passes 'Protect College Sports Act' that would rein in athlete payments and transfersThe Senate has passed a bipartisan bill that aims to regulate college sports and athlete payments. This legislation seeks to address the ch...
- Jeff Thomasson built a $38 billion firm from $20,000 debt and 1,000 client meetings a year, now gives $100 million to Indiana UniversityJeff Thomasson has donated $100 million to Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Thomasson founded Oxford Financial Group at age ...
- Nike co-founder Phil Knight gives alma mater University of Oregon $1 billion, biggest-ever public university gift after unscheduled callPhil Knight and his wife, Penny, have recently pledged $1 billion to the University of Oregon. This donation is intended for the establishm...
- $400 million AI bet before 2045: What Bill Gates Foundation plans to change for millions of AmericansThe Bill Gates Foundation has pledged $1 billion towards the development of equitable AI solutions for education and healthcare. With a spe...
- A Donald Trump campaign message has returned to Television, and taxpayers are now picking up the billThe 30-second video is strikingly similar to an ad used during Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. In the narration, Trump vows to remove p...
- GoFundMe deactivates David Johnson fundraiser after viral luggage video raises nearly $745,000 for wife’s cancer treatment. Here's whyGoFundMe deactivated a fundraiser for 81-year-old Texas man Donald Johnson after it raised nearly $745,000 to help pay for his wife’s cance...
- Even if we win all seats, we are against EVMs: Akhilesh YadavAkhilesh Yadav criticized the use of electronic voting machines, stating a preference for ballot papers as used in developed nations. He em...
- Dolly Parton Day 2026: Donating book to Imagination Library, renaming airport, Southwest Airlines karaoke announcement, to pink lights, poster to honor late American singer in Nashville, New York City, California, around the worldIn Nashville — where Parton had lived since she was 18 — the city will honor the singer with pink lights and posters and give away stickers...
- In 2017, Philadelphia crews digging up Spruce Street hit water mains made of bored logs, laid around 1811; the city's last wooden pipe left service in 1858While digging on Spruce Street in Philadelphia, city workers unearthed wooden water mains dating back 200 years. Installed around 1811, the...
- American billionaire wanted to die broke. So he secretly donated his entire wealth of $8 billion and officially died broke in 2023Chuck Feeney built a multibillion-dollar fortune through the duty-free shopping business, but he had a very different plan for his wealth. ...
- Ed Sheeran calls Gaza situation 'unjustifiable' after Macklemore tour controversyPop star Ed Sheeran called the situation in Gaza "catastrophic and unjustifiable" during a Philadelphia concert, breaking his silence on th...
- Assam pays heartfelt tribute to Zubeen Garg, who died in Singapore last yearAssam remembers iconic singer Zubeen Garg on his death anniversary, with people across the state paying tribute and lighting earthen lamps....
- Ed Sheeran-Macklemore controversy: Billionaire Robert Kraft reveals singer asked him to donate $2 million amid Gaza crisisEd Sheeran and Macklemore’s ongoing controversy has taken a new turn after billionaire Robert Kraft revealed details about a $2 million hum...
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