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An appeals court in Indiana has dismissed a legal malpractice lawsuit filed by two siblings against an estate planning lawyer. The court ruled that their challenge over their late father’s $3 million (£2.3 million) trust was filed after the legal deadline. In a decision issued on October 14, 2026, a three-judge panel of the Court…

An 18-year-old student from Los Angeles who began painting denim while recovering from major bone surgery at the age of eight has raised nearly $100,000 for art programmes at children’s hospitals. Sasha Bogosian was born with cerebral palsy right hemiplegia, a neurological condition that affects movement and strength on the right side of her body….

File photo: Vinod Khosla, the 71-year-old co-founder of Sun Microsystems and boss of Khosla Ventures TOI correspondent from Washington: Vinod Khosla has spent decades in Silicon Valley funding companies and entrepreneurs who overturn conventional wisdom, disrupt industries, and remake the future. His latest quest, for an aide who doesn’t need downtime, is rather more prosaic,…

Pic credit: Servellon / Tucson Spotlight A landmark 17-storey building in Tucson, Arizona, is entering a new era, with residents beginning to move into renovated units as part of a major project to provide affordable housing for older adults.Tucson House, located at 1501 N. Oracle Road, welcomed 25 households into 24 newly renovated apartments on…

The White Earth Nation in Minnesota has reduced its proposed casino land-trust request from nearly 300 acres to 80 following concerns about drinking water, traffic, infrastructure costs, and property taxes. The project, planned for Clay County, has not yet received federal approval and also requires concurrence from Minnesota’s governor. Tribal representatives say a decision could…

A piece of furniture does not usually begin with a free object found on Facebook Marketplace, a little foam and a sheet of printed paper. For Oskar Flodstrom, a 23-year-old artist based in Los Angeles, those inexpensive materials became the starting point for an unusual pill bottle-shaped side table. He had been making music and…

American rapper and singer T-Pain has filed a second lawsuit against Konvict Entertainment, the record label co-founded by singer Akon, alleging that it owes him $489,047.76 in unpaid royalties. Filed in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia on September 4, 2026, the lawsuit concerns royalties from music sales during the second half of 2025. T-Pain,…

In 2017, The Big Bang Theorystar Kaley Cuoco purchased a 40-acre ranch in California for $4.99 million. Nine years later, the property has become a refuge for rescued horses, cows, goats, pigs, donkeys and birds. Cuoco has transformed the ranch into a home for animals, including older ones rescued from difficult conditions, while also making…

An Austin lemonade stand started by two young siblings in 2018 has grown into an educational non-profit that has shared 100,000 books, 125,000 learning supplies, and thousands of mental health kits across Texas. Indian-origin brother and sister Rohan and Anya Satija began their work after learning about “book deserts.” These are neighbourhoods where children have…

Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in apparent deliberate car attack, says PM Albanese Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines was critically injured after being struck by a car outside her electoral office in Victoria state on Monday in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as an apparently deliberate attack.The driver was arrested at the scene.The…