Elon Musk Donation : In 2018, Elon Musk donated $480,350 for Flint school water filters; four years later, redesigned systems allowed students to drink from fountains again after years of relying on alternative supplies |

In 2018, Elon Musk donated $480,350 for Flint school water filters; four years later, redesigned systems allowed students to drink from fountains again after years of relying on alternative supplies For four years, students at Flint Community Schools relied on bottled and delivered water instead of drinking directly from school fountains. That is now changing…

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donated $4 million to save a 600-year-old Hawaii fishpond; they won’t own the land; nonprofit that now owns says: We plan to restore it as a working… |

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have helped preserve a historic fishpond in Hawaii. The couple has committed $4 million to ensure the future of Alakoko Fishpond, a roughly 600-year-old aquaculture site on Kauaʻi that had been experiencing environmental degradation and pressure from potential development. That donation…

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In 1979, Ted Turner bought a 4,680-acre South Carolina barrier island to prevent development; 38 years later he sold it to the state for $4.9 million, about one-third of its appraised value, and it became state parkland

American media mogul Ted Turner has completed the sale of St Phillips Island, a pristine 4,680-acre barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, to the state government for a small part of its market value. The deal transfers ownership of the untouched coastal island to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism…

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In 2011, Taylor Swift purchased her former Beverly Hills estate where she wrote ‘1989’; the 1.5-acre property is now on the market for $7.995 million after renovations, featuring four bedrooms and five bathrooms

Taylor Swift’s former Beverly Hills estate is now listed for $7.995 million. (Photo: Peter Christiansen Valli) Taylor Swift’s connection to Beverly Hills real estate is back in the spotlight, with the sprawling estate she once called home now on the market for $7,995,000.Swift purchased the historic Pillsbury Estate in 2011 and went on to write…

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Father left $21 million in a charitable fund; son sought a $1 million donation but his access was cut off by the foundation | World News

Philip Peterson, left, with his father Gordon in 2015. Image Credit: CNBC A $21 million charitable fund is at the centre of a legal dispute after Philip Peterson, the son of its founder, alleged that WaterStone cut off his access and stopped acting on his recommendations. The fund was created by Gordon Peterson in 2005…

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Scientists kept large herbivores out of a Kenyan savanna for 18 years; after elephants and giraffes returned, tree cover fell to earlier levels |

For 18 years, researchers kept large herbivores out of fenced plots in a Kenyan savanna to study what happened to the trees in their absence. During that period, tree cover increased rapidly, trees became taller, and tree numbers rose. The fences were removed in 2017, allowing elephants, giraffes and other large herbivores to return to…

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In 2010, Thierry Henry paid $14.85 million for a SoHo penthouse and the unit below; after combining them into a roughly 6,000-sq-ft triplex and renovating it again in 2026, he is asking $25 million

The couple had continued to keep the property even though their visits became less frequent Former footballer Thierry Henry has put his New York penthouse on the market for $25 million, more than 16 years after he and his partner Andrea Rajacic bought the property for $14.85 million.Henry bought the penthouse and the unit below…

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US 81-year-old viral delivery driver’s $700K fundraiser for wife’s cancer treatment pulled after discovering daughter posed as neighbour to raise money | World News

A fundraiser that collected more than $700,000 for a Texas couple has been removed after GoFundMe found that the campaign organiser had falsely presented herself as a neighbour.The appeal was created for 81-year-old Donald Johnson, a viral delivery driver who gained attention after footage showed him delivering lost luggage while working to help pay for…

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