Hundreds of people were found living inside converted greenhouses on a California agricultural property. Over three years later, the property owners entered a no-contest plea to charges connected to the housing and unpaid taxes. Nicolas and Ana Ruvalcaba owned the 23-acre property in Royal Oaks, an unincorporated community in Monterey County. An inspection found approximately …
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Disney Cruise Line has revealed the principal character designs for Disney Believe, a new Wish-class ship expected to begin sailing in late 2027. A bronze-cast statue of Moana with her animal friends Pua and Heihei will form the focal point of the Grand Hall. Disney says the new Grand Hall will draw from the optimistic …
EPCOT’s International Food & Wine Festival returns Aug. 27, featuring 30 dishes from earlier festivals, either returning or reworked, for its 30th anniversary. The event continues daily through Nov. 21, 2026. The first festival was held in 1996. It has since become a regular fixture on EPCOT’s fall calendar, bringing temporary food booths, concerts and …
Workers clearing the backyard of a home in Macon, Georgia, made a discovery that brought both a bomb squad and an Air Force explosive ordnance team to the property. According to 41NBC, workers found two mysterious objects on Metro Way on Monday while clearing the property for their employer. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Bomb …
American Airlines is adding a brief run of nonstop flights between Phoenix and Oaxaca, Mexico, to celebrate Día de los Muertos. The service will operate on only four dates in fall 2026. Flights between Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Oaxaca International Airport are scheduled for Oct. 29, Oct. 30, Nov. 3 and Nov. 4. …
They say, “no good deed goes unpunished.” It seems like a Northborough, Massachusetts, man learned just how true that saying can be recently when he crashed his car into his neighbor’s pool while trying to do a good deed, according to Boston 25. The incident happened on Aug. 17, 2026, when Nick Mascetta was trying …
A Florida roofing company that has sued over 250 of its customers has dropped one of those lawsuits. For St. Petersburg homeowner Dawn Donley, the court battle is now over—but what does that mean for the remaining cases? WFLA first reported the development on Aug. 18 as part of its ongoing coverage of Florida Roof …
A passenger going through security at San Diego International Airport had something in his pants that caught the attention of the airport scanner. He had a couple of things. The Transportation Security Administration said officers discovered 170 Xanax pills and what was later identified as two ounces of heroin concealed on a passenger after an …
Stealing a road sign might sound like the sort of dumb decision someone makes without thinking too much about the consequences. Stealing enough of them to rack up more than $4,000 in damage and replacement costs, however, is a considerably different story. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska says two people were arrested on …
A Florida man unhappy with a judge’s decisions decided to make his displeasure known by email. According to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, the messages went considerably further than a strongly worded complaint. Sheriff Wayne Ivey said 54-year-old Michael Christopher Barnard sent two emails to Brevard County Judge Katie Jacobus after becoming upset over recent …