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A senior from Montana has delivered a viral speech about the sorry state of property taxes in the Treasure State. “I’m on Social Security, I’m 68-years-old and working just to pay my taxes,” says Kurt, in a clip shared on TikTok by Ryan Busse, who is running to be the next governor of Montana. Kurt claims that over the last couple of years, his annual property taxes have soared from $895 to almost $8,000 — an increase of around 790% — which he says is like paying almost “$700 a month rent to the state to live in our own house.” The state has an Elderly Homeowner/Renter Tax Credit, and the maximum credit is $1,150. “There needs to be...

  Ambani family hosted a lavish pre-wedding celebration in Italy, featuring a performance by Andrea Bocelli. Who performed at Kourtney's wedding? Andrea Bocelli. Who performed at the Ambani wedding? Andrea Bocelli.   (A bird's eye view of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's Portofino bash. Instagram/ Your Poookie Boo) The opulent pre-wedding festivities for Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani in Portofino, Italy were a star-studded event. Videos of him singing Falling in Love with You on stage, and 'dreamy' scenes from Portofino have surfaced on social media. Sharing a clip of Andrea Bocelli's performance, Instagram creator Your Poookie Boo wrote, “Couldn't get any...

MADURAI: When 73-year-old Kandasamy Naicker breathed his last Sunday in Meenakshipuram, it was the last breath of his village in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. Naicker, the lone inhabitant, was a poignant symbol of a community once thriving, now a ghost village. Meenakshipuram in Sekkarakudi panchayat had 1,296 residents according to the 2001 census. Yet, the relentless grip of environmental changes, inconsistent rainfall, and enduring droughts gradually eroded the village's lifeblood, leading to a mass exodus over the past decade.Fields once fertile turned barren, pushing families to seek stability elsewhere. Amidst this exodus, Naicker clung to Meenakshipuram, outliving his wife by...

Imagine cruising down a 10-lane highway and knowing that, high above your head, a mountain lion is quietly going along its way. This remarkable image could soon be reality for drivers on one of California’s busiest roads, as the world’s largest wildlife overpass begins construction this month. The history-making project will comprise a green bridge built across the 101 highway near Los Angeles, creating a corridor between two parts of the Santa Monica mountains. Stretching 210ft long and 165ft wide, the overpass will allow safe passage for lizards, snakes, toads and mountain lions, with an acre of local plants on either side and vegetated sound walls to dampen light and noise...

Victorian nurses, teachers, cops and firefighters are among the essential workers being offered a $35,000 discount to build their home dream. Developer Villawood Properties is slashing the cost of a block of land in their estates for care workers in a bid to help connect them with housing in areas where their services are needed but where they struggle to afford a home. Executive director Rory Costelloe said the $35,000 was a $15,000 extension to an existing offer his company had offered to care workers across the past six years, and a nod to their 35th year in business. “We started with $20,000, and it wasn’t cutting the mustard now that prices have gone up,” he...

  The 52-year-old Singaporean woman rented out the three units in Little India on 489 occasions to guests via Airbnb over almost three years. A Singaporean woman who sold short-term stays at three units to guests on Airbnb for almost three years, earning about S$162,000 (US$120,000) in revenue, has been fined more than S$175,000 by a court. Jayanthi Ponnasamy Manian, 52, pleaded guilty to two charges under the Planning Act for using a dwelling house to provide short-term accommodation without permission, with a third similar charge taken into consideration. If she cannot pay the fine, she will have to serve eight months' jail in default. According to a judgment made available on...

  A WOMAN says she's been trapped in her own home for eight years due to badgers and even had to sleep in her car for a month. Rae Boxley, 52, said she is forced to sleep upright on an armchair in her living room after her mould-ridden property left her suffering with breathing problems.   (Badgers have been digging up Rae's garden leaving it hollow and uneven.Credit: SWNS)   (Rae Boxley is locked in a dispute with her local council.Credit: SWNS)   (Mould covers her walls, ceilings and bedroom.Credit: SWNS)   She has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with her local council due to the state of her home, which has "black slime" on most of the...

[Unicode]   နာမည်ကြီး Horror ရုပ်ရှင်ဒါရိုက်တာ James Wan ရိုက်ကူးခဲ့သော ပုဏ္ဏကတိုက်သည့် ဖြစ်ရပ်ဆန်းကြယ် The Conjuring ဇာတ်ကားဟာ တကယ့်အဖြစ်အပျက်ပေါ်မှာ အခြေခံရိုက်ကူးထားတာဖြစ်ပြီး ဇာတ်ကားထဲက သရဲခြောက်ခံရတဲ့ မိသားစုဟာလည်း အပြင်မှာ တကယ်ရှိခဲ့ပါတယ်။  Perron မိသားစုဖြစ်တဲ့...

This more than 400-year-old stately English country manor has had a laundry list of notable names grace its floors and it’s just hit the market for £12.5 million (US$15.8 million). Located on the outskirts of the city of Bath, the manor, known as St. Catherine’s Court, was once owned by actress Jane Seymour, and has played host to many musical guests, including the Cure and Radiohead. Dating to at least 1591, when the owner at the time remodeled an existing property on the site, St. Catherine’s Court was snapped up by Seymour and her then-husband, David Flynn, in the 1980s. The actress had spotted the stone manor house while filming television miniseries...

A 31-year-old woman rented her $1.675 million Los Angeles home to a musician who then turned it into an illegal Airbnb cash cow while living in the United Kingdom, according to a lawsuit seen by the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that Nikeeta Sriram bought the property, which consists of a main house with three bedrooms and a separate one-bedroom back house with a loft, in March 2022. At the time, Sriram was renting in Los Feliz and didn't want to break her lease, so she decided to rent her home to 36-year-old Nicholas Jarzabek, according to the Times. "He seemed like the perfect tenant until he turned into a nightmare," Sriram told the outlet. According to the Times, during his...