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Davoll’s General Store opened for business during George Washington’s second presidential term. It has been around so long that newspaper articles from the 1940s praised its “atmosphere of bygone days.”Davoll’s, which lies at a crossroads in South Dartmouth, Mass., sells everything from garden hoes to local honey, and it has a cafe in the back.Since 1793, it has had 13 proprietors. The current owners are the Shattuck brothers, Ben, 42, and Will, 44.Ben Shattuck, a writer, lives most of the year in Brooklyn with his wife, the actress, comedian and writer Jenny Slate, and their 5-year-old daughter. But he comes…

Liverpool will face Tottenham in the standout tie of the Carabao Cup third round, while the Premier League clubs competing in Europe enter the competition at this stage. Manchester United have been drawn against Brighton, while holders Manchester City will host Norwich. Arsenal travel to Ipswich, and Aston Villa face Coventry away from home. Bournemouth will take on Lincoln, while Sunderland have been paired with Hull. Newcastle travel to Millwall, with Everton hosting Wolves. Fleetwood, the only fourth-tier side remaining in the competition, have been handed a home tie against Sheffield United. Elsewhere, Crystal Palace face Middlesbrough, Leyton Orient meet…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the forfeiture of cash and assets worth more than $500 million to the federal government in the past three years, the commission’s chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has said. Mr Olukoyede said this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture at the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in the United Kingdom. “Within three years of my assumption of office, we’ve been able to forfeit both cash and assets worth over half a billion dollars to the government,” he said. The EFCC chairman said Nigeria’s legal framework allows the commission to seek forfeiture…

By Matthew Johnson After more than two years of closure, aggrieved depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank have called on the Federal Government (FG), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), to enforce immediate payment of their legitimate funds trapped in the failed bank, saying prolonged delays have subjected thousands of Nigerians to severe financial hardship. CBN revoked the banking license and closed Heritage Bank Plc on June 3, 2024 citing inability of the bank to improve its poor financial performance and had no realistic prospects of recovery. The apex bank subsequently mandated the…

Karl Johnson has had a whirlwind three months.Before May, he was a businessman who would drive around his home city of Wakefield wishing the potholes could be fixed.After standing for Reform UK in the local elections, the keen musician found himself the leader of Wakefield Council after his party won 58 of the 63 seats on offer and ended decades of Labour majority rule.It hasn’t all been plain sailing – already two councillors, Steve Lewis and Rhys Carr, have left Reform to sit as independents, and a third, Nick Farmer, has been suspended by the party.It is now 100 days…

The Nigerian government has set a target to provide reliable electricity to at least 30 per cent of health facilities by the end of 2027, as about 40 per cent of functional Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) currently lack access to electricity. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the official launch of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA)-Renewable Asset Management Company (RAMCO). The event was held under the theme, “Powering Sustainable Growth: Launching Nigeria’s Renewable Asset Management Company.” Mr Salako said the electricity deficit in health facilities was undermining healthcare…

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02480-xAnalysis of 70 experiments and 32 years of field observations shows that increasing the amount of carbon dioxide enhances the growth of the C4 group of grasses when water is limited. These findings challenge the assumption that C4 grasses respond weakly to changes in carbon dioxide level, and reveal an overlooked driver of change across the world’s savannahs.

So much has happened over the past seven days, including marathon drama, the Dutch Grand Prix and the return of the Premier League.About 11% of quizzers got full marks in last week’s edition. Will you make the grade this week?After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes pages and sign up for notifications to get the latest quizzes sent straight to your device.

But he was perhaps best known for his zany role as the cross-dressing Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He first played the part on stage before the movie adaptation that propelled him to cult stardom.Sarandon, who played the heroine Janet Weiss in movie, praised Curry as “a funny, sexy, original”.”Thank you Tim for meaning so much to so many people.”Curry’s longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz confirmed he “passed away peacefully at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles on August 25”. Australian actress Nell Campbell, who starred alongside Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, told…

Meta has agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion as a settlement to resolve lawsuits by 29 US states, alleging that the company designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children. It agreed to pay the sums and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims that it misled consumers about their safety and improperly collected personal data from children who used its platforms. Reuters reports the changes will include daily usage limits and restrictions on nighttime use of Facebook and Instagram for children. It will also prevent children from accessing age-restricted content. This settlement resolves privacy lawsuits from…