Buckingham Palace needs work
Buckingham Palace needs a taxpayer-funded face-lift. Queen Elizabeth II’s home in London requires urgent infrastructure work to fix plumbing, electrical cables and heating that hasn’t been upgraded since World War II. The work will cost some $459 million over 10 years.
High lead levels in schools
Cleveland’s school district will replace hundreds of drinking fountains, restroom faucets, outdoor spigots and other water fixtures after tests found high lead levels in the water at 60 of its buildings.
Iconic items sold at auction
An angry letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney written shortly after the Beatles’ breakup was sold at an auction in Boston for nearly $30,000. Meanwhile, a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she famously sang Happy Birthday to President John. F. Kennedy sold for nearly $5 million in Los Angeles.
Famed heart surgeon dies
Dr. Denton Cooley, the cardiovascular surgeon who performed some of the nation’s first heart transplants and implanted the world’s first artificial heart was 96.
Oil pipeline won’t be rerouted
The CEO of the company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said the company has no alternative than to stick to its plan but he’d like to meet with an American Indian tribe to try to ease the tribe’s concerns.