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British authorities have frozen a £30 million mansion in the UK believed to be linked to a senior associate of the Prince Group, an organisation accused of large-scale fraud and money laundering. The move, reported by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, is part of wider efforts to seize assets allegedly bought with criminal proceeds.

CBC News is covering a Kelvin wave, an area of unusually warm water pushed eastward along the equator by the El Niño climate pattern, which is now expected to reach the coast of British Columbia. The segment, hosted on Hanomansing Live, explains how the phenomenon could affect ocean temperatures along the Pacific coast and what that may mean for weather and marine conditions in the region.

A jury has ruled that Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, must pay more than $300,000 to a construction worker who was injured while working on his Malibu mansion. The verdict follows a trial over the accident at the oceanfront property, which has been undergoing extensive renovations. The ruling adds a fresh legal and financial headache for the rapper, who has faced a string of lawsuits and business setbacks in recent years.

Russian media report that Nadezhda Mikhalkova, daughter of filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov, has secretly married Ruslan Kukharuk, the governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Yugra), and has given birth to a daughter. The marriage was not announced publicly and became known through reporting rather than an official statement. Commenters are discussing the unexpected link between a regional governor and the prominent Mikhalkov family.

Across the United States, candidates in upcoming midterm elections — from Senate contests to governors' races — are competing to position themselves as most opposed to data center development. Wired reports that the political fate of data centers will hinge on these races, as local backlash over energy use, water consumption and land pushes politicians in both parties toward anti-data-center stances.

A Kansas filmmaker is using an iconic Lawrence mansion as the setting for a new ghostly thriller. The project draws on the landmark property's distinctive look to give the supernatural story a strong sense of place, and the filming has drawn local attention in the Lawrence and Kansas City area.

A Boston buyer has purchased a speculative mansion in Palm Beach County, Florida, for $17 million. The deal underscores continued strong demand for luxury new-construction homes in the Palm Beach market, where spec homes built without a set buyer have been selling at premium prices. The Business Journals reported the sale and published photos of the property.

Robert E Lee, commander of the Confederate forces in the American Civil War, died on this day in 1870. Posts marking the anniversary revisit his record as leader of the pro-slavery Confederate rebellion and note that he lived at Arlington House, the Virginia mansion his wife, Mary Anna Custis Lee, inherited. The estate later became Arlington National Cemetery, and the site remains a frequent subject of travel and history discussions.

Actress Jennifer Garner gave fans a glimpse of a previously unseen corner of her $7.4 million Los Angeles mansion while filming a daring workout routine. The clip has drawn attention both to her fitness content and to the interior of her home, which she rarely shows in full.