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Padel, the racket sport from Spain, is experiencing rapid growth in Germany. Low entry barriers and a rising number of courts are drawing players to the trend sport. Commentators are asking whether padel could eventually displace tennis and become a mainstream mass sport in Germany, pointing to Spain as a model.

Celebrity couple Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg have put their Illinois home on the market for $2.8 million. The listing by the actor-singer and the TV personality is drawing attention from fans and real estate watchers curious about why the pair are letting go of the property and where they plan to live next.

Saturn's hexagon, a giant six-sided jet stream roughly 29,000 kilometres wide at the planet's north pole, is back in the spotlight. First spotted by the Voyager missions, the storm has fascinated researchers for decades, and its exact cause remains debated. New discussion of the phenomenon is drawing fresh attention to what scientists do and do not understand about the strange atmospheric structure.

A column by Kahler in the South Dakota Standard examines what a flat economy means in practice, arguing that sluggish growth is now the condition people and policymakers must adapt to rather than a temporary downturn. The piece reflects a broader debate about stagnant wages, limited opportunity and how households and businesses plan under persistent economic stagnation.