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US - Aug 17, 2026 - Family of Indian teen killed in Central Park carriage crash sues New York City for $105 million

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US - Aug 17, 2026 - Arizona man, 88, and his dog got stuck overnight in monsoon mud with no cell service; how one emergency SOS text helped save them - A harrowing night unfolded for an 88-year-old man and his canine companion in Yavapai County when their vehicle became immobilized in thick mud from recent monsoon storms. An emergency SOS text sent out in distress helped authorities track them down. Fortunately, rescue teams reached them safely early Friday, aptly emphasizing the value of emergency communication features during critical situations.

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US Navy destroyer spent four days without toilets, AC, galley after power failure in South China Sea

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US deports Indian national Jashandeep Singh after 'sexually motivated coercion' conviction

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All not perfect: US Centcom commander flags sailors' mental issues during long service at sea

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Michigan children set up a lemonade stand after 13-year-old cheerleader Lainey Scroggs died; it raised over $1,000 as her family fundraiser reached nearly $74,000

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A 52-slab Nebraska bridge turns its concrete into a giant resistor, warming the road surface from inside during snowstorms

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'Closely consulting': South Korea, US coordinate on Iran ceasefire as Trump seeks to cut joint drills

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At 11, Payton Herres received a donated heart; at 26, she needed viral posts, advocates and Mark Cuban's pharmacy to keep accessing her anti-rejection drug

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Meet Olivia Shekou, the California student who turned one pickleball fundraiser for St. Jude into a sports platform that grew to 17 states and raised more than $90,000

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California startup JetZero is building a $3 billion 'manta ray' aircraft that promises to cut fuel consumption by 50%, carry 250 passengers and replace traditional windows with screens; Japan Airlines just joined the project

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A Florida couple bought a 45-acre swamp to protect it from development; 15 years later, 275 wood storks were nesting there in a thriving ecosystem filled with wildlife

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Fake Iran nuclear post: How a fabricated X claim by Indian account created panic in Israel, US

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In the 1930s, Florida introduced rhesus macaques to boost tourism; today the invasive monkeys carry a potentially fatal virus and are considered a public-health concern

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Tropical Storm Lala moves away from Hawaii, leaves trail of damage and lakhs without power

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'Very good' ties with Kim: Trump orders 'substantial' cut in military drills with South Korea

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In 1905, Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes; the tiny fish later became linked to declines of native damselflies and other threatened species

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Ferrari's first all-electric car sells for $40 million at charity auction, nearly 40 times initial estimate of $1.1 million; buyer won't receive it until 2027

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At 15, Lynne Cox broke the English Channel record for men and women; at 30, after an 11-year wait for permission, she swam through 38°F water from Alaska to the Soviet Union

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'They were Indian, so we didn't count them': US cleaning business owner faces scrutiny over racial profiling

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In 1953, Emma Gatewood tried hiking the Appalachian Trail, got lost and was rescued; two years later, at 67, she walked all 2,190 miles alone and made history

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In 1933, Lincoln's Crooked House was marked for demolition; work revealed a hidden timber-framed building behind its brick façade and saved it; today it is one of the Cathedral Quarter's most photographed buildings

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A Maine oyster farm is testing a solar-powered floating conveyor that moves oyster baskets through water and air; one raft is designed for 125,000 oysters a year

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Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000

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Virginia installed 46 water-control structures across 150 miles of old drainage ditches to re-wet a swamp; restored peat now traps 200,000 metric tons of carbon a year

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At 20, Finnish immigrant Maggie Walz arrived in Michigan with just $7; in 1903 she claimed 160 acres on a Lake Huron island and the colony she founded grew to five settlements with around 1,000 people

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Manhattan's got a hairy situation! Giant 10-foot hairball 'Tumblehair' takes over the streets of NYC

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In 1905, a 13-year-old crawled through a tiny Tennessee cave passage and found a hidden underground lake

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Hawaii's 34,000 acres of managed eucalyptus plantations could become a local source of lumber for homes and infrastructure

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In 1956, Howard Zahniser began drafting America's wilderness law; after 66 drafts and eight years of campaigning, he died months before it protected 9.1 million acres

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In 1940, the Walker sisters sold their 122-acre Tennessee homestead for $4,750; a lifetime lease let them keep living there inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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In 1958, Mahala Ashley Dickerson visited Alaska on vacation and decided to move there; after claiming 160 acres, she became the territory's first Black homesteader and months later its first Black lawyer

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In 1899, Harvard graduate James Dole moved to Hawaii to grow coffee; instead, he built a pineapple company whose name is still seen worldwide

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Jack and Laura Dangermond gave $165 million to protect 24,364 acres of California coastline from development

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Mississippi's termite swarms are here, and a single treatment can cost up to $1,750

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India Day Parade: Zohran Mamdani attends as first Indian American mayor of New York

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In 1898, 17 years after surviving the O.K. Corral gunfight, Virgil Earp claimed 160 acres in Arizona; two years later, he earned title to the land

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'Luxury porn' pitch to Epstein: Anthropic CEO's wife Cami Clark's ties surface

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Indiana floods kill at least 6 as severe storms trigger record river levels

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19-year-old held after Virginia State University shooting leaves 5 wounded, found in dorm closet

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Heavy rain, dangerous surf: Why Hurricane Lala is a historic threat to Hawaii's Big Island

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'Unfriendly look, but we get along great': Trump posts old photo with Kim Jong Un

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19th-century ships accidentally brought mice to islands 30 miles off San Francisco; they later reached densities of 1,270 per hectare and began reshaping the seabird ecosystem

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Trump eyes millions from personal political funds for GOP amid midterm pressure: Report

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America's civil war over USS Lincoln: 'Grow a pair' vs 'bring them home'

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Trumpiana: Trumpets, trombones, Turkey trick!

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In 1958, the US moved 25 caribou to an Alaska island as emergency food for military personnel; by 2005, their herd had grown to 2,750

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In 1923, wardens began protecting a 35-acre Texas island where the state's last reddish egrets survived; one family lived there full time in a two-room hut, and today it holds the world's largest nesting colony

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Virginia State University shooting leaves 5 injured, 1 critical; campus lockdown lifted

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Doom! Board lowers the boom on Indian-American CEO who fired 900 employees over Zoom

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US used dioxin-laden oil for dust control in a town with 2,000 residents, years later it spent $33.1 million for their relocation in order to protect their lives

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266 days deployed: USS Abraham Lincoln to return home amid rising scrutiny over sailor welfare

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Father of four Derrick Moore jumped into a Myrtle Beach rip current to save a 10-year-old girl; she survived, but he was swept away

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Spanish explorers brought pigs to America for food in the 1500s; today, millions of feral swine roam at least 35 US states

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In 1925, a California farmer bent trees into strange shapes for his daughter: some are still alive nearly 100 years later

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In the 1970s, a Manhattan church agreed to sell only if it kept its corner, so the 915-foot Citicorp Tower was raised on four giant stilts

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