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US - Oct 9, 2026 - 'Hater of America and Israel': Trump reshares post criticising Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay

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Indian filmmaker Arfat Sheikh released from ICE detention after two weeks, DHS says he overstayed his visa

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US - Oct 9, 2026 - Trump sets up committee to probe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in latest bid to fire her

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At 73, California cyclist Mark Strauss rode 3,200 miles from the Pacific to the Atlantic over 69 days to fight childhood hunger; his No Kid Hungry campaign has now raised $740,000 toward a $1 million goal

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At 13, a Nigerian immigrant in Rhode Island became temporarily homeless; years later, he is a neuro ICU nurse at the same state's largest hospital and now mentors future healthcare workers

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In 2006, George W Bush used a presidential proclamation to establish a 139,797-square-mile marine monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; it later became the foundation for much larger protected seascape

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Worry not about visa headlines: Former CEO of HCL Technologies Vineet Nayar says Green Card ban on 8 companies is not so big

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In 1943, Olympic skier Betty Woolsey began building a Wyoming ranch near Jackson Hole; its 270 acres were later protected from development through a conservation easement

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'Inevitable': AI companies preparing for catastrophic event in 6-12 months, claims report

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Hurricane Isaias approaches US Gulf Coast, raising storm surge fears

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'Is that you': Celebrity cosmetic doctor reacts as Internet can't stop talking about Susan Dell's face while she donates billions

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In 2021, a South Carolina couple started an HVAC company with $2,000 after losing their jobs; five years later, they say the business is on track to generate more than $8 million in annual revenue

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In 2016, Dakota Johnson paid $3.55 million for a 1947 Los Angeles midcentury home; after renovating the 'tree house' with Pierce & Ward, she sold it a decade later for $5.92 million after asking $6 million

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An anonymous donor gave $1 million to help Pennsylvania nurses pay student loans amid mounting debt; the gift inspired others to give $3 million more

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Mick Foley raised and donated over $40,000 to help wrestlers facing financial hardship; his shirt auctions support the Cauliflower Alley Club's benevolent fund

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'We want them out': Mamdani demands ICE leave NYC after agent shoots man whose 5-year-old was in car

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Jeff Bridges felt guilty after learning the scale of global hunger in the 1980s; he joined Hollywood stars to raise $176,000 through an anti-hunger television special

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'When Amazon hired me on H-1B...': Indian university co-founder wishes good luck to US without 'indentured servants'

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An Ohio couple with no engineering background spent three weeks and $700 building a 12-foot-high backyard roller coaster for their two children; a video of the homemade 12-second ride later went viral

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Denise Richards became a Hollywood face for shelter dogs, introducing rescued animals through Best Friends' adoption campaign

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'I may share it with Trump': Navi Pillay jokes after winning the Nobel Peace Prize

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Texas neighbours fought over a five-foot strip beside a Lake Conroe home where meters and a generator crossed the boundary; an appeals court upheld the easement and $100 trespass award

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Hurricane Simon intensifies rapidly as it moves across Pacific

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Priscilla Chan backs a charity feeding 3,000 meals to community members monthly; volunteer's own food insecurity inspires her to help others

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Top Trump official mocked online over false claim of Indian stock market crash after US green card curbs

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In Kentucky, Jennifer Lawrence grew up on a family farm with horses, a butterfly garden and an animal rescue programme that led to puppy and kitten adoptions

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Zak Bagans paid $4.55 million for a 16,936-sq-ft Las Vegas home hidden 26 feet underground; once listed at $18 million, the Cold War-era bunker near the Strip will now become a public museum

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A hiker went missing on Arkansas' Eagle Rock Loop; a stranger took a day off to find him, and now his family has launched a GoFundMe to thank her

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Utah approved blasting 100-foot canyon cliffs to widen a 5.3-mile road for oil trucks; after two earlier plans failed, a new federal lawsuit says 47 historic sites and 19th-century inscriptions are at risk

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Isabella Rossellini turned a 27-acre New York farmstead into a protected community farm after conserving 20.8 acres; Mama Farm now runs a member CSA and biodiversity programmes for families and children

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Christa Pike makes 'remarkable' recovery from 'death' after failed US botched execution

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'About 100 H-1B visa holders were on Amazon's initial team that built AWS': Ex-employee criticises US green-card suspension for tech firms

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America First, powered by foreign talent; five of six tech execs honored by Trump were born outside US

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In 2004, Shannen Doherty paid $2.56 million for a Malibu home she called her sanctuary; 22 years later, after a $9.5 million posthumous listing and price cut, the property sold for $7.65 million

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A Miami airport passenger had an 'unexplained bulge'; officers found 10 live birds hidden in his underwear

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A 21-year-old Tennessee moviegoer noticed an 80-year-old AMC usher emptying trash after a screening and hoped a TikTok fundraiser might bring in $500; strangers donated more than $146,000 in less than 24 hours

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'The Orange Plague': Why a golden, naked Trump is sitting on another man

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In 2011, an Ohio man was served foreclosure papers on his $4.5 million, 17,000-sq-ft mansion; after nearly 15 years of hearings, mediation and court fights, an eviction notice has now been approved

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US plans to livestream Fort Hood shooter's death; first public execution in 90 years

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'Fixing broken immigration by taking hammer to it': Lawmaker defends Microsoft after Trump's Green Card move

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'ICE out of our neighbourhoods': Shooting of Dominican man sparks protests in New York

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US suspends 8 tech firms from PERM process: Full list and what it means

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Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on Nasa's Apollo programme, dies

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In 2007, Bryan Cranston bought a California beach bungalow for $2.5 million; after rebuilding it as a 2,450-sq-ft net-zero energy home, he sold the property 14 years later for $5.45 million

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A CEO who was not a cyclist trained for months, then rode about 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada in 12 days; along the route, his team raised and distributed more than $766,000 to over 70 people and organisations

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Country singer Zach Bryan quietly bought an $18 million Tennessee estate in 2026; the secluded property sits on 146 acres and includes a 6,000-square-foot main house and recording studio

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An Arkansas family treated the same fence as its property line for nearly six decades; after new neighbours removed fencing and trees, an appeals court upheld $12,000 in treble damages and an order to rebuild the fence

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America has enjoyed the greatest free lunch in history: Vivek Wadhwa reacts to Green Card crackdown on 8 IT companies, says they aren't the visa abusers

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A $132,000 GoFundMe was raised for radio host Ronn Owens; federal review found thousands spent on mortgages, businesses and family transfers

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Federal executive with top-secret clearance created a fake classified program and diverted $145 million into luxury property and gold; after FBI found 298 gold bars, he pleaded guilty to a $193.6 million fraud

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Mark Zuckerberg's sister Arielle Zuckerberg reveals secret DJ career, 37-year-old has played techno at clubs, festivals and Burning Man since 2018 while working in venture capital

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Indian-origin doctor mom arrested and charged in Florida as she watched 7-year-old drown. She said she froze, she was not strong enough to pull him from water

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FDR's grandson bought 150 acres of Texas ranch land in 1999; 27 years later, he has assembled a 1,300-acre family retreat with seven miles of trails

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Walt Disney quietly assembled more than 27,000 acres in Florida through secret transactions for about $5 million, averaging roughly $182 an acre; after the buyer's identity emerged, the land became Walt Disney World

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Donald Trump honours CEO Satya Nadella as JD Vance goes hard at Microsoft

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In 2021, 94-year-old Texas teacher Opal Lee saw Juneteenth become a federal holiday after more than 40 years of activism and a 1,400-mile walk campaign

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'She's biased': Cornell sex assault accused seeks removal of NY AG Letitia James as special prosecutor

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Cornell Jane Doe faces death threats, doxxing after armed cops swarm family home

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