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Times of India - US News

US - Nov 12, 2026 - Scott Bessent relocates to military base amid Iranian threats, becomes third cabinet member to do so after Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth

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A 17-year-old Australian boy vanished in dense bushland without his phone, food or water on November 6; six days later, police spotted his tackle box from a helicopter and found him alive beside a creek

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US - Nov 12, 2026 - US shooting: 5 people shot in neighbourhood near White House; area cordoned off - On Thursday, Five individuals were shot in Washington DC's Logan Circle area, prompting a significant police response. Authorities cordoned off businesses, a church, and residential buildings during their investigation of the shooting. The police were searching for a suspect and described the situation as an active shooter event. Emergency teams established multiple road closures and urged the public to avoid the vicinity.

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A Mississippi landlord claimed a couple running a youth sports nonprofit owed $99,468 after occupying property without a signed lease; a November 10 appeals court revived the suit without deciding whether they owed rent

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In 1972, flight attendant Vesna Vulovic fell 10,160 metres when a bomb tore her plane apart over Czechoslovakia; she was the only survivor of 28 people and still holds the record for the highest fall survived

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Indian-origin Texas man charged for killing parents, grandmother: State won't seek death penalty

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A Texas boy has lived with foster parents since he was weeks old after his mother gave birth while imprisoned; a November 10 appeals ruling upheld the termination of her parental rights as the couple seeks adoption

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'Stop them or tariffs will be doubled': Trump warns Mexico as 1,500 migrants head towards US

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A Tennessee UPS driver kept working after a 2022 rear-end crash but said his shoulder injury threatened his future earnings; a November 9 appeals court upheld a $575,000 jury award against the other driver and employer

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​Jimmy Carter's family has sold nearly 2,500 acres of Georgia farmland for $8.5 million to a conservation group, with plans to protect the former president's cherished land and expand a public wildlife area

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Mississippi's Masala moment: A historic Black victory in America's Deep South

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Joe Torre grew up in a home marked by violence; the charity he founded with wife Ali now runs 30 school support sites, offering counselling and safe spaces for children affected by abuse and trauma

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Leave Texas, come to Florida: Congressman invites Elon Musk to shift base, says 'Sunshine State' does not investigate or punish success

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On November 7, Samuel L. Jackson and his wife were honoured by a charity that has helped more than 50,000 families and provided over $4 million in assistance for autism and Parkinson's disease

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An 11-month-old South Carolina boy survived after being buried underground in a dog crate for 24 hours; rescuers heard Koah Sharp crying, and his father has now been charged with attempted murder.

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Virginia paid $29,700 for a temporary 1,458-square-foot easement behind a couple's home; their expert claimed a highway expansion caused almost $500,000 in losses, but an appeals court rejected that claim

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Shannen Doherty's ex-husband agreed to give her estate half the equity in their $1.5 million Texas home; the settlement also involved an aeroplane, photographs and furniture

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In 2022, Puerto Rico put baseball legend Roberto Clemente's image on license plates without his sons' permission; after they sought $45 million in damages, the US Supreme Court declined their appeal

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US closes a 4-kilometre road twice a year as thousands of snakes, including venomous rattlesnakes and cottonmouths, migrate between a swamp and limestone cliffs with changing temperatures

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'Mayday, mayday': Bathroom leak floods Frontier flight, forces emergency landing in Chicago

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Woman killed in New Jersey after driver mistakes her for a garbage bag

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After moving his hedge fund from Chicago to Miami in 2022, billionaire Ken Griffin bought every one of 138 apartments in a downtown condominium; now he is reshaping the city through massive investments and donations

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From fastest passenger ship to world's largest artificial reef: Historic US ocean liner sinks off Florida

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Vance considers direct talks with top Iranian security official, as Washington weighs 'unrealistic' peace demands

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This American town has a single resident and she is the Mayor, bartender and an entire government

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An Oklahoma man bought a house in 2015 and later began renting it out for short stays, prompting complaints about late-night parties and noise; now, the state Supreme Court has upheld $8,528 in HOA assessments and penalties, along with an injunction barring his short-term rental business

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Between 1942 and 1977, Shenandoah National Park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times and survived each one, a feat that earned him a Guinness World Record for most lightning strikes survived

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A Colorado delivery driver who cares for her 82-year-old mother apologised at a door for a mixed-up pizza order, the family came out and prayed with her, and strangers have since donated over $76,000 to help her

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India-born Praneet Menon wins Vermont state House seat in US election

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In 1984, Paul Newman gave his Rolex to his daughter's boyfriend, saying it "tells pretty good time"; 33 years later, it sold for $17.75 million

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Top Democrats seek records on Nvidia's China sales, CEO Jensen Huang's alleged affair

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LaGuardia's 1934–36 crackdown drove nearly all New York slot machines from the city; a 1937 photo showed confiscated machines, pinball games and guns being taken out to sea

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In Oregon's 1993–95 trial across 21 sites, crews sprayed liquid magnesium chloride before freezing rain to keep ice from bonding; two applications cost $24 per lane-mile, 75% less than sand

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Father who beheaded three children among two men set for execution in US

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A soldier's 1945 love letter to his future wife vanished inside a record; 70 years later, a Denver woman found it in a thrift-store purchase and returned it to him

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In 2011, San Francisco sewer workers found two ships buried 15 feet underground; their cargo routes and reused timbers revealed how the city filled its shoreline and replaced sail-powered trade

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Jensen Huang scandal: Why top Trump official Howard Lutnick 'protected' firm where Chinese spy Alice Huang worked

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An 1856 steamboat sank near Kansas City; 132 years later, its 200-ton cargo was found 45 feet beneath a cornfield, including tools, weapons and pickles

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In 1975, a Nebraska shop owner buried a Chevy Vega with thousands of keepsakes; 50 years later, his daughter opened the vault and found the car remarkably preserved

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In 1976, Michigan fifth-graders buried a class time capsule; when former classmates reunited 50 years later, they found only cloth scraps, rusty metal and glass

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'Blatant criminality': White House warns Democrats over planned investigations into Trump

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Ghanaian teen shot dead on way to school in New York; 17-year-old arrested

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'Stop anti-India hate': Indian-American Congressman-elect Amish Shah lists top priorities

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Did China use a 'honeypot' to influence Nvidia CEO? US Congress wants answers

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Jensen Huang had another affair with Nvidia VP who reported to him: Report

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Brooklyn building collapse: 2 dead, 19 injured as firefighters search for survivors

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Watch: US war secretary Pete Hegseth reprimanded by soldier at Arlington Cemetery

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Trump administration aware of plans to oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: Report

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A Washington nephew lived rent-free for 14 years in a house owned by his aunt and uncle, then claimed ownership after his aunt died; a November 9 appeals court upheld the uncle's right to remove him

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A neglected Mississippi pocket alley became a miniature museum with a tiny theatre, murals, and a dance spot with disco lighting, drawing an estimated 300,000 visitors

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In 2020, a Texas woman planned a 160-square-foot backyard office but her HOA rejected it over height rules; in 2026, judges upheld $100,000 in legal fees after finding the restriction did not apply

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A Texas estate said a 2009 deed carried its late owner's forged signature; after a man tied to the transfer was sentenced to 10 years, an appeals court ruled the estate could withdraw its claims against a later buyer

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'America did not start this': Trump defends war with Iran

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Meet Leo Hartman, the 4-year-old who turned an imaginary doughnut shop into a real T-shirt business and raised $900

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Two Ohio co-owners fought over proceeds from a property sale, with one receiving $171,635 and the other $23,161; on November 9, an appeals court dismissed the smaller recipient's challenge after both were paid

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Keanu Reeves sought a restraining order after a man allegedly trespassed at his Los Angeles home six times, slept in his garden and left a genetic testing kit with a disturbing note

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A North Dakota mother withheld the children from their father and stopped communication, a court found; the state Supreme Court upheld a contempt ruling awarding him 19 weekends of make-up parenting time

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