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Times of India - US News

US - Sep 16, 2026 - A struggling father spent his own money on a stranger's birthday card; the gesture later raised more than $200,000 for his family

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In 2011, a man opened his late great-aunt's Virginia closet and found 345 comics; the collection including Batman comics sold for about $3.5 million

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US - Sep 16, 2026 - She started raising butterflies at 7; by 16, this Florida girl had tracked birds and found populations rose by up to 159% after habitat restoration, she's now headed to a national magazine - Sophia Haakman, a 16-year-old from Sarasota, Florida, transformed her childhood passion for nature into significant conservation work. She initiated a bird monitoring project which provided evidence of habitat restoration benefits. Her research findings will be published in a national birding magazine this fall. Haakman also co-founded a local chapter of the Florida Young Birders Club. She is now exploring colleges to major in environmental studies and pursue biophilic design.

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Meet Tanishka Aglave, the 17-year-old Valrico, Florida student who built a curry leaf treatment, steam system and AI tool to fight citrus greening; she won $50,000

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Video: 3 killed as helicopter crashes while covering bus collision in LA

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At 20, a college student became mayor of an Iowa town with just 144 people; she may be America's youngest mayor

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Will Smith's iconic 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' mansion returns to market with a 25% price cut; famous TV home now listed at $22.95 million and could be demolished

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How FBI busted Russian plot to kill US-based dissident, target Ukraine supporters

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Meet Austin Jin, the 16-year-old Great Neck, New York student who built a CRISPR blood test to detect tuberculosis and drug resistance; he won $50,000

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Kim Kardashian awarded just 1 euro after Paris gunpoint robbery involving jewellery worth over 5.2 million euros

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133-year-old tree with historic carvings may be removed from a protected US forest by helicopter for a museum display

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SCOTUS rejects Trump's mail-in ballot curbs for Nov midterms

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Kash Patel won't rule out FBI agents at polls on Election Day

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Palantir, Nvidia curb AI model use, claims report

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'Might be running out of time to avoid outcome of AI killing all humans'

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'Maybe they'll shoot you': Carney recalls Trump's joke on Canada-US ties

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New York City agrees to $60 million settlement with owners of 64 properties seized over unpaid taxes and debts; Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to revive controversial TPT program

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In 2013, an Ohio conservancy bought a 75-acre former glass-factory site; two years later, it reopened as part of a 250-acre park with quarry lakes and a 286-foot smokestack observation tower

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Meet Benjamin Davis, the 16-year-old Massachusetts student who built a machine that turns 3D-printer waste into reusable filament and won $75,000

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Florida volunteer pilots started flying animals out of overcrowded shelters in 2010; more than 12,000 rescued dogs and cats have now made the journey

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Meet Brooke Sumpter, the 11-year-old who learned to sew at 4 and has now become the first child to design an American Girl fashion collection

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In 2018, Massachusetts removed the first of two old dams from former cranberry bogs; by 2020, 56 acres of wetlands had been rebuilt and 200+ native plant species had

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Meet Samuel Henderson, the 12-year-old who can mimic more than 100 bird calls and is now going viral for his unusual talent

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US redirects $52 million military aid from Europe, Middle East to conversative Latin American nations

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Airbnb is committing $250 million to help stalled US housing projects get built; its first $6.4 million investment will support 201 affordable homes in Austin

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A TikTok reviewer stopped at an overlooked Anime NYC booth; his video drew 1 million likes, gave indie creator Dare 25,000 followers and sold out his comics overnight

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In 2020, a San Diego mom and her toddler began cooking extra meals for struggling neighbours; six years later, the idea has shared 750,000 lasagnas and reached 3 million people

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A Texas family donated a 153-acre ranch for a sports park; the site is now being transformed into a tournament complex for baseball, softball and soccer

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Meet Aditya Sengupta, the 18-year-old Bellevue student who built an AI system to better predict dangerous clear-air turbulence; his research won $100,000

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Good heavens! US reveals it has placed weapons in space

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'You have been so drunk': Democrat senator takes on Kash Patel over alcoholism test, FBI hiring rules

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In 2011, New York covered five acres of Lake George with more than 700 mats to suffocate invasive Asian clams; 97% died, but the invader later spread to 27 locations

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In 1998, Pittsburgh's last operating steel mill closed, leaving 178 riverfront acres vacant; 28 years later, 700,000 sq ft has been built or is underway for robotics, biotech, housing and parks

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Who is Jonathan Hunter Kramer? Pennsylvania man arrested with rifle, 190 rounds of fire in alleged IS-inspired plot

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A 1.2-million-sq-ft San Francisco mall was foreclosed and a buyer walked away; a new bid would add 6 basketball courts, 8 volleyball courts and a sports high school

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In 2021, a British Columbia woman allowed limited tree trimming; neighbours cut far more for a Shuswap Lake view, and a judge ordered them to pay $34,064 in damages

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Trump promises $5,000 for every American adult: How will it affect US economy

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Trump slams 3 justices he nominated after mail-voting setback: 'Not the people I interviewed'

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Penn's Cave opened to visitors in 1885 and has been run by the same Pennsylvania family since 1908; after four generations, its owners want the 1,500-acre property to become a state park rather than be developed

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At 22, Jayden Williams became Stockbridge's youngest mayor; 10 months later, the city council removed him after a 10-hour misconduct hearing

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In 1995, Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks bought a Colorado ranch and turned it into a 7,000-acre estate before listing it for $149 million

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Developers once planned Adirondack Park's largest residential project on 5,800 New York acres; after years of failure and foreclosure litigation, the land is headed for public auction

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Matthew McConaughey on why he didn't let his son Levi have social media until 15: "He wanted it when he was 12..."

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The US and Mexico have shared the Colorado River since 1944; a new deal will cut Mexico's allocation by 250,000 acre-feet, about 17%, for two years

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FBI director Kash Patel to face Senate panel over leadership, spending, and 2020 election probe

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Jacksonville donated 20 acres for a new university campus; the $300 million project will bring graduate programmes and semiconductor research downtown

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Ohio wants to add 118 acres around a rare wetland to a nature preserve; if funding comes through, the protected habitat could grow to 450 acres and the family has offered to donate its house and 3 more acres

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'Born without making a sound': New docs reveal chilling details about Trump rally shooter

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In 2024, this woman spent a night inside the real Conjuring House, the 1736 Rhode Island farmhouse where the Perron family reported horrifying experiences

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A Wisconsin family tried for years to drain nearly 2,000 floodplain acres for farming; after the effort struggled and a tax fight followed, the land is now permanently protected along 2+ miles of the Sugar River

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Texas landowners are suing to stop border work through Big Bend under a $46 billion federal push; the 500-mile region has historically accounted for about 1% of arrests

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In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt rushed to Buffalo by train after McKinley died and took office in a friend's library; 125 years later, it is reenacted in the same room

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An Ohio community is negotiating to buy 850 acres from a coal company; if successful, the public forest could link about 74,000 acres between Wayne National Forest and Strouds Run State Park

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In 1907, New Jersey's Clementon Park opened; after surviving a 1931 fire and a $2.37 million foreclosure rescue in 2021, it has permanently closed; now the 52-acre site goes on sale

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Russian businessman funded Trump Jr's Bahamas wedding after-party

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A Texas farmer stopped planting cotton and sent his sheep to solar farms; the switch turned a potential $200,000 loss into $300,000 profit

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'Was laughing': Video shows Indian-origin woman, friend moments before NYC subway train ran over them

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Trump faces fresh setback as judge blocks stricter foreign student visa rule

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