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US - Nov 11, 2026 - A Tennessee family won back access after a neighbour fenced off half their shared driveway; when they sued the city over the fence permit, a federal judge ruled the permit did not amount to a government taking - A Tennessee family regained access to a shared driveway after a neighbour built a fence through it. A state court later confirmed the family's easement and ordered the fence removed. However, a federal judge dismissed their separate lawsuit against the city, ruling that issuing the building permit did not amount to a government taking.

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An Iowa woman co-owned a house bought with a $260,775 mortgage but never signed the loan note; when the lender tried to foreclose without notifying her, the state supreme court reversed the foreclosure ruling

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US - Nov 11, 2026 - A Texas family noticed a strong smell before buying their new home in 2018; years later a plumber found its sewer vents ended in the attic, and a Tarrant County jury has awarded them more than $21.6 million - A Texas family has been awarded more than $21.6 million after faulty plumbing sent sewer gas into their home, which they bought in 2018. A plumber later found that the sewer vents ended in the attic. The family reported health problems and had to leave the house, which remains uninhabitable.

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Lady Gaga's foundation and Jack.org set out to help people support friends struggling with mental health; more than 100,000 people have now completed their Be There Certificate training

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Hawaii Supreme Court to hear whether two elephants held at Honolulu Zoo for decades can challenge their captivity through habeas corpus; conservation group seeks their release to a sanctuary

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In 1984, Michael Jackson escaped fame at Colorado's Caribou Ranch; sent bodyguards back to Denver, rode an ATV, rehearsed for hours and found freedom that may have inspired Neverland Ranch

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A Louisiana man acquired an early stake linked to Raising Cane's before marrying in 2001; after their 2007 divorce settlement, his former wife sought a share of the interests, but a 2026 appeals court rejected her claim

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An Ohio woman withheld taxes from workers at her husband's electrical business but used company money on a Florida condo and vacations; after more than $494,000 went unpaid, she received an 18-month sentence

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders mocked over suspected AI-generated photo promoting new book: 'Those aren't even real words!'

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'The Good Place' actor Ted Danson helped build Oceana; how a Hollywood star turned an oil-drilling fight into a global ocean conservation organisation

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A Florida wedding venue accused neighbours of disrupting ceremonies with gunfire, chainsaws and revving airboats, and won a court order to stop them; in October 2026, an appeals court overturned the temporary ban

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A Circle K worker found a customer's abandoned Arizona lottery ticket, clocked out and bought it himself; it turned out to be worth $12.8 million, and now a judge says the fight over who owns it can go ahead

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California Sikh temple kidnapping-murder of Avtar Singh: Suspect arrested in Mexico after 8 months, two others remain on the run

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Tesla found liable for fraud over $110,000 Solar Roof that never generated electricity; project began at $82,210 in 2020, failed county inspection, homeowner estimates repair cost at $2.5 million

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An Ohio landowner admitted filling holes near a farm drain with shoes, rocks and license plates, then sued his neighbour over runoff; a 2026 appeals court upheld $126,198 in legal fees and expenses against him

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IBM ending visa sponsorship for most roles in IBM Consulting: What will happen to employees?

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An Indiana security guard was struck by a car carrying suspected phone thieves outside a hospital in 2017; nine years later, an appeals court has revived his negligence claim over missing barriers

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A Pennsylvania woman said she used $80,000 in savings during marriage, including to improve her husband's house; after five years of temporary support, an appeals court upheld another $1,000 a month for three years

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H-1B, Green Card update: IBM ends visa sponsorship for most roles in its biggest division; affected workers face year-end deadline

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Amazon to refund $3 million to Prime customers over six-step cancellation process; also agrees to donate $1 million to charities and allocate $1.5 million to consumer protection

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​A Washington woman says her ex-husband tracked her spending, accessed her home's Alexa system and repeatedly stalked her despite a no-contact order; an appeals court upheld a five-year domestic violence protection order

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Trump puts his chips on Huang as China spy storm gathers force

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JD Vance calls impeachment push against Pete Hegseth 'absurd', says move is not about Iran war

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In 2023, Scarlett Johansson took legal action after an AI app used her Black Widow footage and an imitation of her voice in an unauthorised advert; months later, she accused OpenAI of copying her voice for ChatGPT

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'Either he will resign or Trump will fire him': Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz warns Hegseth as impeachment pressure mounts

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End Iran war or tackle Trump? What Americans want Democrat-held Congress to focus on

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A 60-year-old Danish man says ChatGPT told him he could stop paying rent and that losing his home was 'legally impossible'; after being evicted with his two dogs, he is now suing OpenAI in San Francisco

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In 1947, U.S. tea experts tasted imported brews under a 1897 law that set quality standards; the federal tea-tasting system lasted until its repeal in 1996

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In 1962, Neil Armstrong's X-15 bounced off the atmosphere, overshot Edwards on April 20, then flew over Pasadena: its 12:28 flight became the program's longest

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Paul McCartney, 84, and Ringo Starr, 86, are booked for the same Las Vegas veterans concert on January 29, 2027, setting up a rare reunion of the surviving Beatles more than two years after they last performed together

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George Washington once used New Jersey's Ford Mansion as his wartime headquarters; after nearly 10 months of restoration, the historic house reopened for public tours in October 2024

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James D. Sinegal was a grocery bagger at San Diego's FedMart; he rose through retail and co-founded Costco in 1983

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When her husband died of Covid, an Omaha mother of 10 was told his $350,000 life insurance would not pay out; she took the insurer to court twice, and a jury has now awarded her family $11.3 million

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At 77, John Glenn made history twice: first orbiting Earth in 1962, then becoming the oldest person in space on Discovery's 1998 mission

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Months after the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, a Los Angeles children's charity raised a record $4 million at a gala honouring their legacy; their children presented an award to Jamie Lee Curtis

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang lobbied Trump for more sales to China, claims report calling Huang, Trump 'good friends'

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Meet Katelyn Liu, the California teen whose free science workshops grew from a local library into a 21-chapter nonprofit that has reached 15,163 young people and distributed 18,525 STEM kits worldwide

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A Washington woman paid for a family friend's first home in 2018 and took shared title to secure a $132,000 loan; after he stopped paying, a court upheld his ownership while rejecting his claims against her

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An Indiana couple paid $100,000 toward a $211,235 modular home but withheld the balance after citing construction problems; a November 9 appeals court upheld a judgment exceeding $221,000 against them

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A rare platinum F.P. Journe wristwatch with a hand-engraved pink-gold dial sold for $10.59 million in Geneva; the two-day auction made history by selling all 217 watches for a combined $112.3 million

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Nvidia's AI chips: The technology China wants and America won't share

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'Message to our enemies that US will punish its own warriors': Pete Hegseth on push to impeach him for Iran war

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ICE arrests Iranian 'King of Instagram' Farzad Tony who was living in the US illegally, flaunting luxury cars, partying with naked models

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A Kentucky woman obtained a stalking protection order after repeated encounters with a woman linked to her aunt's divorce at Chuck E. Cheese; an appeals court overturned it, finding no evidence of a threat

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New York has sued the federal government over a 207-acre island property donated to the Seneca Nation for $1, seeking to undo federal approval of its protected land status as the tribe vows to defend its rights

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A 61-year-old Michigan woman thought her $30 scratch-off ticket had won $5,000, but a phone scan revealed a $2 million prize; she chose about $1.3 million in cash and plans to buy homes in Michigan and Florida

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Katie Miller quits SpaceX, sells shares as husband Stephen Miller reportedly cleared of White House ethics restrictions

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A retired Navy SEAL commander removed a hemlock on a New Hampshire lakefront boundary, prompting two felony charges; both were dropped, and he paid a $1,000 fine despite an $11,259 appraisal of the trees

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Lindsay Clancy case: Judge rejects bid to dismiss murder charges, paving way for possible retrial

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles raises record $1.35 billion in fundraising campaign supported by Jimmy Kimmel and Jamie Lee Curtis

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After more than 20 years of Halloween builds, a Milwaukee couple transformed the fronts of three neighbouring homes into a Hogwarts-inspired attraction in 2026, while donations for homeless youth passed $100,000

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In 1944, a German U-boat sank the SS Cornwallis off Maine, killing 43 sailors; 82 years later, a dive team ended a seven-year search by locating the wreck almost 400 feet underwater in July 2026

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Richard Simmons' Los Angeles home sells for $3.8 million after decades of ownership; inside the fitness icon's unusual residence with a key-shaped swimming pool

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In 2019, oil was found seeping from a California railyard into the Sacramento River; six years later, cleanup had removed 75,000 gallons of oil and 100,000 tons of contaminated soil.

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Mystery threat puts US bases in Britain on high alert, aircraft shifted

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Who is Ahmed Moor? Gaza-born Palestinian-American writer takes on John Fetterman in 2028 Pennsylvania Senate race

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A federal judge halted Trump's border wall work across Texas's 500-mile Big Bend sector; 38 days later, the Supreme Court cleared construction to resume while the lawsuit continues

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In 2023, Washington fined a cattle-ranching couple $267,540 over wetlands they say were stockwater ponds; three years later, they are still fighting restoration demands they estimate could exceed $3.7 million

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