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US - Sep 27, 2026 - 15 years ago, a Colorado couple bought a battered ranch; they now turned its damaged landscape into a wildlife-friendly working ranch

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US deports LGBTQ migrants to nations where they fear persecution, rights groups say

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OpenAI agents scanned UN data hub over 16,000 times, used aggressive access methods: Report

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US - Sep 27, 2026 - Winds, floods, 20-foot waves: What's behind the nor'easter battering the US East Coast - A powerful nor'easter is currently disrupting life on the US East Coast, delivering heavy rainfall and fierce winds. More than 100,000 households are without power due to downed trees and lines. Air travel has come to a standstill with numerous cancellations and delays across airports. Coastal regions are on alert for possible flooding from exceptionally high tides, while emergency teams remain on standby for further challenges as the storm unfolds.

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Boeing finds software glitch that may disable landing guidance on some 737 MAX jets

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Scott Bessent says US pressure on Iran bites as Gulf nations tighten economic screws

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FBI confirms 'cybersecurity incident' after reported hack compromised employee info

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400 flights cancelled, 100,000 without power as Nor-easter hits US East Coast

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$1.04 billion Powerball winner remained anonymous for nearly a month; finally claimed the prize in Illinois

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FTC: Make AI developers liable for agents' conduct

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OpenAI's agents accessed public data of US agencies

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. turned the woods of his North Carolina estate into a motorsport time capsule, keeping more than 75 wrecked race cars in a private graveyard beside a full Wild West-style town he built

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California construction workers uncover 40-million-year-old fossils; they could belong to extinct 'thunder beast' or 'swamp rhino'

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After Daunte Wright's 2021 death, a GoFundMe raised about $1.04 million; a year later, the mother of his only child sued his parents and Ben Crump, alleging the boy received none of the money promised for his support

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What do the latest US visa wait times reveal: Hyderabad, Mumbai near a year for B1/B2 appointments; Delhi at 10 months

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Who is Christos Marafatsos, the Greek-American businessman accompanying Kimberly Guilfoyle to key meetings?

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A Pennsylvania grandfather built a backyard amusement park with a 105-foot waterslide, go-kart track and vintage carousel; his $24,700 roller coaster then triggered a zoning fight

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Meet Jessica Lee, 17-year old Honolulu high school senior who logged 420 hours of volunteer service, competed in varsity golf and completed a multi-day expedition before earning the US Congress's highest youth award

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In 2017, four artists paid $95,000 to save Nina Simone's childhood home from demolition; eight years later, a nearly $850,000 rehabilitation restored the three-room North Carolina house

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A library card is becoming an unexpected money-saving tool in US; one Chicago-area library partnered with local businesses for discounts, while Brooklyn added 150,018 cardholders through August, up 16% from 2 years earlier

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Russia backs India's claim to UNSC seat, firmly shuts door on Germany & Japan

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75-year-old Canadian woman charged in Florida for illegally voting in 3 federal polls

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An Iowa company thought it was paying legitimate vendor invoices and transferred more than $800,000 to a scammer-controlled account; four years later, the US government has recovered about $375,000

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After 'big talk' on 'Super Intelligence' with Xi, Trump rules out joint US-China effort to advance AI

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Shocking revelation in Mississippi Black woman's death: Tasia Fortune was killed before body was hung from tree, police say; drug dispute suspected

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Trumpiana: Here a boom, there a boom, everywhere a boom-boom!

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Florida couple sues Jacksonville's Brown Fertility Clinic, alleging wrong sperm was used in IVF after baby's blood type raises questions and a DNA test reveals husband isn't biological father

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Missouri teacher loses job after OnlyFans account discovered, says it's been there for years; someone must have searched for it

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In 1941, Michigan bottler John Makinen built a house from 60,000 chipped and flawed bottles discarded by his soda factory; in 1983, the local historical society bought it for a museum

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The Kennedy Center is a sacred space bigger than any name

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'I am King Tutankhamun': Pittsburgh doctor murder suspect Elijah Hemingway told police he was not a 'physical being' during bizarre Florida incident in past

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A New York highway superintendent built a snow-fence pole remover from an old golf-cart wheel and scrap box tubing for $0; it cut a three-week job to about 1.5 weeks and has now won a national federal award

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Visa revoked for one-day overstay in the US? NRI shares mother-in-law's case they got to know after a year

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Beauty and the beast: China brought its own wheels, a red flag, to Washington

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San Diego crews removed more than 60 tons of dried brush and invasive plants from 750+ acres of Mission Trails; the work targets wildfire fuel in a park where the 2003 Cedar Fire burned about 2,800 acres

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Charlie Kirk report: Family says Utah Valley University could not provide security after probe reveals TPUSA insisted on an outdoor address

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In 2019, three Pennsylvania investors paid $100,000 for an abandoned high school; after an 18-month, roughly $3.3 million conversion, its classrooms became 31 apartments that reached full occupancy within six months

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CNN barred from Trump's Air Force One trip to Tennessee despite court order restoring White House access

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Meet Sophie Kim, the California teen who turned an online climate-anxiety group into a youth nonprofit with 700+ members in 30+ countries and won a $10,000 national young hero prize

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Meet Lidia Rak, the 18-year-old Florida student whose research found a correlation between groundwater radium and pediatric brain-tumor incidence; her school says her advocacy contributed to a $30 million state bill

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$30bn tariff cut, Iran and AI dialogue: Key points from Xi-Trump talks

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In 2026, Houston opened the nearly $30 million Hill at Sims, turning a 100-acre flood basin into a park that holds 325 million gallons of stormwater for Sunnyside

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In 1958, an Atlanta woman's wallet slipped behind a theater wall; 65 years later, a renovation uncovered it, giving her family photos and keepsakes they thought were gone forever

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In 1775, fruit jars were sealed under George Washington's floor; 249 years later, archaeologists opened the site and found 29 bottles intact with whole cherries inside

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"Just get up and walk out": Elon Musk's unusual meeting rule for Tesla employees and why he called staying when you add no value 'rude'

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In 2011, Philadelphia began a $2 billion plan to turn hard blocks into rain gardens and porous streets; by 2021 it kept an estimated 3.08 billion gallons of stormwater out of waterways each year

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In 1985, a 10-year-old threw a message bottle into the Atlantic; 37 years later, a Florida family found it and mailed his childhood note back to him

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Inside Trump-Xi's high-stakes meeting

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'October 7 attack equal to sixteen 9/11s': Israeli PM Netanyahu in UN speech

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Shailene Woodley joined scientists in the Sargasso Sea to collect microplastics; why this remote Atlantic ecosystem became a real-world pollution laboratory

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A California homeowner was checking the crawl space beneath his house and discovered the remains of a 29-year-old woman killed in 2006; years later, police arrested her ex-husband

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Priscilla Chan gave $1.48 million to a Hawaii hospital through Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; it will fund an MRI and 3D mammography machine

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White House bars CNN from Air Force One press pool for Trump's upcoming trip

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A Chicago couple began protecting their Illinois woodland in the 1980s rather than develop it; decades later, all 126 acres have been bought for a new public preserve carrying their family name

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In 1981, Chuck Leavell and his wife inherited Georgia land; decades later, Charlane grown into a 4,000-acre estate with 70% forest cover

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A 1929 Bugatti Type 40 spent more than 60 years with one owner; it sold for $240,800 against a $450,000 high estimate

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'Trump Strait': US President shares new map of Hormuz after rejecting 7-day ceasefire offer

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Oklahoma is home to seven venomous snakes, from Prairie Rattlesnakes and Copperheads to Western Cottonmouths, each with distinct habitats and markings

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