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Times of India - US News

24 hours after hosting Rahul Gandhi, TN CM Vijay takes metro ride with PM Modi

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Passenger's device starts smoking, flight diverted

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Sagittarius Horoscope Today, October 12, 2026: A balanced day favours relationships, practical work and steady finances

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Government slams UN rights body for 'practising double standards'

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Protests against SIR-CEC intensify, several detained in Mumbai, Pune

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Libra Shani Horoscope Today, 12 October 2026: Navratri Day 2 fasting brings glow and clarity under retro Venus

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CJI: No meet with Congress, it'll violate 'separation of power'

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Congress could reiterate request for meeting with CJI today

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Thousands of rare grasshoppers released in Norfolk after 86 years; conservation project achieves first wild hatching since 1939

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Scorpio Horoscope Today, October 12, 2026: Emotional pressure calls for restraint as spending and arguments need control

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Bangladesh party backs CJP stir, ex-Yunus aide seeks Modi's fall

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Virgo Shani Horoscope Today, 12 October 2026: Mercury wants you to focus on polite words, close family and money matters

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I-T department estimates 25,000 cr tax evasion by restaurants

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Festive phone market set to shrink in volume

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A retired US Army veteran has spent 11 years hunting Burmese pythons in the Everglades; Florida pays up to $18 an hour, but every catch demands a close encounter

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Libra Horoscope Today, October 12, 2026: Recognition and new opportunities arrive as careful decisions protect finances

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FPIs pull out 44k cr in October, outflows in '26 cross 3L crore

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RBI measures: Rupee to gain sharply but forex liquidity likely to dry up

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Washington's historic East Potomac golf course could lose up to 529 trees, with 169 slated for removal starting October 10; officials call it maintenance as a lawsuit challenges the park's possible redesign

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A coal millionaire donated 3,654 acres to Pennsylvania in 1969; the state spent $1.7 million reclaiming mining-scarred land to create Hillman State Park

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US - Oct 12, 2026 - A 1936 Miami Beach hotel shut after Hurricane Irma in 2017 and became tangled in a $95.6 million foreclosure judgment; nine years later, its new owner plans to reopen the 45-room Art Deco landmark next month - The historic Tides Hotel in Miami Beach, which has remained shuttered since Hurricane Irma in 2017, is set for a grand reopening in November 2026 after extensive renovations by its new owner, Safe Harbor Capital Partners. Legal disputes surrounding its financing and insurance have prolonged its closure. Newly acquired through a foreclosure auction, this iconic venue is ready to reclaim its status as a favorite among celebrities on Ocean Drive.

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A Texas family spent nearly eight years fighting over the 65,000-acre Brite Ranch, worth at least $60 million; days before trial, the heirs agreed to divide the historic property into four pieces

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Hundreds of thousands of abandoned US mines were left behind after mining booms; bats, snakes and bobcats now use them as refuges

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The Florida mansion featured in Scarface is listed for $237 million; its 2.38-acre waterfront estate was once part of Richard Nixon's Winter White House retreat

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Jason Mraz bought an old San Diego avocado grove as a retreat in 2004; two decades later it is a 17-acre regenerative farm growing organic avocados, coffee and other crops, with much of its fruit sold locally

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Trump, Rubio weigh removing ambassador to Greece amid alleged misconduct

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'City terrorised by rogue agency': Mamdani seeks probe into ICE shooting of Dominican man in NYC

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In 2025, UK researchers developed self-healing bitumen with oil-filled plant spores, building on earlier lab tests where aged bitumen cracks healed in about 50 minutes

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In 1982, Ronald Reagan addressed federal spending on risky coastal construction; he restricted subsidies; a 3.8-million-acre coastal system emerged

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Florida approved permanent protection for 1,034 acres of Limestone Creek Ranch, a 70-year cattle operation once owned by a governor; the $6.52 million easement keeps the land working inside the Wildlife Corridor

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In 2009, Indiana mixed old roofing shingles into a US Route 6 warm-asphalt trial; the road became a real-world durability test, not just a lab experiment

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In 2021, California tested asphalt mixed with torn-up roofing shingles on State Route 49; all four mixes met performance specifications, but field results varied

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In 1993, Bill Clinton proposed a Pacific Northwest forest plan after a bitter logging fight; the final 1994 framework covered about 24.5 million federal acres

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In 2025, California began filling a 750-acre expansion of the Salton Sea wetlands; the project aims to create wildlife habitat while reducing dust from the drying shoreline

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The ABCD of US politics: American-born Combative Desis face MAGA heat

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In 2019, former WWE champion Chris Jericho bought a $3.255 million, 6.5-acre Florida lake estate, then listed his older lakefront home with 175 feet of shoreline for $1.149 million

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In 2012, The Miz paid $1.865 million for a Hollywood Hills home, then renovated and expanded it into a 4,532-square-foot Tuscan villa before listing it for $3.65 million and selling it for just over $3 million

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In 2021, Joe Biden restored boundaries at two Utah monuments; more than 2 million acres regained federal protection

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Trump announces Russia-Ukraine 'energy ceasefire effective immediately'; Zelenskyy says 'news for me'

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'Good for American people': US treasury secretary defends Russia diesel deal, cites 'legal authority'

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Watch: Anti-ICE protesters attack federal vehicle, threaten agents in Oregon parking lot

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A Florida family kept a 498-acre cattle operation for generations as development spread around it; the ranch is now permanently protected through a $7.48 million conservation easement

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A Florida school district rejected a $20 million offer for its five-acre riverfront headquarters in 2025; another $17.2 million deal collapsed, and officials have now approved a third agreement worth $15.13 million

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An 83-year-old Oregon blimp hangar was sold for $1 after a storm tore a 200-foot hole in its roof; after nearly 10 months shut, the air museum inside is now set to reopen on October 29

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A 26-acre California site was being turned into an ICE detention facility without a full environmental review; a federal judge has now halted construction until the government completes the required analysis

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MacKenzie Scott gave Maliasili $15 million after an earlier grant helped create a conservation fund; that fund has since backed 28 organisations

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Trumpiana: Trump trail goes boom boom doom doom again!

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In Colorado, a family spent more than 60 years assembling a working ranch; after it was once listed for $100 million, Susan Nottingham has now permanently protected 18,484 acres and their historic water rights

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Putin tells Trump Russia will fight until 'all objectives' are met, rules out Ukraine war peace breakthrough

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In 1958, Texas voters rejected a $15 million reservoir plan; 68 years later, a judge overturned a new permit for Lake Ringgold after ranchers warned the project could flood more than 16,000 acres of farmland

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Colorado veteran Cano Espinoza began covering his home with discarded hubcaps, cans, screen doors and scrap metal in 1980; more than four decades later, Cano's Castle remains a well-known roadside attraction in Antonito

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Meet T'Emi Oshin, the 20-year-old Wayne State student who scored 1590 on the SAT and became the university's first Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholar; she is also being honoured for youth advocacy and public-health work

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A 70-year-old woman swam 20 miles across California's Catalina Channel after her brother received a kidney transplant; she raised over €15,000

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A Washington farmer who returned to his family farm in 1984 is challenging $618,000 in irrigation penalties after the state Supreme Court heard his case

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A pig became famous after running through Hollywood; Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren won him in a silent auction and sent him to a 7-acre sanctuary

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'Trump Ocean' on the map? US president jokes about renaming Atlantic or Pacific

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Hurricane Isaias kills 4 in US, leaves hundreds of thousands without power - video

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Baltimore turned waste glass into road surfaces on at least 17 streets; the crushed glass made the pavement sparkle under sunlight and streetlights

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'Terrible thing': Trump on Riyadh airport attack, says US may join Saudi strikes against Yemen's Houthis

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In 2015, James Patterson pledged $1.25 million to US school libraries; after requests poured in, he raised his gift to $1.75 million, helping 467 libraries fund books, reading programmes and repairs

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Meet Stephen Biebelhausen, the US doctor who pushed his 1-year-old daughter in a pram and accidentally broke a world record

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Harvard bought this stained document for $27.50; decades later, experts realised it was an original Magna Carta

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In 2012, Taylor Swift pledged $4 million for a Nashville education centre; 14 years later, the space is showcasing artwork by local schoolchildren and artists with developmental disabilities

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After a New York fire killed a 13-year-old girl's father and four sisters, relatives raised over $100,000 for her; months later, the state AG sought $71,539.29 it said remained unpaid

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'As one of the largest research universities...': Arizona State responds to federal probe into J-1 visa use after JD Vance says 'something weird is going on'

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Strong pushback as US downgrades Hong Kong to tier-3 in human trafficking: 'Double standard'

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A teacher went on a blind date with a surgeon in 1969 and ended up learning to run his dairy farm; their 160-acre Illinois property is now a nature preserve

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A Utah couple began cycling across America on their 40th wedding anniversary; 87 days and 3,634 miles later, they reached the Atlantic coast and raised about $23,000 for two community charities

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Florida cybersecurity owner accused of misleading ransomware victims; prosecutors allege his firm charged them over $19 million while secretly paying hackers more than $8 million

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US death row inmate Christa Pike returns to prison from hospital after surviving lethal injection execution

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Amid claims that Kimberly Guilfoyle charged money to give access to Trump, leaked texts reveal her breakup with Donald Trump Jr was nasty

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Hurricane Simon intensifies into category 4 storm near Mexico

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From about 1950 to 1964, a Washington janitor spent nights in a rented garage assembling a 180-piece throne from foil, cardboard, old furniture and light bulbs; it now fills a Smithsonian gallery

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In Brazil, a 69-year-old farmer spent 20 years building his own Italian-style stone house, one rock at a time, finally completing the project he began mostly alone

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In 2024, England protected a forgotten World War I practice battlefield; Browndown's trench systems span an area equivalent to nearly 17 football pitches

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