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US - Aug 5, 2026 - In 1942, Oregon built an entire city that grew to around 40,000 residents; six years later, a flood erased it from the map - Vanport, a temporary city that sprang up near Portland during World War II, was home to many shipyard workers, becoming Oregon's second-largest city. However, in 1948, catastrophic flooding from the Columbia River, exacerbated by heavy rains and snowmelt, led to the dike failures that wiped the city off the map in mere hours, leaving only parks and a racetrack in its wake.

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Texas has been using discarded Christmas trees on its beaches for years, and they're quietly helping sea turtles survive

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US - Aug 5, 2026 - California will close the westbound Zampa Bridge for 53 hours to replace part of its deck, creating a major weekend detour between Vallejo and the East Bay - Important notice for travelers: Westbound access on the Al Zampa Memorial Bridge will be entirely shut down for 53 hours, commencing on Friday, August 21, and concluding on Monday, August 24, to facilitate necessary repairs. Motorists are urged to anticipate heavy delays and to follow detour signs. Please be advised that foot and bicycle traffic will also be halted during this repair window. Prepare your travel plans accordingly.

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Quote of the day by Mother Teresa: "I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than..." - a timeless lesson on choosing kindness over perfection

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Donald Trump's immigration crackdown hits US military families; over 50 spouses, parents detained

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk: 'One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy'

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Rebecca DePaula was an NYPD officer, pastor and mother of three; her family is demanding an investigation after she died following surgery in the Dominican Republic

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US Marine veteran serving as Las Vegas police officer killed in shootout with armed suspect

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Hawaii has remained snake-free for millions of years, and the reason lies in how the islands were born

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In 2011, Mount Rainier used helicopters to transport thousands of native plants into trampled meadows; more than 90% of about 85,000 plantings survived

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After losing both grandparents, 17-year-old Hudson Waters recreated their Illinois home inside a backyard shed using their furniture, flowers and decorations

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After disappearing for decades, seven beavers returned to California's Tule River and began restoring the landscape

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In 2025, helicopters dropped 400 logs into Washington's Pilchuck River: 28 engineered logjams now slow floodwaters and rebuild lost salmon habitat

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Meet Theo Quenee, the South Florida teen who turned his rooftop into a greenhouse for 524 hurricane-scattered mangroves

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Across America's three coasts, 84% of wetlands are slowly submerging; only 16% are rising fast enough to keep pace with the sea

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Used tyres from Japan were considered a likely pathway for Asian tiger mosquitoes into Texas, helping the species spread across the United States

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Democracy Forward sues USCIS over records on immigration database use in US elections

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Scientists discover a new eyeless cavefish genus hidden for decades inside one of America's most closely monitored caves

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In 1898, Pennsylvania began buying its barren 'desert'; a civilian tree army later helped bring its forests back

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In 1977, California removed the last introduced grazing herbivores from San Miguel Island; a landscape once described as a "barren lump of sand" is now covered with recovering native vegetation

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Why some northern U.S. forests recover after storms and logging while others stall may depend on seedlings already growing beneath the canopy

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Alaska's Kennecott produced some of America's richest copper until 1938; its enormous 14-storey mill still towers over the wilderness

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Arizona researchers raised solar panels above crops so one acre could grow food and electricity, while separate readings found skin temperatures nearly 21°F cooler under panels in Phoenix

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Oregon planted 72 million seedlings and dropped about a billion seeds from aircraft, helping turn the 554-square-mile Tillamook Burn into a state forest

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'Operation Eau de Fraud': Chicago YouTuber charged after replacing luxury perfumes with modeling clay in return scam; police seize $250,000 worth of fragrances

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From free speech to religion and press - US courts find Trump admin violated rights in 75 rulings

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Trump revokes 28,000 immigrant trucker licences: What it means for Indians

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Man arrested with gun, ammunition near Trump's California golf course ahead of fundraiser

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Florida laboratory tests exposed endangered Caribbean corals to predatory bacteria; more than half showed no bleaching beyond the infection site

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'A Fitting Farewell': An Illinois family gave its old farmhouse one final purpose; about 100 firefighters trained inside before it burned

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Quote of the day by Warren Buffett: 'Look for the job you would take if you didn't need a job' and timeless career advice

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From 1952 to 2020, US inspectors recorded 2,562 woodwasp interceptions; researchers found wooden packaging was the dominant invasion pathway

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Donald Trump administration revokes over 28,000 immigrant trucking licences, launches veteran hiring drive; Indian drivers may be affected

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US judge blocks New York's ban on ICE officers wearing face masks

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New rules for US citizenship: Trump administration wants new educational requirement for naturalization

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75-country Green Card ban illegal, rules Indian-American judge Amit Mehta; DHS says Trump upholding highest standards

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US researchers tracked nearly 450 coastal wetlands for up to 20 years; 84% were sinking towards open water and only 16% kept pace with rising seas

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Meet Darshan Magdum, Indian member of US boy band, who finally gets O-1 visa and the Internet is behind it

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The US army built a 1,500-mile Alaska Highway through wilderness in just eight months during World War II

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When Jeff Bezos asked his team to help after a rainforest charity saving the Amazon said it was blocked from using 'Amazon' in Google Ads

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How Vietnam veteran John Beal turned Seattle's polluted Hamm Creek into a thriving salmon habitat after doctors gave him just four months to live

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Only 4 companies? Critics say barring small companies from hiring H-1B for 1-2 years is not enough

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California's Ranch Fire burned 459,123 acres in 53 days; eight years later, crews planted 71,000 seedlings across the scar in eight days

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In 1994, Alabama sank 100 retired M60 battle tanks in the Gulf, giving obsolete military machines a 50-year second life as fish reefs

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In 2006, Florida deliberately sank a 911-foot aircraft carrier, creating America's largest intentionally reefed warship

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Virginia's iron furnaces burned an acre of forest a day for just five tons of metal; today, 10 stone ruins hide across 1.8 million forested acres

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North Carolina man worked 100-hour weeks for 58 years to save a bankrupt boat company, rejected a $400 million offer and gave it to charity

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Salvadoran man dies at New Jersey ICE detention centre, 22nd death in custody this year

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Andrew Tate's lawyer warns Trump of political fallout if he doesn't help jailed influencer in UK extradition case

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In 2023, a helicopter flew 90 miniature forest islands into a Washington swamp, testing whether 450 living plants could defeat invasive grass

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In 2018, a US engineer proposed spreading glass beads across Arctic ice to slow its melting; scientists later warned the plan could warm it

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Iran won't escalate tensions but will defend itself, says Pezeshkian as Donald Trump claims Tehran has 'last chance'

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In 1948, Maine loaded white-pine seeds into a Navy plane and scattered them across 2,200 burned acres; some produced 2,475 seedlings per acre

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In 2024, helicopters delivered 3,800 giant sequoia seedlings seven miles into California wilderness; replanting a 48-acre burn scar considered unlikely to recover naturally

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In 2015, helicopters began dropping logs into Washington's Queets-Clearwater watershed, helping crews rebuild 8 miles of critical salmon habitat

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US to close missions in Canada, Japan and Indonesia: Report

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