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Times of India - US News

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US - Sep 16, 2026 - 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 - Mount Vernon's Ariel-Foundation Park now spans 250 acres, blending industrial remnants with natural beauty. A historic smokestack, once part of a glass factory, now serves as an observation tower. Three large lakes were created from former gravel quarries, enhancing the landscape. Walking trails connect various park features and extend to other recreational networks. This adaptive reuse project successfully transformed a deteriorating factory site into a recognizable public space.

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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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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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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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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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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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Trump's handpicked prosecutor resigns from DOJ probe after clash with attorney general

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Indian-origin man, woman killed by train after sitting on NYC subway tracks

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Trump's mail ballot push hits Supreme Court roadblock ahead of crucial midterms

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Jimmy Buffett helped turn Florida's manatee into a conservation symbol; the singer became involved with the campaign decades before the species' recovery

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Iran strikes damaged US bases, embassies across 8 countries: Pentagon watchdog

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Trump slams AI guardrails, calls it a 'sick conspiracy'

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A 15-year-old started collecting unwanted shoes after school; she has now gathered 1,913 pairs for people in need

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Abbott agrees to pay nearly $385 million to US government over alleged false claims tied to infant formula made at Michigan facility; contamination allegations, company history and settlement explained

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Tourists leave behind "lint bunnies" inside the world's longest cave; volunteers have removed about 600 pounds of human debris

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In 2011, a Massachusetts dairy installed the state's first agricultural digester; by 2020, manure and food waste were saving it $155,000 a year on heat, fertiliser, and bedding

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Texas bought a 1,700-acre Hill Country ranch for a new state park; unlike nearby Garner, planners want it rugged, with Frio River access only after miles of backcountry hiking

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A Cleveland district fell from nearly 100,000 residents in the 1960s to fewer than 20,000, leaving blocks looking like countryside; a new plan now aims to build 200 homes and could generate up to $182 million for streets, parks and sewers

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A US grandfather planned a $100,000-$150,000 treehouse for his grandkids; it grew into a $325,000 backyard castle with a pirate ship and 200-foot zipline

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Meet Meera Ramaswami: The Ann Arbor inventor who turned her grandmother's fall into a patented mobility device and launched a company

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In 1835, Free Frank McWorter, a formerly enslaved man, paid $100 for 80 Illinois acres; a year later he founded New Philadelphia, and 191 years later nearly 20 acres entered NPS ownership

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