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US - Aug 19, 2026 - In 2004, US soldiers hid a time capsule inside a barracks wall before deploying to Iraq and 19 years later contractors found it during renovations

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Trump claims '24,000 noncitizens voted in 2020 election', urges Congress to pass SAVE America Act

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Democrat Angie Nixon defeats Alexander Vindman in surprise Florida Senate primary upset

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US - Aug 19, 2026 - US vs ICC row escalates: Trump administration sanctions international court president, senior lawyer - In a significant escalation against the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United States has imposed sanctions on two prominent officials, including the ICC president and a senior trial lawyer. This move marks a continuation of the Trump administration's contentious stance towards the internationally recognized tribunal. The ICC criticized these sanctions as detrimental to the global legal framework, while several European allies voiced their concern over the U.S. actions.

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'They knew': US states accuse Meta of hiding Instagram's impact on teenagers

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'I won': Trump renews 2020 election claim, says 24,000 noncitizens voted illegally

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In 1969, the US released a European weevil to control invasive thistles; it later fed on more than 30 native species, including at least seven rare or endangered plants

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Man claims mother-in-law's US visa got 'revoked midflight' for 2-day overstay on previous visit, was sent back from Singapore

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Pentagon UFO scientist Dr Eric Davis claims US has evidence of 4 alien species after 30 years of UAP research: 'I've seen the evidence, I've seen the records'

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British student says he was denied entry to the US despite having valid visa only because he is Muslim: 'Felt as if I was kidnapped'

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A San Francisco man was digging in his backyard when his shovel hit something hard; he unearthed a 150-pound limestone sculpture and nobody knows who made it

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In 1910, an Ohio seamstress answered an ad for "plain sewing" and ended up helping build the Wright brothers' aeroplanes

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Meet Meghana Addanki, the 17-year-old New Jersey student who turned eggshells and cotton into a tiny generator that harvests energy from movement

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Prove you won't take government benefits: US issues details of new Green Card rules coming into effect on September 18

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Trollmeister Trump takes his cartographic aggression to Hormuz

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Meet Archishman Dey, the Ohio eighth-grader who tested an air fryer, candle, humidifier, gas and incense; incense produced the most fine-particle pollution

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In 1944, a Vermont woman used money meant for a fur coat to buy a 150-acre farm; 20 years later she gave it to Audubon for wildlife conservation

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Trump tests Iran with new map; Tehran warns it will 'correct his delusion'

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Natalie Harp, Kristen Holmes and White House's 'your children will come across your disgusting question' rebuke: Here's what happened

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Lawsuit filed challenging Trump admin's final rule ending 'duration of status' for international students

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In 1912, a Black couple bought California beachfront land and built a resort; the city seized it in the 1920s, and a century later their heirs got it back and sold it for nearly $20 million

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Trump's new election guru? India

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'This right here is everything that's wrong with H-1Bs': Trump official knocks on the door of Pakistani event manager Mohammad Abbas accused of selling visas

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In 1934, an Arizona couple began married life in a roofless pueblo with snakes and scorpions. 11 years later, their story took an unexpected turn

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Meet Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the Florida 10th-grader whose AI-powered cane can describe a blind user's surroundings, work offline and make emergency calls

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Washington's suburbs spread across Maryland, but a NASA image shows green corridors still woven through the urban landscape

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Washington's 12 introduced mountain goats multiplied into more than 1,000; decades later, 325 were airlifted out beneath helicopters

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In 1948, a sculptor blasted 10 tons from a South Dakota mountain; decades later, his family continues carving his Crazy Horse Memorial

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In the 1960s, the US began displacing around 600 families for a 40-mile reservoir; in 1975 the dam was shelved and their land became a 70,000-acre national park

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Alaska's live bearcam has become a summer hit: 7.3 million views in six weeks as brown bears gather at Brooks Falls to catch salmon

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In 1980, Miles Boekeloo sold his 365-acre Michigan wilderness retreat to the National Park Service; the deal let his family keep its cabin and 5 acres for another 25 years

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'Not AI': NYC mayor Mamdani's office rejects claim over Mandarin, Bengali broadway videos

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In 1951, a New Jersey couple bought 185-acres of land as a summer retreat after which an injured owl turned their property into a wildlife refuge

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Meet Ritu Narayan: Indian-origin mom whose $1.7 billion school transportation startup is transforming the lives of American students one bus at a time

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Florida mother pours hot wax on daughters before setting kitchen fire

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A former BlackRock employee ordered 10,000 pairs of socks for $100,000 to test a business idea; her startup later raised $2 million and reached Shark Tank

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In 1884, water hyacinth was introduced at a New Orleans exposition; by 2020, it covered an estimated 24,000 acres of public waterways in Louisiana's Barataria Basin

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Arkansas is installing 96 Solar Panels on a 40-Acre farm reservoir: researchers want to see how migratory birds along the Mississippi flyway react

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US mother sues Portland Public School after being barred from campus following gender policy dispute

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In 1999, a Texas couple bought 828 acres and discovered endangered whooping cranes, then protected 817 acres for the birds

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In the 1980s, a California family wouldn't sell its bicycle shop, so a Redondo Beach development was built around it

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California woman donates $1 million to 100 teachers, with each receiving a surprise $9,161 check after learning they were underpaid in one of America's wealthiest counties

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In 2015, YouTubers built an RC plane with a giant circular wing; other pilots then flew smaller planes through its opening

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In 1973, Marjorie Merriweather Post left Mar-a-Lago to the US government hoping it would become a 'Winter White House'; 44 years later, her vision came true

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In 1986, a rancher saw hundreds of wild horses crammed into a government feedlot: Two years later, he created an 11,000-acre refuge

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In 2013, Indian-origin teenager Trisha Prabhu developed a platform that detected offensive messages before posting; in 2026, she runs a non-profit that prevents cyberbullying and received a grant from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's foundation

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Florida man arrested after throwing dog poop at neighbour over uncleared mess and threatening him with a child's scooter

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Quote of the day by Barack Obama: "If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren't willing to..." - a powerful reminder about integrity

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In 2020, a $186 million cleanup began at Minnesota's Spirit Lake; four years later, 1.3 million cubic yards had been remediated and a 14-acre fish-spawning bay created

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Florida man convicted of murdering estranged wife and wounding her mother set to be state's 13th execution of 2026

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'You're loud, boisterous person, you're fake news, be quiet': Trump snaps at reporter over Korea question

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Trump approval rating lowest at 33% as Iran war takes toll on Americans

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'39,000 soldiers guarding you from Kim': Trump reduces military drills with South Korea over Iran

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"I wouldn't, probably help you": President Donald Trump tells 10-year-old rescued by teen lifeguard he "wouldn't" have risked his life to save him

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Tropical Storm Lala in Hawaii: Roads collapse, 100 homes swept away, no power, mobile service; 1 dead

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'What you did was incredible': Trump meets California's teenage lifeguard and the boy he rescued

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US Supreme Court again rejects Donald Trump's bid to overturn $5 million E Jean Carroll verdict

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'Has always treated me with great respect': Trump's fresh praise for Kim Jong Un

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