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Times of India - US News

US - Sep 9, 2026 - Trump gives Natalie Harp, 2 aides $45,000 each: Why cash gifts for holidays are under scrutiny

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A Colorado motorcycle instructor and Desert Storm veteran challenged drilling rights beneath his mountain; after regulators rejected him, he kept fighting as more than 400,000 acres head toward oil and gas lease sales

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US - Sep 9, 2026 - Meet Aubry Allbridge, the 22-year-old Utah woman with Down syndrome who became a certified fitness instructor and led her first class of 60 people - Aubry Allbridge, 22, has become a certified UpBeat Barre fitness instructor and led her first class with 60 people. She hopes to make everyone feel included while turning her passion for fitness into a full-time job.

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A Colorado family has protected a 684-acre ranch that stayed in the same family for 90 years; its old cabin once served as a ranger and postmaster station

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IT giants' PERM filings suspended: What does this mean for Green Card applicants?

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Indian-origin couple donates $20 million to US university to set up AI, advanced analytics college; institute to be named after them

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In 1927, Paramount bought a 2,700-acre California ranch and filmed more than 160 movies there; after wildfire destroyed almost everything in 2018, a $26 million rebuild is nearly complete

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This Hawaii company is making boats from volcanic rock and recycled plastic instead of traditional materials

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Singaporean man pleads guilty in $245m crypto theft in US; blew millions on jets, supercars, clubs

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'Unfounded accusations': China rejects US claims of 'malicious' AI distillation by its firms

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Priscilla Chan helped protect a centuries-old Hawaiian fishpond with a $4 million gift; the land will remain a community conservation site

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In 2023, record storms nearly refilled Los Angeles reservoirs and shallow aquifers; deeper groundwater recovered only about 25% of what it had lost since 2006

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'South Park' becomes 'South America' in Trump-inspired satirical jab

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DeepSeek, Alibaba among major Chinese AI firms accused of stealing trade secrets of American counterparts

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Before the White House, Jimmy Carter was a Georgia farm boy who worked before dawn; his childhood farm is now a historic park

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California removed more than 900,000 pounds of human debris while restoring 40 acres; crews deliberately left old telephone poles because purple martins can use them as nesting sites

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In 1851, ranchers placed sheep on California's Santa Cruz Island; about 150 years later, survivors were smaller, hardier and had lost wool from their bellies

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In 2013, scientists released 11 kg of red dye into Lake Michigan to measure offshore mixing; the study recorded dispersion rising from 1.5 to 4.2 m²/s over about 21 hours

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In 1928, a California garbage collector began building a one-room shack from trash; over 50 years, beer cans, car parts, driftwood and shells became an multi-level hillside home

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In 1982, Chile imported European bumblebees to pollinate crops; the invaders crossed into Argentina, spread through Patagonia, and pushed its only native bumblebee toward regional extinction

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In 1996, an Arizona hunter photographed a wild jaguar and chose not to shoot; the encounter helped inspire a project protecting a Mexican refuge

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Mike Niziolek spent thirty years transforming his 150-acre property into a wetland, now the former AP biology teacher is creating 'bio supermarkets' for wildlife

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Carl Sandburg bought a 245-acre North Carolina estate for his wife's goat farm; it became the first National Park Service site dedicated to an American poet

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In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest

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Nearly 4,000 New York City students planted more than 100,000 beachgrass stalks across 2.25 acres at Coney Island Creek Park to rebuild protective dunes and help protect 50,000+ people from flooding

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Amazon cargo jet pilots tried to abort unstable landing before plane overran Miami runway

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Gene Autry bought a 110-acre California movie ranch in 1952; a massive fire destroyed 54 buildings before he finally sold the last 10 acres

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Hurricane Lowell leaves at least one dead, knocks out power in Kauai County

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Georgia O'Keeffe bought a small Ghost Ranch home in 1940 and spent decades painting the surrounding desert; a conservation plan is now protecting 6,000 acres from development

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Toxic air after 9/11: Mamdani releases documents showing how New Yorkers were misled

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Watch: Trump shares edited clip of King Charles walking away from fainting worker

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A Napa art center is giving up development rights on 162 of its 217 acres; the deal protects 75% of the estate while directing up to $1.85 million back to the arts

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Million-dollar question: OpenAI claims to have an answer to 90-year old maths problem

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A North Florida family permanently protected 816.46 acres with a $2.665 million easement; farming can continue while the land stays undeveloped inside a 1.6-million-acre wildlife corridor

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Cox Enterprises gave up development rights on nearly 4,400 South Carolina acres worth hundreds of millions; the land is now protected forever, including 40 miles of river and marsh frontage

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Nicolas Cage's $10.5 million Malibu mansion hit by massive sinkhole as driveway collapses amid coastal erosion; photos show 30ft-wide crater outside his 4,000-square-foot beachfront home

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In 1971, a surfer cut a piece of foam with an electric carving knife; 55 years later, his invention is a household name

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Jack London bought 1,400 acres of exhausted California farmland and planted 65,000 eucalyptus trees; his experimental Beauty Ranch is now a state park

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US Democrat urges House Speaker to sue Trump admin over triumphal arch, says Congress never approved funds

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Meet Rachel Chen, the 18-year-old Los Angeles student who expanded a 1997 quantum-math idea to describe entire particle systems with simple diagrams; she won $100,000

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In 1973, Montana released a gall fly to control spotted knapweed; decades later, the biocontrol program was linked to over 3 times more hantavirus-positive deer mice

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She bought a Maine island to stop clear-cutting; 90 years after Audubon opened its first camp there, the 330-acre sanctuary still trains conservationists

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Lindsay Clancy murder case: Lawyer asks Trump to pardon Massachusetts mother after mistrial

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Trump takes trade war with Canada to ice

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An 81-year-old Illinois homeowner faced a $17,827.96 lien after a burst-pipe insurance claim was denied; Tyler Perry offered to clear it and provide another $25,000

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Putin, Trump hold 1-hour call after visit by US envoys to broker Russia-Ukraine peace

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Panama City's 1914 grammar school survived more than a century and Hurricane Michael; its empty classrooms are now set to become homes

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4 members of Florida family missing after plane vanishes en route from Bahamas to Miami

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Texas is offering $100 for every invasive black carp caught; the fish has not yet been found in the state but is dangerously close

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Former mayor Giuliani says Mamdani should skip New York's 9/11 memorial ceremony

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In 2024, New York began a $21.2 million bridge replacement project using recycled-glass concrete; the pilot is expected to divert 106 tons of glass and prevent over 72 tons of CO2 emissions

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After losing 90% of their ancestral territory during the Gold Rush, the Yurok Tribe has regained 125 acres as a gateway to California's redwoods

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Robin Williams built a 640-acre Napa estate with a 20,000-sq-ft mansion; after years on the market, it sold for $18.1 million after being listed for $35 million

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Anne LaBastille built a 12-by-12-foot cabin deep in New York's Adirondacks with no electricity, plumbing or road; she spent decades living in the wilderness and her 32-acre home is now protected forever

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In 2013, a South Carolina marine professor collected over 100 tonnes of restaurant oyster shells for reefs; within one year, about 100 metres had functioning habitat

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After 20 years, Seattle steam-cleaned about 2,350 pounds of gum from Pike Place Market in 2015 as the sticky landmark spread across its brick wall

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For 100 years, Milwaukee has been turning human waste into lawn fertiliser; 10.5 billion pounds diverted from landfills

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In 2017, a Texas State University dye-tracing study followed fluorescein from the Pedernales River to a spring; the dye was detected 2.4 miles away in about 15.5 hours

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