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US - Oct 4, 2026 - 'Do not come to USA for your masters': Ed-tech entrepreneur warns Indian students about returning with huge debt

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Green Card holder's mother denied B1/B2 visa to attend housewarming ceremony: They did not ask for any documents

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In 2019, Maryland used 60,000 cubic yards of dredged sediment to rebuild 12 acres of eroding Swan Island, followed by 200,000 plants

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US - Oct 4, 2026 - Laid off on the last day of OPT, Indian techie lands job with US company in India within 40 days, says, 'I was not living there, I was just surviving'

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In 1834, the O'Connor family's Texas ranching legacy began; 191 years later, an $8.863 million deal protected 6,409 acres of coastal prairie while keeping it a working cattle ranch

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At 6, Los Angeles boy Dylan Siegel wrote Chocolate Bar to help his best friend Jonah, who had a rare liver disorder; two years later, the book had raised $1 million for research into the disease

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Indian man arrested and charged in California for drunk driving, running over a woman and then fleeing the scene

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An Iowa family lived on and worked its farmland for 84 years as Tom Woods gradually expanded the operation; now 1,209 acres are being split into 13 tracts and auctioned, ending a family land chapter

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'Will sign those checks': Trump repeats $5,000 promise to US adults if Republicans win 2026 midterms

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Michigan farmers created a wind lease where even landowners without turbines could get paid; some received $1,000 per acre a year

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In 1996, Indiana turned foundry waste sand into a 275-metre highway embankment; Purdue later found the material worked successfully as full-scale road fill

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Four North Carolina homes damaged by Helene were repaired with owners' money and volunteer help; two years later, FEMA buyouts mean the livable houses will be demolished and returned to green space

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In 2013, Indianapolis spent $14 million turning a $1 abandoned baseball stadium into 138 apartments, keeping the old grandstand as residents' view

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Elon Musk's baby mother Ashley St Clair says it's 'karmic' that Shivon Zilis 'got played' after what she did to Grimes

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In the 1950s, immigrant tenants in Boston's West End resisted redevelopment that levelled nearly every neighbouring brownstone; a tiny building in the North Station project area became the area's last tenement

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In 2022, engineers mixed recycled textile fabric into cement; after accelerated aging, the silica-fume composite kept its flexural strength and retained post-crack performance

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In England, a retired teacher spent decades filling his one-bedroom flat with handmade miniature towns, barns and memory boxes built from his travels with his wife

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In California, an architect spent 27 years turning his backyard into a miniature Disneyland with a working skyway, castle and railroad then opened it free to visitors

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A 1987 Buick GNX, No. 450 of just 547 built for a single model year, sold for $200,000 with 26 miles in 2024; two years and only 4 miles later, the 30-mile car sold again for $427,000

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In 2024, eight watches once owned by Michael Schumacher sold for about CHF 4m; the rarest Ferrari-linked watch reached CHF 1.497m

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A Vietnamese immigrant bought a 23,200-sq-ft White House replica in Georgia; the $35 million mansion has its own Oval Office

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Indian man with US Green Card challenges his immigration detention; DHS reveals his criminal record in court

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Wisconsin diver Mark Schachtner was searching Pewaukee Lake for old bottles when he spotted a 17-foot canoe 15 feet underwater; radiocarbon dating has now confirmed it is about 1,000 years old

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St. Louis man Michael Goessling was adopted nearly 60 years ago; after an unknown half-brother took a 23andMe test, he learned five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald was his biological father

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A Cleveland factory once belonged to America's largest gasoline-car maker and faced demolition this year; a developer has now bought the 7.3-acre, 260,000-sq-ft complex for $300,000 and plans to reuse it

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6 missing after Gulfstream jet disappears near Nantucket after takeoff from Bermuda

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Trumpiana: No beardos, no weirdos, no fatties — and no mosquitoes!

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In 1916, the US began releasing Asian lady beetles to control aphids and scale insects; decades later Harmonia axyridis became invasive and was linked to declines of native ladybirds

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A Florida sea captain spent 3 years searching for a Scottish castle; he bought one built after a family feud and said to be haunted

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California tech company owner arrested over alleged $300 million China chip-smuggling scheme

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New York men cut 4 trees on neighbour's land after being warned about property line, then face $35,000 court award

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At age 6, Ohio girl Payton Obert raised $768 at one lemonade stand to buy toys for hospital patients; eight years later, her nonprofit had raised more than $5 million in money and donated goods

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After 40 years as one of the Great Lakes' most degraded sites, Muskegon Lake had 347,350 tons of debris and 190,000 tons of contaminated soil removed

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A Texas family has owned a 650-acre Lake Palestine ranch since 1940 and used it for its pecan business; 86 years later, a $10 million deal will turn the property into a new state park

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A Kansas artist spent 30 years filling his 70-acre property with metal sculptures; nearly 600 giant totems were later preserved

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Arkansas man spent 13 years hunting for diamonds, then found a rare 6.03-carat yellow gem worth $1 million at a park during TikTok livestream

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Los Angeles shooting: 2 killed, dozens detained near California college after party turns chaotic

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'Gays for Palestine? Send them there to negotiate': Trump mocks LGBTQ community

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Xi Jinping unwell? Chinese officials sought unusual long breaks during the US visit

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US engineers turn dredged river sediment into 3D-printed oyster reefs; six structures are now being tested in Mobile Bay

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A Florida owner planned 52 ten-acre homesites across his 625-acre cattle ranch if the county would not buy it; after two years of talks, officials agreed to pay $7.8 million and stop the development

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A severely malnourished stray rescued in Mississippi in 2021 became a FEMA-certified search dog; years later, Canyon is 2026 Dog of the Year

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A Pennsylvania man started welding old car parts into sculptures in 1988; his Erie front yard now has a two-headed dinosaur and rocket ship

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Drew Barrymore's grandfather once owned this Los Angeles estate; after Tony Scott bought and updated it, the property spent six years on the market before selling to her Charlie's Angels director for $14.7 million

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Philip Rietveld assembled nearly 1,500 acres of Illinois and Indiana farmland over his lifetime; after his death in 2026, his family sold 23 tracts for $22.46 million, with one fetching $32,600 an acre

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In 1975, lawyer John Swenson ordered rocambole garlic out of curiosity; decades later, his collection helped spark America's Garlic Revolution

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono once rented a West Village apartment; the building is now a six-storey mansion that sold for $70 million

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Beth Feeback paid $9.99 for a North Carolina thrift-store painting she wanted to cover with cats; it proved to be an Ilya Bolotowsky work and sold at Sotheby's for $34,375, including fees

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Cornell rape victim 'failed' by people bound to protect her: New York governor

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Two Iowa farmers gave up pigs and started growing mushrooms; their abandoned livestock buildings became an artisan food business

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Pope vs Anthropic: Why 'AI consciousness' is dividing Silicon Valley and Vatican

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Camp David huddle: Trump team discusses Iran war, possible Yemen offensive - report

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Texas woman kills 4-yr-old daughter, then shoots self dead after losing custody battle to ex-husband

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In 1938, a Texas family bought a ranch near Austin; 87 years later, a 202-acre conservation deal added protection to a 6,600-acre landscape that holds 10% of the Barton Creek watershed

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She started farming at 3 and launched her business at 6; at 10, America's youngest certified farmer has been gifted 40 acres

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'God made Trump': Inside White House's $20 million ad campaign ahead of midterms

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Watch: Hindu temple attacked with bricks in US, windows shattered

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Copper mining left 200 million tons of waste in Michigan's Torch Lake, and crews are now removing contaminated sediment from its Lake Linden shoreline

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