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US - Aug 10, 2026 - Trump's Iran 'victory' within reach? Tehran raises stakes over Hormuz

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'51 years of bad behaviour': Trump takes swipe at Iran with 'no money' claims

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US - Aug 9, 2026 - Florida couple visited Greece for the first time in 2024; two years later, they retired early and moved into a $461,000 home bought sight unseen

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In 1987, Orlando put 1,200 acres of constructed wetlands to work cleaning reclaimed water; the system now polishes about 5.11 billion gallons a year

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No more strikes on Iran? Trump says US going 'low key', stresses economic pressure over military op

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Florida community fears a radioactive waste pile could threaten thousands living nearby

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In 1986, a California city began polishing sewage through constructed marshes; the 307-acre system is now a wildlife sanctuary that has hosted over 300 bird species

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Utah wildfire: 2 helicopter pilots confirmed dead after crash while battling blaze

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In the 1990s, New York chose wetlands over conventional storm sewers on Staten Island; the Bluebelt strategy saved taxpayers $80 million in infrastructure costs

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Trump's hair-do turns heads, has America all tangled up

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In the 1960s, Florida drained land for a giant subdivision; in 2026, restoration finished after removing 260 miles of roads and plugging 48 miles of canals across 55,000 acres

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Trump ready to end Iran war without nuclear deal; Tehran's demands complicate exit: Report

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Universal Studios is using 'goats' to reduce the risk of wildfires that usually comes with the brutal Californian summers

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Ex-US President Joe Biden's cancer 'painful, spread into his bones and further', says son Hunter

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In 2023, Hoboken opened a 5.4-acre park on a former industrial site; its playgrounds and lawns can hold up to 2 million gallons of stormwater

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ICE arrests over 1,200 illegal immigrants in Georgia; sex offenders, child abusers among those held

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In 1989, Ohio's Fernald uranium plant stopped production; a $4.4 billion cleanup transformed the 1,050-acre site into wetlands, prairie and forest

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Scientists are deliberately setting fires to save California's 3,000-year-old giant sequoias from being destroyed by megafires

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Retired NYPD chief found dead in New York's Long Island pool after drowning

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'We know how to stand up to American ideas': Israeli PM Netanyahu rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza plan

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Florida Python Challenge 2026: How one hunter removed 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades in 10 days

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5-month-old baby among 2 dead as boat capsizes near New York's Liberty Island

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Indian man accused of strangling US girlfriend after she planned to end relationship; arrested in Germany

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In 1976, a 26-year-old biologist camped alone beneath a 35-foot artificial eagle nest: One chick she raised went on to father around 70 more

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In 1933, Virginia islanders began leaving Hog Island after a devastating hurricane; abandoned sheep lived wild for decades and became a rare American breed

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A Florida homeowner covered an entire lawn with cardboard. What happened next turned it into a haven for bees and butterflies

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In 1976, a New York biologist began raising Alaskan Eagle chicks in artificial towers and 198 releases helped turn one breeding pair into hundreds

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In 1907, a Minnesota teacher turned three acres of bog and hillside into a living botany laboratory and it now protects over 500 plant and 130 bird species

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In the late 1950s, a congressman used a remote California ranch as his conservation base; his work helped protect more than 70,000 acres as Point Reyes National Seashore

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In 1920, a New York botanist took over four acres of poison ivy; her outdoor laboratory eventually held more than 675 native plant species

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In 1900, a New York retail rival bought one tiny corner lot to block Macy's, forcing the world-famous department store to build around it

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In 1903, a Florida boatbuilder became warden of a tiny island; his patrols helped protect America's first federal bird refuge

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In 2007, North Dakota biologists tagged an 87-pound paddlefish; 18 years later, an angler caught the same fish weighing 98 pounds

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Strait of Hormuz standoff: What Iran, US want and what it takes to reopen waterway

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Trump forces US oil billionaire to exit Venezuela

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US rejects China's Scarborough Reef measures, backs Philippines in South China Sea dispute

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Kash Patel plans Russia trip in October; Kremlin-friendly newspaper warns he better not come empty-handed if he has a favor to ask

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Quote of the day on love: 'Find what you love and let it kill you'

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'He did not make it': Death of PhD student Vikram Mubayi after California hike leaves family seeking answers

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ICE arrests at airports: Immigration lawyers share these 6 tips if you are stopped, questioned or detained

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Major US university to hide letter grades for first-semester students, cites 'mental health crisis'

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Donald Trump shoots from Senate shoulders to punish Russia, by making India and China pay

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Utah girl Emma Meline was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia days before Christmas; her 2-year-old sister became her perfect bone marrow match

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Indian man on death row in the US for killing wife, in-laws in 2019 seeks retrial, says his previous lawyers were bad

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Teen dressed as clown stabs 78-year-old man to death near St. Louis bus stop

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ICE to provide body cameras, but policy allows footage release only in agency's 'best interests'

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Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up

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China controls about 80% of the tungsten market; a Nevada company says it has found 1.78 million tonnes, but NASA is blocking mining on part of the site

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Trumpiana: Citius, altius, fortius, hyperboleus!

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In 1985, a Colorado hairdresser began rescuing entire beaver families; she later relocated more than 1,000 to streams where their dams could help rebuild wetlands

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In 2002, a Kansas landowner began restoring 320 neglected acres with winter burns; 20 years later, native tallgrass and wildflowers had returned

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Flesh-eating bacteria kill 5 in Louisiana, health officials warn beachgoers as all cases are linked to seawater

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In 1982, an Arizona couple began building what became about 20,000 small rock dams across their desert ranch; one study found stream water increased 28% and flowed four weeks longer

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US Democrats eye probes into Trump-linked firms over impeachment if they regain House control: Report

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'End this war': Senate Democrats turn up heat on Donald Trump, seek end to 'unauthorised' Iran hostilities

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Utah wildfire: Helicopter carrying 2 crashes while fighting massive blaze, sparks new fire

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American entrepreneur says 'I'm shocked but honestly not surprised' as US plans to remove 60-day grace period for H-1Bs

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56 decomposing bodies found at Chicago funeral home; owner's licence suspended

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