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US - Aug 4, 2026 - US researchers tracked nearly 450 coastal wetlands for up to 20 years; 84% were sinking towards open water and only 16% kept pace with rising seas

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Meet Darshan Magdum, Indian member of US boy band, who finally gets O-1 visa and the Internet is behind it

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The US army built a 1,500-mile Alaska Highway through wilderness in just eight months during World War II

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US - Aug 4, 2026 - When Jeff Bezos asked his team to help after a rainforest charity saving the Amazon said it was blocked from using 'Amazon' in Google Ads

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How Vietnam veteran John Beal turned Seattle's polluted Hamm Creek into a thriving salmon habitat after doctors gave him just four months to live

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Only 4 companies? Critics say barring small companies from hiring H-1B for 1-2 years is not enough

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California's Ranch Fire burned 459,123 acres in 53 days; eight years later, crews planted 71,000 seedlings across the scar in eight days

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In 1994, Alabama sank 100 retired M60 battle tanks in the Gulf, giving obsolete military machines a 50-year second life as fish reefs

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In 2006, Florida deliberately sank a 911-foot aircraft carrier, creating America's largest intentionally reefed warship

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Virginia's iron furnaces burned an acre of forest a day for just five tons of metal; today, 10 stone ruins hide across 1.8 million forested acres

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North Carolina man worked 100-hour weeks for 58 years to save a bankrupt boat company, rejected a $400 million offer and gave it to charity

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Salvadoran man dies at New Jersey ICE detention centre, 22nd death in custody this year

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Andrew Tate's lawyer warns Trump of political fallout if he doesn't help jailed influencer in UK extradition case

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In 2023, a helicopter flew 90 miniature forest islands into a Washington swamp, testing whether 450 living plants could defeat invasive grass

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In 2018, a US engineer proposed spreading glass beads across Arctic ice to slow its melting; scientists later warned the plan could warm it

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Iran won't escalate tensions but will defend itself, says Pezeshkian as Donald Trump claims Tehran has 'last chance'

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In 1948, Maine loaded white-pine seeds into a Navy plane and scattered them across 2,200 burned acres; some produced 2,475 seedlings per acre

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In 2024, helicopters delivered 3,800 giant sequoia seedlings seven miles into California wilderness; replanting a 48-acre burn scar considered unlikely to recover naturally

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In 2015, helicopters began dropping logs into Washington's Queets-Clearwater watershed, helping crews rebuild 8 miles of critical salmon habitat

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US to close missions in Canada, Japan and Indonesia: Report

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A 1990s Pizza Hut in Pennsylvania is still drawing crowds, and the real reason may be less about nostalgia than about the memories we attach to places

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In 2023, a helicopter flew 90 miniature forest islands into a Washington swamp, testing whether 450 living plants could defeat invasive grass

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Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan invested $125 million in a school for the disadvantaged; now she is closing it to focus on AI

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In the 1840s, Alabama farmers embraced a drought-resistant livestock grass; it became a crop-choking weed that could poison cattle

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In 1877, America distributed carp across the country for food; escaped populations later uprooted underwater plants that native fish rely on

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In 1933, New Deal dams helped transform the Tennessee Valley, with manufacturing gains continuing long after federal funding ended

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In the 1850s, settlers brought garlic mustard to America for food and medicine; it escaped gardens and altered the fungi that native trees depend on

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'I will fight tooth and nail,' Kirk Bangstad, owner of Minocqua Brewing Company which had promised free beer if Donald Trump died, said their licence to serve was cancelled

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A truck carrying 269 bundles of rebar reached California's Calexico border crossing; X-rays revealed 1,002 pounds of cocaine hidden below its floorboards

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Washington wildfires: Man suspected of starting devastating blaze arrested; 700+ US buildings destroyed

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Prank or emergency? US screening of Spiderman forces hundreds to evacuate after fart attack - watch

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Indian-origin man among 25 facing US citizenship revocation over alleged fraud

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US outbreak turns deadly: First two deaths linked to 'explosive diarrhoea'

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25 US states sue Trump over fresh tariffs on 60 trading partners

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60 venomous snakes, cocaine, guns and 22,000 dollars in cash seized during New Mexico drug raid; inland taipan among reptiles found

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Man reunited with lost wedding ring after 10 years as 9-year-old niece makes incredible discovery in Minnesota lake

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Quote of the day by Marco Rubio: 'God has blessed me in many ways but none more important than my wife Jeanette'

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Man rejects Rs 2 crore offer in India and chooses $160K in the US because...

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The US plans to auction up to 33 million acres of deep ocean around American Samoa for mineral exploration despite major environmental data gaps

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Washington family receives $350,000 after a river otter dragged their toddler underwater and attacked the child's mother

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Americans discard around 50,000 mattresses every day; one recycling programme has recovered 650 million pounds from 17 million beds

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Quote of the day by Serena Williams: "I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but by..." - a powerful lesson on resilience and rising after failure

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Robbery attempt at Indian men waiting in parking lot after 11 pm, multi-city chase by police in Texas

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44-year-old man climbs Brooklyn Bridge, strips naked, plants flags and jumps into East River; survives, identified and charged by NYPD

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Chennai entrepreneur shares how he started business with ₹90,000 after quitting ₹1 crore US job

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Visa extension filed? Immigration attorney says ICE can still arrest you; Oakland's Chantal Morales Rojas also did her paperwork before deadline

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In 1898, American bullfrogs were imported to California for frog legs; the predators later spread across the West, eating native frogs, fish, snakes, birds and small mammals

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In 2011, giant African land snails were found in Miami; Florida later sent trained Labradors into gardens to sniff out invaders humans could miss

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In 1884, a Florida visitor planted water hyacinth beside the St. Johns River; by 1896, it had spread across 200 miles

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California approved a State Farm insurance settlement after proposed increases reached 52%; the deal is estimated to save consumers about $530 million

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US released Asian lady beetles in 1916 to fight crop pests, but they later spread into homes and orchards

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Around 1900, the US planted Chinese tallow across the Gulf Coast as a commercial oil crop; it later invaded southern forests and can be toxic to cattle

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In the early 1900s, the USDA distributed torpedograss as cattle feed; its torpedo-shaped roots later invaded southern wetlands and waterways

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Introduced for forage and soil conservation, sericea lespedeza later spread through the US prairies while mature plants were largely avoided by grazing cattle

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Florida Attorney General threatens catholic schools over vaccine mandate policy, says accept exemptions or lose funding

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Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger: "What is the point of being on this Earth if you..." - a timeless lesson on being unapologetically yourself

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Bill Gates' $650 million hydrogen superyacht, built for silence, sparked online protests after a loud party disturbed an Italian village

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