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Times of India - US News

US - Aug 18, 2026 - Meet Jasper Gould and Emile Chilingirian: The two Brooklyn teenagers who built a Gen Z finance newsletter to nearly 60,000 subscribers while running a student investment group

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Indian-origin CEO says he starts checking his emails at 4.30 am; 'If you want to work eight-to five...'

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Indian-origin grandmother with Green Card detained by ICE after living in the US for 30 years. Her daughter is an immigration attorney

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US - Aug 17, 2026 - Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice..." - a powerful lesson on confidence and strength

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In 1917, a South Dakota schoolteacher became America's first woman park ranger after being hired to guide visitors through a cave

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Tupac Shakur murder trial begins after 3 decades, former gang leader Keffe D accused of killing rap icon

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A California school has been sued after a field trip of students who were encouraged to wear hijab, given Qurans

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Meet ex-Tesla engineer Saiman Shetty who became American citizen through EB-1 Green Card: 'That one decision gave me freedom'

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US tourist killed by lightning strike while hiking on Italy's Mount Etna

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In 2026, volunteers began planting 30,000 trees to rebuild the wetland forest that once shielded New Orleans from storms

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In 2024, a beaver returned to a California creek after 19 years and began cutting down aspen trees beside a man-made dam

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Trump's foreign policy: Strongmen on speed dial, allies and partners on notice

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In 1745, the US welcomed mimosa trees for their pink flowers; they later escaped gardens and spread as an invasive species

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Meet Vedika Devarajan, the Washington high-school freshman who designed a banana-inspired neonatal incubator liner to tackle hospital-acquired infections

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Indian Jazz musician Pritesh Walia released from ICE custody after 14 days: 'When you are sitting in a detention facility, the world feels very small'

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No new strikes, no peace deal: What Donald Trump's 'low-key' Iran strategy means

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Watch: NYC Mayor Mamdani speaks Bengali while announcing free Broadway tickets for students, user says 'your Bangla is better than mine'

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No fund for you if you have Islamic wudu washing facilities: Major row over Texas Governor's warning to two airports

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Meet Ananya Nagendra, the 18-year-old Texas student who built an ant-based digester for landfill food waste; tests found her prototype was about 83% efficient

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Family of Indian teen killed in Central Park carriage crash sues New York City for $105 million

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'No. 1 goal is Iran can't have nukes': Trump as US-Iran 60-day deal deadline expires

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'Pure evil': Ex-Congresswoman claims Trump officials discussing using nukes against Iran

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Arizona man, 88, and his dog got stuck overnight in monsoon mud with no cell service; how one emergency SOS text helped save them

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US Navy destroyer spent four days without toilets, AC, galley after power failure in South China Sea

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US deports Indian national Jashandeep Singh after 'sexually motivated coercion' conviction

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All not perfect: US Centcom commander flags sailors' mental issues during long service at sea

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Michigan children set up a lemonade stand after 13-year-old cheerleader Lainey Scroggs died; it raised over $1,000 as her family fundraiser reached nearly $74,000

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A 52-slab Nebraska bridge turns its concrete into a giant resistor, warming the road surface from inside during snowstorms

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'Closely consulting': South Korea, US coordinate on Iran ceasefire as Trump seeks to cut joint drills

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At 11, Payton Herres received a donated heart; at 26, she needed viral posts, advocates and Mark Cuban's pharmacy to keep accessing her anti-rejection drug

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Meet Olivia Shekou, the California student who turned one pickleball fundraiser for St. Jude into a sports platform that grew to 17 states and raised more than $90,000

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California startup JetZero is building a $3 billion 'manta ray' aircraft that promises to cut fuel consumption by 50%, carry 250 passengers and replace traditional windows with screens; Japan Airlines just joined the project

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A Florida couple bought a 45-acre swamp to protect it from development; 15 years later, 275 wood storks were nesting there in a thriving ecosystem filled with wildlife

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Fake Iran nuclear post: How a fabricated X claim by Indian account created panic in Israel, US

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In the 1930s, Florida introduced rhesus macaques to boost tourism; today the invasive monkeys carry a potentially fatal virus and are considered a public-health concern

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Tropical Storm Lala moves away from Hawaii, leaves trail of damage and lakhs without power

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'Very good' ties with Kim: Trump orders 'substantial' cut in military drills with South Korea

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In 1905, Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes; the tiny fish later became linked to declines of native damselflies and other threatened species

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Ferrari's first all-electric car sells for $40 million at charity auction, nearly 40 times initial estimate of $1.1 million; buyer won't receive it until 2027

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At 15, Lynne Cox broke the English Channel record for men and women; at 30, after an 11-year wait for permission, she swam through 38°F water from Alaska to the Soviet Union

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'They were Indian, so we didn't count them': US cleaning business owner faces scrutiny over racial profiling

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In 1953, Emma Gatewood tried hiking the Appalachian Trail, got lost and was rescued; two years later, at 67, she walked all 2,190 miles alone and made history

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In 1933, Lincoln's Crooked House was marked for demolition; work revealed a hidden timber-framed building behind its brick façade and saved it; today it is one of the Cathedral Quarter's most photographed buildings

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A Maine oyster farm is testing a solar-powered floating conveyor that moves oyster baskets through water and air; one raft is designed for 125,000 oysters a year

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Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000

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Virginia installed 46 water-control structures across 150 miles of old drainage ditches to re-wet a swamp; restored peat now traps 200,000 metric tons of carbon a year

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At 20, Finnish immigrant Maggie Walz arrived in Michigan with just $7; in 1903 she claimed 160 acres on a Lake Huron island and the colony she founded grew to five settlements with around 1,000 people

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Manhattan's got a hairy situation! Giant 10-foot hairball 'Tumblehair' takes over the streets of NYC

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In 1905, a 13-year-old crawled through a tiny Tennessee cave passage and found a hidden underground lake

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Hawaii's 34,000 acres of managed eucalyptus plantations could become a local source of lumber for homes and infrastructure

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In 1956, Howard Zahniser began drafting America's wilderness law; after 66 drafts and eight years of campaigning, he died months before it protected 9.1 million acres

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In 1940, the Walker sisters sold their 122-acre Tennessee homestead for $4,750; a lifetime lease let them keep living there inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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In 1958, Mahala Ashley Dickerson visited Alaska on vacation and decided to move there; after claiming 160 acres, she became the territory's first Black homesteader and months later its first Black lawyer

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In 1899, Harvard graduate James Dole moved to Hawaii to grow coffee; instead, he built a pineapple company whose name is still seen worldwide

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Jack and Laura Dangermond gave $165 million to protect 24,364 acres of California coastline from development

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Mississippi's termite swarms are here, and a single treatment can cost up to $1,750

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India Day Parade: Zohran Mamdani attends as first Indian American mayor of New York

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In 1898, 17 years after surviving the O.K. Corral gunfight, Virgil Earp claimed 160 acres in Arizona; two years later, he earned title to the land

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