Tuesday, September 29, 2026 3:25 PM ET
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Meet Austin Koziarski, the high-school student who now leads more than 200 volunteers helping refugee children across 18 schools37 minutes ago
US to lend 40 million barrel oil from strategic reserve as Ukraine war strains global supply37 minutes ago
US - Sep 29, 2026 - Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE in Texas charged with assault; faces up to 20 years in prison37 minutes ago
In 1964, an Arizona couple began building a carport with discarded bottles; years later, the project had grown into a 2,700-sq-ft home made with thousands of bottles and listed for $432,5001 hour ago
Trump's own America.gov chatbot contradicts US president on 2020 polls, climate1 hour ago
Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing 3 children, returns to court after mistrial2 hours ago
How Joe Biden averted a wider war with Iran: Explained in 10 points2 hours ago
A Utah man who spent 41 years behind bars after being sentenced to death in a 1985 murder case has been ordered released on bail after new DNA tests excluded him from crime-scene evidence1 hour ago
More than 575 Nevada volunteers worked across 26 Truckee River watershed sites and removed 120,125 pounds of waste in one day, including 2,500 pounds pulled directly from the river and 64,320 pounds of invasive weeds2 hours ago
Joshua Tree wildlife crossings planned in California's Mojave Desert to curb wildlife-vehicle collisions; two State Route 62 structures to protect bighorn sheep, mountain lions and bobcats with $6 million-plus funding2 hours ago
In 2021, billionaire Orlando Bravo paid $39.25 million for Phil Collins's 1929 Miami Beach mansion; months later, he won approval to demolish it for a flood-resilient home with tropical gardens3 hours ago
Meet Dani McTague, the 16-year-old who turned a childhood art project into a lifeline for children in hospitals, delivering over 3,700 art bags4 hours ago
Who is Christa Pike? Woman set for Tennessee's first female execution in 200 years4 hours ago
In 1979, Ted Turner bought a 4,680-acre South Carolina barrier island to prevent development; 38 years later he sold it to the state for $4.9 million, about one-third of its appraised value, and it became state parkland4 hours ago
In 2023, Texas mogul Felix Sorkin paid $36 million for an 11,000-sq-ft Coral Gables home designed by Alfred Browning Parker; months later, the 1963 modernist house was demolished for a replacement5 hours ago
US announces visa restrictions for officials blocking international child abduction cases6 hours ago
AI 'kill chain': What happens when humans trust bad data at the worst possible moment6 hours ago
Anti-South Asian hate speech on X surges 240% in US, Indians at centre amid H-1B row: Report6 hours ago
Meet Kameirah Johnson, 18, the Renton, Washington student who won Doodle for Google from more than 10,000 entries, earning a $55,000 scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for her school7 hours ago
A Colorado rancher spent $50,000 fighting oil infrastructure he did not want on his 7,000-acre ranch; after nearly a decade, officials approved a wind project that lets his family finally earn from energy on its own land7 hours ago
Rubio urges Cuba to 'choose a different path', warns of consequences for resisting Trump7 hours ago
In 1998, a Florida man mixed his father-in-law's ashes into concrete and sank the first memorial reef off Sarasota; the idea grew into more than 2,500 living reefs across 25 U.S. coastal sites8 hours ago
In 2004, a New York truck driver began cutting tiny buildings from balsa wood; 22 years later, his handmade New York of more than 300 sections entered a city museum8 hours ago
An Illinois waterfall and canyon photographed as a tourist attraction in 1903 remained largely closed to the public for generations; its corporate owner has now donated more than 50 acres so it can become a public park8 hours ago
'Indian Americans are as American as anyone': US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi terms debate on immigration racist, xenophobic8 hours ago
In 2002, New Mexico mixed discarded toothbrush fragments and plastic tubing into a 2-mile interstate; it projected 25% longer life and 27% less waste8 hours ago
Someone has been secretly poisoning Lake Tahoe trees since 2022 as 28 are already targeted; now community offers $147,000 to catch culprit9 hours ago
In 2022, a designer bought a 4-acre Montecito estate for $11.5 million; three years of work later, it sold for nearly three times the purchase price9 hours ago
23 US nuclear tests forced Bikini Atoll residents from their homes; decades later, scientists found giant corals thriving underwater8 hours ago
In 2016, an investor paid $6.5 million for an 1840s Charleston mansion turned into a bed-and-breakfast; after a three-year restoration, it was listed for $22.25 million9 hours ago
Starting in 1945, a Wisconsin builder carried materials up a rock cliff for decades; his handmade House on the Rock became a lasting roadside landmark9 hours ago
In 2019, a Miami artist built a ceramic underwater reef to give coral a place to grip; her sculptures became a nursery-like habitat for reef animals instead of only gallery art9 hours ago
Since 1977, a photographer has kept returning to America's changing inner cities; his decades-long record captured Harlem's decline and transformation9 hours ago
'First' in 200 years: US woman who killed classmate at 18 faces execution at 509 hours ago
A Maryland factory built in 1920 once employed thousands making furniture, food and WWII rations; after sitting vacant, it has been restored as a business hub with a new $1 million oyster center9 hours ago
A North Carolina land trust has saved the first 200 acres around Tuckertown Reservoir after 1,400 donors joined the campaign; another 3,800 privately owned acres remain at risk of sale and development10 hours ago
In 1965, an artist proposed restoring Manhattan's lost native woods on one street corner; by 1998, the small pre-colonial forest had become a protected city landmark10 hours ago
Between 1907 and 1928, a Kansas retiree built a home and garden from concrete, leaving more than 150 sculptures now preserved as the Garden of Eden9 hours ago
From 1912 to 1945, a New York landowner planted up to 55,000 trees a year; the experiments helped shape America's tree-planting programmes10 hours ago
In 1907, Frank O. Lowden began planting trees on bare land; over several decades, 500,000 trees grew into today's 2,291-acre Lowden-Miller State Forest10 hours ago
Minnesota has picked a nearly 57-acre site for a $1 billion horticulture world's fair expected to draw millions; after the six-month Expo ends, the land is planned to become a permanent mixed-use district10 hours ago
In the early 1900s, a United States plant explorer tested Japanese kudzu near Washington, D.C.; later promoted for soil protection, the "wonder plant" spread across millions of acres of the South10 hours ago
Camp Mystic owners seek to sell the century-old Texas girls' camp after the 2025 flood; the bankruptcy plan puts its entire 749-acre riverfront property up for auction while families of victims fight over its future10 hours ago
In 1914, a Connecticut writer opened one of America's first private songbird sanctuaries; her work helped shape a statewide bird-protection movement that still operates10 hours ago
Over 50 years, a model maker built a 3,800-square-foot miniature circus by hand; it now anchors Florida's Ringling Circus Museum10 hours ago
California thieves steal Nvidia-branded trailers expecting expensive AI hardware; find 40,000 pounds of sand instead11 hours ago
Over 20 years, a New York painter hand-dug a lake and planted thousands of native trees; the private landscape survives as Olana State Historic Site11 hours ago
In 1977, a Canadian student lost his class ring in the Barbados surf; 47 years later, a metal detectorist recovered it from the ocean and traced him down11 hours ago
In 1939, a Superman comic was tucked away in a family attic; eight decades later, three brothers found it and it sold for a record $9.12 million11 hours ago
A Wisconsin family will keep owning and logging nearly 1,800 forest acres while a $1.6 million deal permanently blocks development and opens almost 1,500 acres to hikers, hunters and anglers11 hours ago
Florida teen sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing mother and her boyfriend in planned ambush12 hours ago
In 1997, two young scientists bought 116 acres beside New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park; 25 years later, they placed the entire farm under conservation protection for wetlands, forests and wildlife12 hours ago
In 1995, an Illinois recreation manager bought 100 acres near a major lake; decades later, his conservation work is protecting a creek that supplies drinking water to about 30,000 people12 hours ago
8 US Marines hurt in previously unreported Iranian strikes; possible traumatic brain injuries: Report14 hours ago
Meet Captain Sully Sullenberger: He landed a plane on Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, saving all 155 lives; 17 years later, he gets aviation's highest honour14 hours ago
United Airlines jet makes emergency return after cockpit windshield shatters14 hours ago
Pentagon data hack exposes 3 million people's information as FBI probes another data leak14 hours ago