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Times of India - US News

US - Sep 20, 2026 - ​Meet Apollin Lu, the 17-year-old British Columbia student who mobilised 140+ volunteers to rescue nearly 9,000 pounds of farm produce

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Robert Taylor Ranch was listed for $45 million in 1990, seized after a $27.5 million debt in 2010, then the 112-acre Hollywood estate sold at auction for $12 million

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In 2000, cable billionaire John Malone paid $55 million for Colorado's Greenland Ranch to stop development; its 17,700-acre conservation easement still protects the Front Range

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US - Sep 20, 2026 - A historic Oregon cattle ranch spanning 37 square miles sold for $27.55 million; buyer plans conservation credit projects instead of development

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In 1942, a 24-year-old WWII pilot vanished over Egypt; 84 years later, his family finally buries him beside his parents in North Carolina

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Colorado Mesa University buried 471 geothermal boreholes 500 feet underground; they now heat and cool 16 buildings while saving about $1.5 million a year

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In 1970, two Minnesota brothers set off to walk around Earth with a mule; after one was shot dead by bandits in Afghanistan, the survivor returned four years later to complete the journey

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The University of Washington built an 86.4 kW solar canopy over part of a Husky Stadium parking lot; a larger future buildout could reach up to 8 MW

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Denver is using heat from sewage beneath the National Western Center to warm and cool seven buildings, now covering about 90% of their heating and cooling needs

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In 2007, a California engineer set out by bicycle and rowboat to circle Earth alone; five years later, he returned after 41,196 miles and three ocean crossings powered only by himself

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10-year-old Seattle boy lived in a tent while his mother battled fentanyl addiction; after an 11-month rescue effort, he entered school for the first time and said, 'I want to go back'

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A Tennessee farmer spent 4 years trying to return a mistaken $20,000 IRS refund. Instead, he faced $4,000 in penalties; then country singer John Rich stepped in and ended the dispute

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An 82-year-old California tea importer spent 53 years on a 2-acre compound with 36+ structures; after decades of permit disputes and a 2024 National Register listing, a court ordered him to leave

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A California retiree began picking up litter alone on daily walks in 2020; six years later, her volunteer group has removed about 750,000 pounds of trash and now organises valley-wide cleanups

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In 2017, Dubuque turned recycled plastic equal to about 67,000 water bottles into 14 floating islands; the 2,674-sq-ft system now adds plant, fish and bird habitat to Bee Branch Creek

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An Ohio farmer watched gullies repeatedly cut through his family's 700-acre farm and decided to change how he worked the land; decades later, the family operation has grown to 8,000 acres while becoming a conservation showcase

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'What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable': Ed Sheeran addresses Macklemore row on stage

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Something big brewing? Trump abruptly leaves Camp David, returns to White House

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'Sad chapter': Trump slams US Supreme Court over tariff, birthright citizenship rulings

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In 1952, Rachel Carson bought a Maine cottage and studied tidal pools; six years later she began writing Silent Spring

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Can't hastily deport to a third country: What US appeals court ruling says

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'People who call me a paperwork American': Indian-origin Trump aide triggers MAGA row, says she faces racist comments daily

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Iran gives US 3 conditions to restart talks, says 'Trump's threats will not achieve results'

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Should Indian students abandon the 'American Dream' amid F-1 visa volatility? 4 things immigration experts suggest

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At 18, Pat Lightizer joined a Massachusetts company where letters were still drawn by hand; 53 years later, she retired and her colleagues surprised her with a font bearing her name

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Congress set aside Washington's East Potomac land for public recreation in 1897; 129 years later, a plan costing up to $49 million could transform its public golf course into a championship venue

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In 2017, a California farming family began fighting a rule tying a second home on 267 acres to future commercial farming; nine years later, the US Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal

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Wage mismatch: Why did USCIS revoke an H-1B petition in Florida? Here's what happened

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'Nithya Raman won't keep our kids safe': Indian-origin LA mayoral candidate targeted in police ad over homelessness stance

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'Only high IQ individuals need apply': Trump announces 'AI Force'

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'Will not be deflected from our duty': CNN holds ground after Trump ban, no access to White House

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In 2015, a Connecticut carpenter and his wife bought 5 acres in upstate New York for $27,000; he built three cabins, and the rentals generated more than $2.1 million

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Indian-origin MAGA commentator shields daughter from Hasan Piker's racist attack, says 'she's Christian, born in America and her mom is white'

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Walmart customer beaten to death by parents of teen employee after shopping cart dispute

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280 hats, 36 sunglasses: Record-breaking 20,00 pieces of trash haul from Yellowstone National Park this year so far

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MS NOW journalists denied entry to White House after Trump announces ban

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Arnold Schwarzenegger helped protect 240,000 acres of California ranchland; the vast habitat is home to rare species and condors

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In 1975, a Michigan carpenter found an Edmund Fitzgerald life ring and lifeboat fragment washed ashore; five decades later, the pair sold for $150,000

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More than a century after Maine's Penobscot Nation lost control of much of its ancestral landscape, 11,297 acres have now been returned; the wider $32.5 million effort aims to return more than 30,000 acres

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Meet Everett Leigh, the 16-year-old California pianist who organised 50+ benefit concerts, raised $70,000 and helped generate another $2 million for foster youth

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Georgia cattle farmer's 80-year-old family farm faces 225-acre land loss as Spalding County airport project moves toward construction

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Trumpiana: Name dropper, court basher, hoax buster!

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What does Trump's new order on layoffs mean? How is it going to impact H-1B Indians?

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Iran 'obliterated', 8 wars 'settled': Trump lays out 25 'term three accomplishments' before US midterms

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A 6-year-old Michigan girl followed the family dogs into the woods and vanished for 4.5 hours; a relative's trail camera spotted her half a mile away, and rescuers found her safe beside one dog

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US glider planes collide mid-air in New York, one pilot killed

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Meet Ethan Huynh, the 17-year-old Florida cancer survivor who returned to competitive swimming and raised $45,000 for children fighting cancer through two meets

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Repressed! Trump bans CNN, MSNow, Politico from Oval Office

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Indian truck driver arrested in Utah months after fatal California hit-and-run that killed 2

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Watch: Thousands protest outside Kennedy Center over Trump's threat to demolish iconic venue

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Illinois issued the first permit for an $18 billion data-centre campus covering up to 472 acres; an 800,000-sq-ft first building moves ahead as neighbours say they learned too late to weigh in

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Who is Karandeep Anand, Disney's newly-appointed chief technology officer

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US tightens H-1B scrutiny: Employers with layoffs face closer checks

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In 1927, Henry Ford took over a stretch of the Amazon rainforest to build an American town inside it; in 1945 he was forced to sell it for $250,000

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In 1953, Jerome, Arizona, formed a historical society to preserve a mining town that became virtually a ghost town after once having nearly 15,000 people

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'He's paying him back': Trump defends Russian oligarch funding his son's Bahamas wedding

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In 2001, Boston Harbor scientists released red dye to test how treated wastewater dispersed from the new outfall into Massachusetts Bay

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In 2024, Alabama turned three Fish River sites red, using harmless dye in a time-of-journey study to help build model pollution in the Weeks Bay watershed

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