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Times of India - US News

US - Oct 11, 2026 - The ABCD of US politics: American-born Combative Desis face MAGA heat

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In 2019, former WWE champion Chris Jericho bought a $3.255 million, 6.5-acre Florida lake estate, then listed his older lakefront home with 175 feet of shoreline for $1.149 million

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In 2012, The Miz paid $1.865 million for a Hollywood Hills home, then renovated and expanded it into a 4,532-square-foot Tuscan villa before listing it for $3.65 million and selling it for just over $3 million

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US - Oct 11, 2026 - In 2021, Joe Biden restored boundaries at two Utah monuments; more than 2 million acres regained federal protection - In recent years, presidential proclamations have significantly altered the boundaries of national monuments in Utah. Notably, President Trump made drastic reductions to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in 2017. This prompted legal challenges from various groups seeking to contest these reductions. Efforts have been made in subsequent reports to restore the monuments to their original status, yet ongoing legal battles linger over the validity of these boundary changes.

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'Good for American people': US treasury secretary defends Russia diesel deal, cites 'legal authority'

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An 83-year-old Oregon blimp hangar was sold for $1 after a storm tore a 200-foot hole in its roof; after nearly 10 months shut, the air museum inside is now set to reopen on October 29

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Trump announces Russia-Ukraine 'energy ceasefire effective immediately'; Zelenskyy says 'news for me'

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Watch: Anti-ICE protesters attack federal vehicle, threaten agents in Oregon parking lot

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A Florida school district rejected a $20 million offer for its five-acre riverfront headquarters in 2025; another $17.2 million deal collapsed, and officials have now approved a third agreement worth $15.13 million

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A 26-acre California site was being turned into an ICE detention facility without a full environmental review; a federal judge has now halted construction until the government completes the required analysis

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MacKenzie Scott gave Maliasili $15 million after an earlier grant helped create a conservation fund; that fund has since backed 28 organisations

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Trumpiana: Trump trail goes boom boom doom doom again!

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In Colorado, a family spent more than 60 years assembling a working ranch; after it was once listed for $100 million, Susan Nottingham has now permanently protected 18,484 acres and their historic water rights

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Putin tells Trump Russia will fight until 'all objectives' are met, rules out Ukraine war peace breakthrough

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In 1958, Texas voters rejected a $15 million reservoir plan; 68 years later, a judge overturned a new permit for Lake Ringgold after ranchers warned the project could flood more than 16,000 acres of farmland

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Colorado veteran Cano Espinoza began covering his home with discarded hubcaps, cans, screen doors and scrap metal in 1980; more than four decades later, Cano's Castle remains a well-known roadside attraction in Antonito

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Meet T'Emi Oshin, the 20-year-old Wayne State student who scored 1590 on the SAT and became the university's first Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholar; she is also being honoured for youth advocacy and public-health work

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A 70-year-old woman swam 20 miles across California's Catalina Channel after her brother received a kidney transplant; she raised over €15,000

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A Washington farmer who returned to his family farm in 1984 is challenging $618,000 in irrigation penalties after the state Supreme Court heard his case

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A pig became famous after running through Hollywood; Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren won him in a silent auction and sent him to a 7-acre sanctuary

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'Trump Ocean' on the map? US president jokes about renaming Atlantic or Pacific

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Hurricane Isaias kills 4 in US, leaves hundreds of thousands without power - video

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Baltimore turned waste glass into road surfaces on at least 17 streets; the crushed glass made the pavement sparkle under sunlight and streetlights

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'Terrible thing': Trump on Riyadh airport attack, says US may join Saudi strikes against Yemen's Houthis

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In 2015, James Patterson pledged $1.25 million to US school libraries; after requests poured in, he raised his gift to $1.75 million, helping 467 libraries fund books, reading programmes and repairs

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Meet Stephen Biebelhausen, the US doctor who pushed his 1-year-old daughter in a pram and accidentally broke a world record

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Harvard bought this stained document for $27.50; decades later, experts realised it was an original Magna Carta

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In 2012, Taylor Swift pledged $4 million for a Nashville education centre; 14 years later, the space is showcasing artwork by local schoolchildren and artists with developmental disabilities

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After a New York fire killed a 13-year-old girl's father and four sisters, relatives raised over $100,000 for her; months later, the state AG sought $71,539.29 it said remained unpaid

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'As one of the largest research universities...': Arizona State responds to federal probe into J-1 visa use after JD Vance says 'something weird is going on'

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Strong pushback as US downgrades Hong Kong to tier-3 in human trafficking: 'Double standard'

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A teacher went on a blind date with a surgeon in 1969 and ended up learning to run his dairy farm; their 160-acre Illinois property is now a nature preserve

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A Utah couple began cycling across America on their 40th wedding anniversary; 87 days and 3,634 miles later, they reached the Atlantic coast and raised about $23,000 for two community charities

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Florida cybersecurity owner accused of misleading ransomware victims; prosecutors allege his firm charged them over $19 million while secretly paying hackers more than $8 million

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US death row inmate Christa Pike returns to prison from hospital after surviving lethal injection execution

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Amid claims that Kimberly Guilfoyle charged money to give access to Trump, leaked texts reveal her breakup with Donald Trump Jr was nasty

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Hurricane Simon intensifies into category 4 storm near Mexico

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From about 1950 to 1964, a Washington janitor spent nights in a rented garage assembling a 180-piece throne from foil, cardboard, old furniture and light bulbs; it now fills a Smithsonian gallery

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In Brazil, a 69-year-old farmer spent 20 years building his own Italian-style stone house, one rock at a time, finally completing the project he began mostly alone

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In 2024, England protected a forgotten World War I practice battlefield; Browndown's trench systems span an area equivalent to nearly 17 football pitches

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'Time for Ukraine to get a new president': Trump targets Zelenskyy as US eases Russian diesel curbs

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In 1916, Florida's USDA plant station tested Burma reed for erosion control and gardens; it escaped cultivation and is now listed as a Florida noxious weed

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In 1935, Pennsylvania saw crown vetch survive on 10 acres of poor soil, so officials pushed it for erosion control and mine reclamation; it later spread to 46 states

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In the 1800s, US gardeners wanted beautiful purple wetland flowers, so they planted purple loosestrife; it later covered 500,000 acres and formed stands of up to 80,000 stalks an acre

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In 1971, two 23-year-olds began constructing a Hudson Valley castle with salvaged barn wood and scrap; 43 years later, it opened as a working bed-and-breakfast

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In 2025, California ran six 100%-recycled-asphalt road sections under a heavy-vehicle simulator; rain-triggered base shear failures and poor moisture control caused sections to fail

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Luke Bryan turned 150 acres of Tennessee cow pasture into Red Bird Farm with a bass lake, 10,000-square-foot home and 7,000-square-foot barn; the barn is now a haven for rescued animals

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Indian-origin US Army veteran made cousin do household chores, confiscated immigration papers, punished through physical abuse, sleep deprivation

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'Neither wanted to hang up first': Putin-Trump's 'friendly' call sparks anger in Ukraine over diesel deal

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In 2019, The Miz and Maryse bought a 10,400-square-foot California manor for $6.4 million, renovated it during their ownership, and then sold it for $7.4 million

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New York City has reopened Queens' historic Lost Battalion Hall after a $25.9 million reconstruction, bringing back the recreation center with upgraded fitness spaces and accessibility

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Trump throws another tantrum about not getting Nobel, declares war on Norway

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After a 2015 flash flood shut Death Valley's Scotty's Castle, visitors can return from October 10 for limited guided exterior tours while restoration of the historic estate continues

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Texas-bound American Airlines flight diverted to New York's JFK after six out of eight lavatories stopped working: 'Only two potties?'

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Pregnant woman & 2 children among 9 killed in Pennsylvania shooting; gunman dies by suicide

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In 1969, a Nevada man began turning roadside junk, bottles, hubcaps and car parts into a desert home; decades later, the five-acre Thunder Mountain Monument is a free roadside attraction

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In 2019, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour auctioned his treasured guitars in a $21.5 million sale; the proceeds went to environmental lawyers working to tackle climate change and protect nature

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'Settled 8 wars, still no Nobel': Trump fumes over Peace Prize snub

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