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US - Jul 12, 2026 - A customer left behind extra lottery tickets at an Arizona Circle K, and one later won $12.8 million; now the clerk who tried to claim it says he did nothing wrong - A legal battle has emerged over the rightful ownership of a winning lottery ticket worth $12.8 million, with a Circle K store clerk maintaining that he simply followed company policy when he purchased a set of abandoned lottery tickets. According to reports, Circle K filed a complaint in February against store clerk Robert Gawlitza, alleging that he attempted to claim the jackpot from a winning Arizona Lottery ticket that had been left behind by a customer at one of its stores on November 24, 2025.

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While Jeff Bezos was sitting in the passenger seat writing Amazon's business plan in 1994, his wife MacKenzie Scott was driving them on a 2,000-mile road trip across US in a borrowed car

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Quote of the day by Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott: "My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful. It will take time and effort and care. But..." - why thoughtful generosity should never be delayed

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US - Jul 12, 2026 - China builds full-scale US warship replica for missile target practice, satellite images show - Satellite images reveal China built a US destroyer replica for testing. This replica is situated at a Xinjiang test range for missile practice. The setup includes a rail system to simulate moving maritime targets. This development highlights China's growing anti-ship missile capabilities. It reflects ongoing strategic competition between China and the United States.

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Lindsey Graham, war-hawk who went from 'never Trump' to forever Trump, dies unexpectedly

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'I left America after H-1B stamping trip': Indian professional explains why he returned home and what he struggled with

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Billionaire Ken Griffin's $250 million superyacht wouldn't fit at his mansion, so he built a 3.7-acre private marina in Miami. Now he wants a private helipad and fly in to avoid rush-hour traffic

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Quote of the day by Ralph Waldo Emerson: 'What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say'

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Watch: Bison flings man eight feet into air in dramatic attack at US Yellowstone National Park

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'Brief, sudden illness': Lindsey Graham, US senator and Trump ally, dies at 71

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Canada gives share of bridge profits to US to get Trump nod

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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies

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US employers told to fire foreign workers who are on the way to lose Temporary Protected Status

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Quote of the day by Jill Biden: "Good marriages push us -- not to become someone else but to become the best version of ourselves"

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Quote of the day by Vivek Ramaswamy: 'Yes, I grew up in privilege. Not economic privilege, but the ultimate privilege of having two parents in the home'

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Microsoft defends Asha Sharma, says she is an American CEO and Xbox layoff had nothing to do with H-1B

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Trump threatens Iran with '1000 missiles' as both sides shoot their mouth in Gulf spat

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'I bought a one-way ticket and moved back to India': Former H-1B visa holder says 'first time in my adult life I felt completely in control of my own career'

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'Explosive diarrhoea' parasite outbreak in US: Over 1000 cases reported in weeks, Michigan worst hit

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Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "Philanthropy to me means using your voice, your time, your skills, or your money, your resources, to change the world for the better" - a timeless lesson that proves generosity is about far more than wealth

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Where retirement goes to die: Inside America's geriatric government

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Death penalty sought for Bangladeshi man Shahidul Islam who entered US illegally and killed sister-in-law in Florida

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Trumpiana: Red card vs Trump card!

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Indian-origin tech leader killed by husband in Georgia over domestic dispute, wounded son runs to neighbors for help

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US lawmaker Ro Khanna says Israeli settlers armed with US-made rifles detained him in West Bank

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'Unlike anything I had seen': Pentagon releases fresh UFO records, videos, government files

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Trump administration serves subpoenas to several journalists over Air Force One security report

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Sunlight on demand? US approves plans to build 60-foot mirror in space

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Reports: Israeli intel warn US of Iran's plot to assassinate Trump

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Quote of the day by Malcolm X: 'A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man'

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You are not the most polished guy: Visa officer asks Indian man why his company is sending him to New York on business trip

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Quote of the day by JD Vance: 'Poor people don't wear pajamas. We fall asleep in our underwear or blue jeans'

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Green Card of Kuwaiti artist revoked for calling America 'enemy': Foreign nationals who echo propaganda should find themselves on deportation flight

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'Bomb them like never before': Trump says 'left instructions' to strike Iran if assassinated

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Quote of the Day by Barack Obama: "You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you" - what this quote means for success and resilience

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'No more beardos': Pentagon steps up US military grooming crackdown

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'Iran wants talks but ceasefire over,' says Trump as Tehran begins restoring nuclear plant operations

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Frozen on a 22,000-foot volcano for 500 years, Inca child mummies may have been sacrificed to secure an empire

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Indian-origin gynecologist Sanjeev Kumar sentenced to 20 years in prison in Tennessee for performing 15,000 biopsies with adulterated devices, attorney says no punishment is enough

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Trump fires US election commission, raising suspicion of rigging

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Scientists found US dams are reshaping river temperatures from space, and the changes stretch upstream and downstream across seasonal cycles

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Florida accidentally created giant floating islands across Lake Okeechobee after decades of fertiliser runoff fueled explosive growth of invasive water hyacinths and other aquatic weeds, smothering habitats and clogging waterways

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Since 2012, Iceland has been pumping captured carbon dioxide into volcanic rock so it permanently turns into stone instead of escaping back into the atmosphere

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Billionaire Larry Ellison once fought the entire city of San Jose so he could land his private jet at midnight, but when it came to buying a $490 million megayacht, he did it over lattes and two emails

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When disappearing wetlands left birds with nowhere safe to nest, the United States began building artificial islands that now shelter thousands of breeding waterbirds

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The United States deliberately poisoned all 41 kilometers of Yellowstone's Soda Butte Creek in the 1990s, killing every fish in the river after invasive brook trout overwhelmed native cutthroat trout, and years later, the iconic native fish returned

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California's collapsing cliffs do warn before they give way; they begin moving hours before disaster strikes, scientists found

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H-1B visa revoked: Man says he deeply regrets not paying $600 traffic fine by deadline

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How a secret CIA operation in 1953 set the stage for decades of tension between Iran and United States

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He was expelled from Church over child abuse, was reinstated and then he committed another heinous child sex crime

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This 500-year-old wooden mask once represented the Aztec god of death and the underworld

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Scientists discover previously unknown Asian 'ghost population' hidden in Indigenous American DNA

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America's housing slowdown continues: Why buyers remain stuck despite easing rates

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US secretary Rubio invites India, 60 nations to summit on 'far-left terrorism'

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