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US - Oct 16, 2026 - White House prepares plans to use 'mother of all bombs' on Iran: Report

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US school shooting: At least five feared dead, children among victims

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Washington captures record 2.16 million invasive green crabs in 2025-26; first detected in 2016, the species threatens marine life despite $8 million in funding, with no populations eradicated

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US - Oct 16, 2026 - Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr help erase $550 million in medical debt for 261,000 Californians; support LA wildfire survivors; Spiegel recalls childhood home burning in 2025 fires - Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and wife Miranda Kerr are helping erase $550 million in medical debt for more than 261,000 Californians and supporting Los Angeles wildfire survivors. Spiegel recalled watching his childhood home burn during the January 2025 fires. The couple's philanthropy also includes community relief, long-term health research and encouraging their children to give back.

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In the 1990s, Charles Schwab transformed a 2,600-acre Montana horse ranch into a private golf retreat, spending an estimated $30 million to restore its historic character

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Kimberly Guilfoyle gets snubbed in Greece too, no farewell planned for her; Greek leaders believe she's so brazen that she may force one send-off

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Indian man travels across consulates for F1 visa interviews, gets visa after 13 rejections. In his 14th interview, he was asked to plan a 20-storey residential building

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In 2011, Taylor Swift donated 6,000 books worth $68,000 to a Pennsylvania library that was struggling to stay open; 15 years later, it circulated 182,228 items and drew 27,452 program participants in 2025

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A Kansas couple wanted a beach without leaving home, so they turned two acres of their Olathe backyard into a 100,000-gallon lagoon with six waterfalls, tropical fish and a 23,000-pound boulder

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Microsoft president Brad Smith says it's ironic that White House targeted his company the same day it gave a medal to former H-1B Satya Nadella

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In 2024, Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes put their game-worn Chiefs jerseys into a Kansas City charity auction; the NFL package sold for $250,000 as Big Slick raised $3.97 million for pediatric cancer

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Michigan woman Kimberly Kemper seeks $250 refund after $350 deep clean, alleging dirty dishes, untouched walls and baseboards; cleaner offered $100 and allegedly failed to return for a promised re-clean

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Two Indiana teen brothers, 15 and 14, jumped into a retention pond to save a grandmother and two young children; one pulled a submerged 2-year-old from a stroller and got the toddler breathing again

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From Ambani to Zelenskyy, Musk mixes business with politics

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Green Card lottery latest update: US judge orders Trump administration to reopen 2027 Diversity Visa lottery; registration to begin November 1

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'False accusations': Maduro, wife rejects fresh torture allegations in New York court

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A California winery founded in 1981 faces an October 15 buyer deadline after a $12.7 million judgment and Chapter 11 case; court filings put a sale at $3.8M-$6.7M versus $1.4M-$2.8M in liquidation

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Kamala Harris slams Biden & Trump over Gaza war, says US should have acted 'sooner, more forcefully'

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Pilot reports wing icing before plane crashes in Wisconsin; 6 killed

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Washington pastor Cristian Popescu accused of $13 million investment fraud targeting over 30 investors; allegedly told church members God chose them to invest and called critics demonically possessed

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Trump calls Musk an '80% super genius', says billionaire has a 'little problem' in remaining 20%

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'Big items are done': Envoy Gor says India-US trade negotiations moving at 'incredible pace'

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Man posed as NFL player for San Francisco 49ers to defraud 26 women of $1.3 million, allegedly using dating apps, luxury cars and bogus investment accounts; FBI probes 61 potential victims

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For more than 50 years, Austinites fought to protect historic Lions Municipal Golf Course from development; now a proposed deal would transfer its 141 acres to the city while UT develops 190 acres nearby

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A family bought a New Jersey home in 1929; nearly a century later, raising it became key to preserving it

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US temple attack plot: Teen's alleged manifesto describes Indians as 'subhumans'

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Vincent van Gogh painted 'Chestnut Trees in Blossom' in May 1890 during his final months; after more than 60 years out of public view, it has resurfaced ahead of a New York auction with a $180 million estimate

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In 2011, Florida's Michelle Parker vanished on the same day her engagement ring dispute was settled on reality TV. 15 years later, ex-fiancé arrested for murder

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In 2013, childhood friends Peter Rahal and Jared Smith each put $5,000 into RXBAR and made bars in Rahal's parents' basement; four years later Kellogg bought the company for about $600 million

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Jammed gun thwarts massacre of Indians at Hindu temple near Chicago

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'Victims' families may witness in person': US not to livestream execution of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan

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Donald Trump is looking for a replacement of Susie Wiles; 'She's burned a lot of people': Report

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In 2014, Chip and Joanna Gaines bought a 2.6-acre former cottonseed mill in Waco; 12 years later, the Magnolia site spans about 5.3 acres with shops, a bakery, coffee shop, ball field and restored 1894 church

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In 2005, George Lucas opened an 850,000-sq-ft digital arts campus on 23 acres of a former Army hospital in San Francisco; 21 years later, it has four buildings and a 17-acre public meadow

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California cement worker Elmer Long turned discarded bottles and scrap metal into a desert art forest; as Route 66 turns 100, his two-acre ranch has 200 trees, 1,000+ bottles and visitors from around the world

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Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar turned bottles, bike wheels and ceramic shards into a 3,000-square-foot maze; after a 2004 threat to dismantle it, the community saved it and tickets now frequently sell out

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Washington building once occupied by the FBI is handed to a court-appointed receiver after months of missed payments on a $221.6 million loan

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Who is Alexandros Paporakis who plotted alleged mass shooting at Hindu temple in Aurora? What his manifesto targeting Indians revealed

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Florida woman lets 2 strangers charge their phone after they claim to be hurricane recovery workers; the couple steals her car and crashes during a police chase

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'When's my turn?' Men cheered as woman was raped at Chicago fraternity party — report

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Washington flew 6,000 logs by helicopter into 24 miles of remote streams to rebuild salmon spawning grounds and help creeks hold water

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Meet Holden Bierman, the 19-year-old Holly Springs, NC entrepreneur who started a beachwear brand at 12 with a $500 loan; six years later it is a six-figure business that says it helped remove 100,000 plastic bottles

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In 1926, Tampa Theatre opened beneath a twinkling indoor night sky; 100 years later, it reopened after a seven-month, $24.5 million restoration of its historic auditorium

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Hawaii's Hā'ena State Park closed on Sept 6 as Hurricane Lowell approached; 39 days later, it reopened after repairs, but overnight camping and hiking past two miles remain closed

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'I'll forever celebrate you': Erika Kirk pens emotional tribute to late husband Charlie Kirk on his birthday - video

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In 2006, an Oregon woman sold her $398,000 home to her son-in-law for $270,000 and says she was promised she could stay for life; 20 years later, an appeals court rejected that claimed life estate

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US bank employee stole $280,000 from a vault, then created fake cash-deposit reports to hide it; IRS helped uncover the scheme

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'Where anti-Indian hatred can lead': US lawmaker Raja Krishnamoorthi's warning after plot targeting Aurora Hindu temple

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Jenny McCarthy co-hosted a pet competition that raised over $8 million to help complete a 25-acre wildlife rehabilitation centre in Washington

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Pennsylvania owner held a Chester home for 10 years before it sold for $28,000 at a tax sale with about a $5,741 upset price; on October 13, an appeals court ordered the sale set aside over notice failures

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Shakira was only 20 when she launched her education mission in Colombia; nearly three decades later, her foundation reports supporting more than 300 public schools

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An Arizona homebuilder spent years and hundreds of thousands of dollars turning his backyard into one of America's largest private garden railways, with nearly 4,000 feet of track and hundreds of train cars

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Demi Moore owns 2,000 dolls, including one-of-a-kind art pieces, and once planned to turn her extraordinary collection into a museum

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Barack Obama's Chicago presidential centre grew from a $500 million proposal to nearly $850 million project by 2026; more than a decade after plans emerged, it opened amid debate over Jackson Park

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Florida turned wreckage from the Hurricane Ian-damaged Naples Pier into an underwater habitat: 59 concrete pilings weighing more than 300 tons now sit at Wasmer Reef about 10 miles offshore instead of a landfill

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What is the 'Mother of All Bombs'? The massive US weapon in focus over Iran

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Sara Blakely was selling fax machines door to door when she put $5,000 of her savings into Spanx; 21 years later, Blackstone bought a majority stake in the company at a $1.2 billion valuation

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Katy Perry has supported UNICEF since 2013; from visiting vulnerable children in Madagascar to backing global vaccine access and emergency relief

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