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US - Sep 8, 2026 - A California ranch was marked for a 403-acre quarry; after 10,000 objections, a land trust paid $23 million to stop development

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Mooney M20F small plane crashes near Florida airport; pilot killed

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US - Sep 7, 2026 - In 1979, Paul McCartney bought a 151-acre Arizona ranch; the Beatles star turned it into a private family retreat

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Parents came to US for 5 months, officer allowed only 2 months as father has a job in India: NRI shares parents' entry experience, seeks advice

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9/11 suspect's al Qaida, Saudi links: New report claims FBI had key evidence, but didn't pursue

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A Texas family held this coastal ranch for generations; now 2,500 acres have become part of a 17,500-acre wildlife refuge

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Meet Mehmet Tascioglu, who started tutoring 15 students during COVID; 5 years later his nonprofit has delivered 60,000 free tutoring sessions

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In 1974, a California college student built a cabin using only hand tools because his father said, 'no electricity'; 52 years later, it sits inside a $6M estate with a runway, helipad and 82-ft pool

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In 1918, three Indiana brothers opened a bicycle and tire shop; 108 years later, the same family still runs it, with six employees retiring after 40+ years and tenures reaching 50 years

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Arizona man who got duct-taped on an American Airlines flight was VP of realty firm, company says he is no longer associated

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3 stabbed in Brooklyn hours before West Indian American Day Parade; 1 critical

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Ex-USCIS officer arrested in Texas for allegedly taking cash to approve, fast-track immigration benefits

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In 1956, California burned and demolished the town of Monticello before flooding the valley; 70 years later its streets and homes remain beneath Lake Berryessa

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Make AI-merica Great Again: Meme Lord Donald Trump's digital feed goes off rails again

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In 2018, billionaire pharma heir Frank Binder paid $33 million for a Hollywood Hills mansion; now the Lenny Kravitz-designed home is listed for $35 million as he builds a $2 billion residential yacht

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US issues security warning, restricts government travel to Mexican border city Nogales

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Quote of the day by Barack Obama: "Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would..." - a powerful message about failure and success

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In 2018, a family bought a 1906 train car for $3,000 after finding 20 feral cats inside; then spent $147,000 restoring it as an Airbnb

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A Massachusetts group restored 44 acres of wetland and a mile of stream; butterflies soon appeared that locals had never seen there

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Trump admin again urges Supreme Court to restrict mail-in voting as midterms approach

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In 1894, a 4,000-sq-ft Illinois Victorian was built; 132 years later, a 67-year-old retiree bought it for $97,500 and has already spent $85,000 restoring just 1,000 sq ft

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70-year-old Texas woman used $150,000 from her retirement savings to create an all-women tiny-home community spread across five acres for rent of $450 monthly

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49ers broadcaster Greg Papa spent 78 days in intensive care after a bone marrow transplant; six months later his 'impossible dream' comeback begins

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San Diego high school students created 39 wildlife gardens in just 4 years; now nearly 25,000 sq ft of habitat supports native plants and pollinators

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A 12-foot Burmese python revealed Florida's bizarre new method for finding hidden invasive snakes after it swallowed a collared opossum

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A farmer turned 70 acres of his Oregon barley farm into a wetland; now it hosts 140 bird species and endangered fish

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In 1963, Rat Pack composer Jimmy Van Heusen bought a secluded California mountain; decades later it became a legendary celebrity hideaway

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California turned a dirt lot beside Highway 41 into a $1.6M garden with 18 planting beds, murals, and space to grow food

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Meet Benjamin Choi, a 17-year-old who built a $300 mind-controlled prosthetic arm that reads brainwaves through non-invasive electrodes

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A self-made billionaire couple gave San Francisco State University $25 million in XRP, one of the largest crypto donations to US higher education

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EBay's first full-time employee left the company after its IPO and built a $5.9 billion fortune; he has now donated about $1.2 billion into social-change projects

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A 69,000 sq ft data centre was planned beside Nashville Zoo; 600,000 people signed against it as a clouded leopard cub became the face of the fight to protect wildlife

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In 1912, Alabama monk Brother Joseph Zoettl began recreating landmarks he had mostly never seen; 46 years later, at age 80, he finished the last of 125 miniatures

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Since 2007, New York's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been milled into lumber after the holidays; the wood has helped build Habitat homes from New York to Mississippi

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A Scottish clan kept a human skull for centuries because legend said removing it would bring ruin; now scientists are testing the story

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Video captures moment Amazon cargo plane hurtles off runway, erupts in flames

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In 2000, NOAA planted 500 square metres of cordgrass and added oyster shell on Pivers Island; the shell mound grew into a living oyster reef

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In 1929, Louisiana's Oleander Hotel opened on hurricane-prone Grand Isle; 97 years later, residents raised $400,000 to save the island's last historic hotel and turn it into a museum

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Meet Bradley Carlisle, the first professional Santa Claus with Down syndrome in the US: This suburban Atlanta man feared Santa as a child, and now he is honoured by the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame

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Pat McAfee has put more than $6 million of his own money into GameDay prizes and charity; Home Depot matched his $500,000 LSU offer, giving one student two kicks at $1 million, but both missed

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A Pennsylvania couple bought 78.3 acres in 2022 to stop development; their conservation work has helped eliminate plans for 88 houses and 21 condos

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5 killed as Amazon cargo plane crashes off Miami runway; huge smoke plume seen in video

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In 1997, Texas mixed discarded roofing shingles into two 1,000-foot Highway 31 test sections; years later, officials said their performance was comparable to conventional asphalt

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'New America', George Washington meet & Robert De Niro jibe: Trump unleashes AI-powered fantasies

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Lululemon founder Chip Wilson files for divorce from wife Shannon 'Summer' Wilson after 20 years, couple had no prenup; he owns 8.6% stake worth nearly $1B, while she holds 1% valued at $100M

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Married couple, young son found dead with gunshot wounds after Los Angeles house fire

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Hurricane Marie to impact California coast with dangerous surf, coastal flooding over Labour Day weekend

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In 2024, Arizona used foam made from 100% recycled glass at 19 sites while widening 23 miles of I-17; the lightweight fill helped culverts built for two lanes support added lanes

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Hulk Hogan's Florida mansion gets another $1 million price cut, now listed at $6.9 million after three reductions since the Clearwater Beach home hit the market for $10.98 million

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A US war veteran named her Memphis home 'Serenity' after 11 quiet years; Elon Musk's largest US AI data centre moved next door and she says her power bill doubled

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Judge orders Trump admin to give 48-hour notice before work on 250ft Arlington arch

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California mosque shooting: FBI warned parents about teen suspect's dark-web activity days before attack

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George Lucas spent 17 years building $1 billion museum after his first plans were rejected; his spaceship-shaped LA museum is finally opening

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In 1888, Wisconsin publisher and women's-rights pioneer Lisle Lester died penniless in New York; her ashes went unclaimed for 138 years and are finally returning home to Fond du Lac

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Kentucky hunters were stuck with an agreement that landowners could cancel in 30 days; a 54,560-acre easement now permanently keeps a huge elk landscape open in a state where 95% of land is private

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In 1964, Ken Kesey drove the psychedelic Furthur bus across America and helped ignite the counterculture; 60 years later, the dilapidated icon is back in San Francisco for a restoration campaign

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Indian-American judge extends block on Trump's mail-voting curbs ahead of midterm polls

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Billionaire Mitchell Rales gave $116 million to the National Gallery of Art; the record gift will send artworks to museums across America

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