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US - Jul 28, 2026 - Surfside Beach loses $545,598 in sophisticated email scam; Wildcat Construction CEO disputes forensic report, says town ignored red flags - A payment of $545,598 intended for Wildcat Construction has become the focus of an ongoing fraud investigation in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, after the money was allegedly redirected to a scammer-controlled bank account through a sophisticated email scam. The fraud began during what appeared to be a routine email conversation about issuing payment for completed work.

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Quote of the day by Marco Rubio: 'American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood' and the story of An American Son

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Quote of the day by Bob Ross: 'The very fact that you're aware of suffering is enough reason to...' and the darkest secret behind human happiness

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US - Jul 28, 2026 - Can ICE or CBP read your deleted messages? Attorney says the answer is 'yes'

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Quote of the day by Taylor Swift's husband Travis Kelce: "If you don't care about the guy next to you, one, you're a terrible..." - why caring about your teammates matters more than individual talent

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Netflix executive reveals at company's trust-building retreat he once used ketamine, got fired from his $1.1 million job after return

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This 71-year-old US mayor goes to a homeless shelter every Friday night, sleeps, serves breakfast Saturday morning. In 2021, he called 'homelessness' a choice

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California's ocean is up to 4°C hotter than normal; whales are disappearing, pelicans are starving and sharks are moving closer

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In 1964, Florida began building a canal across the state. The $110 million project failed but created an unexpected legacy

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Built in 1948, Mud Mountain Dam gets a $112 million fish passage project to help salmon migrate

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New rule for asylum seekers in the US: 'No interview, straight deportation', DHS calls it 'second chance'

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What is happening in Seattle now? Police searching for 2nd shooter; no details about arrested suspect revealed

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KFC founder Colonel Sanders' Kentucky home, restaurant and engraved pressure cooker are going to auction after one family preserved them for 50 years

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From deterrence theory to frontier AI: 2See podcast brings the Iranian tech community together at Stanford

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In 1969, Chattanooga was declared America's worst city for particulate pollution; three years after imposing strict controls, every major polluter met the new standard

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Since 2004, Green Forests Work has helped plant millions of native trees on former Appalachian coal mines, restoring compacted industrial land toward forest

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'No other...': Parents of Indian medical student Vaibhav Duggal who died by suicide seek $30 million from Texas Tech University

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In 1903, Nebraska began planting a 20,000-acre forest across prairie grassland; today, officials use prescribed burns to keep trees from spreading

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In 1992, Hurricane Andrew may have helped giant Burmese pythons spread across Florida's Everglades, creating one of America's worst invasive species crises

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Why US strikes on Hormuz suddenly stopped despite Trump's bluster

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Conservationists removed tens of thousands of invasive rats from a Pacific island to save its wildlife; they accidentally wiped out an aggressive mosquito species too

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Pentagon created separate category for Iran war deaths, making tally harder to track: Report

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This California river once carried thousands of salmon every year. A 1942 dam changed it forever, and scientists are still trying to bring them back

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An Indian-origin doctor's viral bindi video sparked an online backlash. She says she's never seen so much anti-Indian hate: 5 other times Indians faced similar rhetoric in recent years

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Meet Nehemiah Turner: The 11-year-old Florida boy who spent more than 100 hours reading to shelter animals and changed countless lives by helping anxious pets find forever homes

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As Lake Mead's water vanished after years of drought, human bodies, abandoned boats and decades-old mysteries began emerging from the lakebed

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In 1964, engineers proposed capturing Alaska's rivers and sending them thousands of miles to America's driest deserts

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A 95-year-old CEO bought a bankrupt furniture store for $80,000 in 1975, then quietly built an $858 million business and gave millions away

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A church, a Jesus statue and a border wall: Inside Trump's latest land acquisition battle

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Quote of the day by Dave Bautista: "I'm a poor kid from the streets. What I've been able to achieve has really just been through hard work and..." - an inspiring lesson on resilience, self-belief and turning adversity into achievement

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Bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow's viral livestream raised $10 million to save their California forest home from luxury development

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'Get down, get down': Seattle food festival shooting caught on livestream; 2 killed, 5 injured

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'I will come to fight': Netanyahu hits back at Mamdani over 'not welcome in New York City' remarks

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Who is Karyna Shuliak, the woman Epstein left a diamond ring 'in contemplation of marriage'?

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Two killed, five wounded in Seattle mass shooting at food festival

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Indian-origin US lawmakers vow to fight anti-India hate, urge diaspora to join politics

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California stabbing: Five injured after drunken altercation; 18-year-old arrested

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FBI's 'most wanted' suspect in $32 million Covid fraud arrested in Jamaica: Kash Patel

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US influencer, husband found dead days after she accused him of pedophilia on TikTok

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In 1958, Hawaii introduced barn owls to control rats in sugarcane fields; the owls spread across the islands and began killing endangered seabirds

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In 1851, New York released house sparrows to eat caterpillars damaging city trees; within 50 years, the birds had colonised nearly the entire continental US

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In 1929, Hawaii introduced Japanese white-eyes to control insects; they became its most abundant land bird and began competing with native birds for food

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Los Angeles coated more than 700,000 sq ft of dark asphalt with reflective material, and during a heatwave, parts of Pacoima saw air temperatures up to 1.9°C lower

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Quote of the day by Hulk Hogan: "If I have a problem with someone I talk about them. I don't..." - a lesson on respect, accountability and keeping personal conflicts where they belong

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Pentagon under fire after revising Iran war casualty count

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Trump wears '2028' cap at White House dinner, says 'third time will be better'

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Katy Perry decries White House 'firework' in war post

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Quote of the day by Benjamin Franklin: 'Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety' and a lesson on whether to choose freedom or control

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What is an EB-1 visa? Why is it narrowing for Indians in FY 2026?

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'Nothing compares to home, but...': Indian man explains why many people end up staying in US

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Atelise launching soon, utilizing India's craftsmanship for the future of personalized fashion

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He rejected to work for a Jew boss. Now he has $25,000 in donation money and Cornell did not take any action against him

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Only in America: Amid the roast, Trump toasts free speech

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New details emerge about NYC stabber Raul Morales: Quran, Bible, book on Che Guevara, Marx found from his apartment

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'Way better than America's Independence Day': Texas influencer enraged by advertisement for Indian Independence Day event in Frisco

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Trumpiana: 2020 is forever!

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Michigan house fire: Six children among 8 family members found dead; some victims had gunshot wounds

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A dangerous parasite is spreading north through Central America into the US, and its weakness may be a very specific smell

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