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In 1941, comedian Jack Oakie bought a California ranch; decades later his widow fought to save its last 9 acres from development

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World - / Sep 1, 2026 - Lindsay Clancy Trial: Matt Walsh slams jury delay; warns of 'dire' implications - Matt Walsh has strongly criticized the delay in the Lindsay Clancy trial, saying the jury should have reached a verdict much faster. Clancy is accused of killing her three children in 2023. Her defense says postpartum psychosis affected her ability to understand her actions, while prosecutors argue she planned the killings. The jury will continue deliberations Tuesday.

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World - / Sep 1, 2026 - Times Square stabbing: 1 killed, another critically injured; suspect shot dead by NYPD - At least one person was killed and another critically injured after a woman allegedly stabbed two people in New York City's Times Square before she was fatally shot by police, authorities said. The stabbings occurred at around 42nd Street and Seventh

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'IRAN FINISHED, MOJTABA DEAD!': Trump Tears Into IRGC For Executions; Mocks Military's 'FAILURE'

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'CIA TRIP FAILS, TRUMP SENDS TEAM B?': Bessent Meets Putin's Right Hand Post Ratcliffe's Russia Flop

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'TRUMP READY TO NUKE IRAN?': Trump Drops Nuclear Threat, Then ERUPTS At Reporter; 'Stupid Question!'

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EUROPE'S PUTIN PLOT? Russia's SHOCK ULTIMATUM To US & Allies Over Moscow Poll Interference

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'KEEP MY WIFE'S NAME OUT!': JD Vance Goes FULL Will Smith On Abdul El-Sayed; 'Out Of Your League'

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'HEGSETH LOSES HIS ARMY CHIEF!': Dan Driscoll QUITS After Pentagon Feud Over Iran War; Trump Shocked

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From Siva Balaji to Kalyan Padala: Where Are the Bigg Boss Telugu Winners Now?

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From quitting his well-paying engineering job in Dubai to Sonalika Joshi recommending him for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah; When Mandar Chandwadkar recalled his journey

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Bigg Boss Telugu through the years: A look back at all seasons

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10 BABY NAMES INSPIRED BY SPRING FLOWERS

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Tamannaah Bhatia just made Rs 2.43 lakh look like a personality trait in this Aisha Rao ivory ensemble

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New OTT releases this week (August 31-September 6): 'Gandhari', 'Dhamaal 4', 'The Gentlemen' Season 2, 'Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly' and more

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US army secretary Dan Driscoll steps down amid tensions with Pentagon chief Hegseth: Report

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A 19th-century Colorado mining town was abandoned; a German investor bought the entire ghost town in the 1990s and spent decades rebuilding it

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'Golden age of America': Trump celebrates as Supreme Court clears $400M White House ballroom

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Florida bans Flock cameras days after a sheriff's deputy resigns for misusing AI cameras to track ex-girlfriend

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'Keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth': JD Vance fires back at El-Sayed over comments about Second Lady Usha Vance

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Built in 1743, this 1,050-acre Maryland farm became a War of 1812 battlefield where bullets and buckles remained buried for two centuries; the family now plans to sell

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At 19, Baylee Laine gave up a full softball scholarship and worked two jobs to take in her four younger siblings; after a two-year fight, she adopted them

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In 1781, a live oak stood beside one of the Revolutionary War's final major battles; 245 years later, crews are removing old chains that once saved it but are now choking it

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'Don't come to the US, telling you with folded hands': Indian man's appeal to students goes viral; 'Feeling sad as I am making this video'

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A climber fell 15 to 20 feet on a 350-foot North Carolina cliff; a rescuer ran 1.5 miles through a gorge carrying blood to keep him alive

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Quote of the day by Christopher Reeve: "The fact that I was in a wheelchair and dependent on others for..." - powerful words on disability and identity

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In 1975, fewer than 800 Aleutian cackling geese remained; fox removal and habitat protection helped the population rebound to around 200,000, and regulated hunting later returned

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US announces emergency executive shutdown of 110 driving schools for 5000 violations: 'No English, no trucking - it's common sense'

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JD Vance says Donald Trump's dramatic Kharg Island post was meant as a signal to Iran

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Lahore inflation squeezes household budgets as food, rent and utility costs rise

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Kabul, Kashmir, Mumbai, Pahalgam: Hafiz Saeed's deadly four-decade terror trail

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Pakistan hospital fire: 8 officials suspended over deaths of 14 newborns

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Pakistan: Three missing men found dead with alleged torture marks in Balochistan

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15 newborns killed in fire at Islamabad hospital's gynaecology ward in Pakistan

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Five labourers gunned down at construction site in Pakistan's Balochistan

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Pakistan army officer pulls gun, fires in air amid student protest at Peshawar university- video

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'CTA intentionally prevented': PTI alleges negligence over Imran Khan's hospital visit

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'You are powerful, but remember 1971?' Pakistani politician takes fresh swipe at Army

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Pakistan: Security official killed by unidentified gunmen; 5 cops injured in separate grenade blast

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Destroyed in Operation Sindoor, JeM's Bahawalpur terror base fully operational again

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Pakistan power crisis: Karachi residents riot amid outages lasting hours, block major roads

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'India could use water as weapon': Pakistan minister as Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance

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'In contempt for gathering people': Pak blames ex PM Imran Khan's party for hospital transfer

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Big crisis brewing in Rawalpindi? Pakistan deploys army for 'sensitive duties'

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'Repeatedly tortured': Imran Khan's sister alleges abuse in jail as ex-Pakistan PM returns to prison

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Teams, equipped with searchlights and drones, walk through mud, silt to search for survivors in tunnels

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Nepal toll 955; 4471 missing even as tunnel searchers push deeper

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Nepal floods: Bank vaults full of cash washed away; police struggle to secure them

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Nepal floods: Avalanche from 5,200 metres raced down Himalayas at 167 kmph, triggering deadly deluge

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Fog of flood: Nepal's disaster raises a Himalayan question for China

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Drones in valleys, Nepalese abroad on satellite maps: flood rescue gets high-tech boost

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Nepal tragedy: Owners missing, dog refuses to leave flood-hit Trishuli home

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Watch: Drone accidentally captures catastrophic avalanche on Mount Langtang in Nepal

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Nepal floods: Boy waves T-shirt for help, climbs onto helicopter in dramatic rescue

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Nepal flash floods: Death toll rises to 903, over 4,200 still missing as rescue operations intensify

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'Justice and hope': Campaigners hail UK PM Andy Burnham's vow to end indefinite jail terms

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Ten Gordonstoun students, from school attended by King Charles, uncover possible 1,000-year-old Viking church and altar buried on remote Scottish island during six-day archaeology trip

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Tiny Scottish village of 200 homes in Auchtertool, Fife, fights plans for world's second-largest data centre covering more than 100 football pitches; 1,600 objections pile up, residents fear it could dwarf their community

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Wild beavers vanished from Norfolk 500 years ago; now a mystery pair has appeared and had two kits, raising hopes of a permanent wild population

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Scotland quarry expansion uncovered a 2,000-year-old woman's grave; archaeologists were stunned by its carefully built stone walls

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3,000 years ago, 12 Bronze Age houses stood where a Scottish suburb is rising; archaeologists found graves, pottery kilns and food stores

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A man spent his life's earnings buying a 130-acre abandoned gravel pit, he planted 50,000 trees, and years later, the barren land had become a thriving wildlife oasis

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals with a chance of rain today, August 31, 2026

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate temperatures expected August 31, 2026

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 70% chance of rain on August 31

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Manchester weather: light showers and mild temperatures expected today

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals, mild temperatures, and a chance of rain on August 31

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A UK collector paid £62,000 for a mounted 'fox' head; X-rays revealed the skull of an extinct thylacine hidden inside

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Workers restoring a medieval English house found 800 years of hidden history, including rare wall paintings, sealed doorways and mysterious protective marks

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British woman fatally stabbed at railway station in southern Germany; one arrested

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Harry and Meghan are back in Britain: Tracing their journey from royal fairytale to rupture

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ChatGPT is first AI chatbot to face tougher EU rules

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Italy population to shrink by nearly 4 million by 2050 as ageing accelerates: Report

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Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv strike on Belgorod kills two, injures 16

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In 1342, Europe suffered its worst flood year in 700 years; scientists now say 16 major floods struck the continent within just three years

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Manhunt underway in Switzerland after rave shooting; police say terrorism possible motive

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Iceland rejects EU membership talks, puts fishing rights and sovereignty first

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Russia prepares for 'massive strikes' against Ukraine's energy facilities

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Several injured after shots fired at event in Switzerland's Aarau

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Fontana, Italian master of colour photography, dies

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37 killed, 50 homes damaged in Russian attack near Ukraine's Kyiv

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Ukrainian drone attacks kill 4, injure 12 in Russia's Belgorod region and Crimea

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Construction workers in Belgium dig up mysterious gold worth $10 million while building sewer under former brewery: 'Our first reaction was actually disbelief and surprise'

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Baltics downplay threat after CIA chief's 'warning to Russia' on Nato

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Ancient Greek elites wore jewellery made from metal that fell from space; scientists identified meteorite iron in 3,000-year-old rings

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Who is King Haakon VIII? Norway's new king who once wanted to escape royal life

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Norway's King Harald dies after more than three decades on throne; Prince Haakon takes over

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China punishes 10 for spreading 'fake' flood toll

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Galwan, Doklam general axed by Xi: Zhao Zongqi removed from China's top advisory body

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Chinese rescuers manage to reach core disaster zone 50 hrs after flood

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Dam burst, lake overflow, earthquake: Nepal faces fresh crisis as rescue operations halted

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5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province

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Barrier lake near Nepal border could breach in 3 days, China warns as hundreds dead in flash floods

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'Accusation helps nothing': China rejects Nepal's 'dam collapse' claim over floods

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How a family reunion in China ended in a 3-year prison term for artist Gao Zhen

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China warns US of retaliation if Trump's 'Economic D-Day' sanctions hit their Iran oil trade

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Ajit Doval's China visit: NSA, Chinese VP Han Zheng discuss border peace, bilateral ties

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JD Vance says Donald Trump's dramatic Kharg Island post was meant as a signal to Iran

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Pakistan to lead 'Islamic Nato' for 3 years; Mecca pact members hold first meet

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UAE fuel prices rise from September 1: Check new rates for petrol, diesel

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Did US military warn Hegseth over Iran war strain before latest escalation? What report claims

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After weeks of calm, US strikes Iran's Larak Island; Tehran retaliates by hitting American bases in Jordan

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Iranian woman sentenced to death for filming burning store during January protests

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'Identify your real enemy': Mojtaba Khamenei urges Gulf rulers to unite, defend each other

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No surrender, no dissent: How six months of war hardened Iran's leadership

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A wooden relic that survived the sack of Jerusalem's First Temple was unearthed by archaeologists, now they are finding shocking answers

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'Will send Netanyahu to hell': Iran warns of 'confrontation' if US blockade continues

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Qatar PM to visit Tehran as Iran-US tensions persist over Hormuz Strait and sanctions

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Iranian assassination plot against Netanyahu's son Yair foiled in Florida: Report

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Donald Trump sends Saudi civil nuclear deal to Congress, keeps Israel normalisation as condition

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Israeli military sent US universities millions for weapons research: Report

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'Jailed or killed': How Iran is silencing citizens as internal tensions mount

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Iran used mosques to surveil, shoot at January protesters: Report

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The Rudan Brothers surprise elderly Canadian couple with free roof repair, then transform entire home after discovering wife is battling two forms of cancer and preparing for chemotherapy

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In 1903, 110 million tonnes of rock buried a Canadian town in under 2 minutes; much of it remains buried today

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Polluted Stiebeuel River water transformed into irrigation supply using stones, sand and heat-treated wood; University of Cape Town project treats 36,000 litres daily and removes 99% of toxins

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Pacific island's coconut plantations became an "avian desert"; scientists say native vegetation must return after rats are removed

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Quote of the day by Lionel Messi: "If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would..." - famous words reveal why football was always more than just a career

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After a decade-long restoration, 1,800 volunteers took turns pulling a 400-ton Japanese castle with ropes; 8,000 people had applied for the chance to help move it

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'Uncertainties' rising: Xi Jinping calls for stronger China-Russia cooperation in meeting with Putin at SCO summit

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China discovers a rare four-horse chariot carved into a buried rock; fewer than 20 chariot scenes were known in the Helan Mountains

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Scientists reconstructed the face of 'Conquest Man', a 1,000-year-old skeleton buried just 13 years after the Norman Conquest

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Meet Olivia Shone, the 19-year-old who built a $600,000 investment house after she began saving at 16, while serving in Australia's military and studying law

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In 1864, an Indian Maharaja built a 368-foot well in a drought-hit English village; the story behind Stoke Row's 'Maharaja's Well'

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In 2022, Melbourne's M80 became Victoria's first major road project with recycled content in every pavement layer, reusing 35.5 million plastic bags and 22 million bottles

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In 1973, Christopher Cadbury funded the £40,000 purchase of a Seychelles island stripped for coconuts and seabird eggs; today over 1 million seabirds breed there each year

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Just 41-46ft: Airlink jets' dangerously low flypast over Cape Town stadium - Watch

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In 2015, Queensland began turning end-of-life tyres into road material; over the next decade 2.4 million tyres were kept out of landfill as crumb rubber was blended into asphalt and road seals

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New Zealand opens five marine reserves with groundbreaking Maori co-management model to protect Otago's coastal ecosystems

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In 1940, actor James Cagney bought hundreds of acres of California grassland; decades later the remaining 417 acres became a protected wildlife corridor

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Maine buried 20,000 discarded tyres beneath a road to fight frost and spring mud, while turning a growing waste problem into an engineering solution

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In 2024, a developer paid $4 million for 83 acres outside Yosemite; two years later the US is considering a land swap for a private access road through the park

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Alaska used rotenone to eliminate invasive pike from an entire lake; the pike vanished, and 6,836 Arctic char were later stocked to rebuild the native fishery

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In 1934, Black cave guide Matt Bransford sold his 14-room Mammoth Cave hotel and land for just $3,000, far below market value; the family then moved 20 miles away as the national park took shape

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Two Canadian builders turned 612,000 recycled plastic bottles into a 2,000-sq-ft home; its panels were tested to withstand sustained winds of 326 mph, twice Category 5 hurricane strength

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In 1985, CNN founder Ted Turner bought thousands of acres in Florida; the former plantation became a major private wildlife landscape

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In 2025, Texas engineers mixed 4.5 tons of recycled plastic into a highway, replacing part of the bitumen to test how it handles extreme heat

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In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises

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An Oregon farmer grew tomatoes, potatoes, squash, garlic and beans for 40 years without irrigation; careful soil preparation kept stored moisture in the root zone

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US mayor Joe Anderson dies mysteriously at 45 after sudden collapse on Colorado hike

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A man who grew up poor and fatherless and barely finished high school went on to open 54 Burger King restaurants across three US states; his foundation has since donated more than $2 million

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Afghan general who led last-ditch effort to stop Taliban takeover now drives Uber in Washington

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In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a private Polynesian atoll after filming 'Mutiny on the Bounty'; it is now a wildlife sanctuary where 15,614 green turtle hatchlings emerged in one season

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He worked as the green ranger in 'Power Rangers', then used the experience to rob 43 homes as the 'Spider-Man thief'

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Clavicular faces fresh backlash as Chapel Hill venue cancels planned appearance

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Tectone reveals baby boy with wife Sophia, says unborn son is already 'trending' with hate threads

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"He doesn't make her smile like Charlie did": Candace Owens' nostalgic Charlie Kirk post sparks controversy over her relationship with her husband

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Did LowTierGod predict his own downfall? 'Doomsdale' arrives as six-year streaming warning resurfaces

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In 2012, Jacksepticeye was making videos with a shaky mic; years later, he built one of gaming's longest-running channels

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Valkyrae calls YourRAGE 'suspicious' over unread Discord message as Kai Cenat's appears read in leaked screenshot

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LowTierGod's 'Doomsdale' arrives six years later as old 'failure' prediction resurfaces with streaming career intact

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Treyliving clashes with Nitro_Camden during IRL stream after calling his Twitch content 'boring'

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In 2020, IShowSpeed had just 1 or 2 viewers; 6 years later, he became the first Black creator to hit 50 million YouTube subscribers

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D4vd's private lawyers withdraw from murder case as public defender takes over his legal representation

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IShowSpeed and Dr. Squatch launch wild $1M giveaway that requires fans to bark, race and hunt for cash

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A Kohl's closed in 2016 and sat vacant for nearly a decade; $28 million later, the 80,000-square-foot store is becoming a church and community venue

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Before becoming a major philanthropist, Laurene Powell Jobs spent three years trading fixed-income securities on Wall Street

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Trump destroys Kharg Island digitally - with AI slop

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13 injured as shuttle bus crashes into barrier at Newark Airport

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'I wish him nothing but suffering': Nikitha Godishala's friend knew murder accused Arjun Sharma but didn't think he was capable of this crime

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A New Jersey town agreed to spend $13.4 million to preserve about 50 acres once eyed for dense housing; the first 17 acres have now become public land

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Michigan's AQI hit 616 after Ontario wildfire smoke crossed into the US; scientists warn a warming climate could make such pollution more common

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