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World - / Sep 18, 2026 - Who is Tamara Lich? Canadian activist barred from international travel as court rejects her request - Tamara Lich, one of the best-known leaders of Canada's 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, has been barred from leaving the country after an Ontario judge rejected her request to travel internationally while serving her sentence. Lich had asked the court

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World - / Sep 17, 2026 - Wife of US scholar detained in China asks Trump to raise case with Xi during White House meet - A US scholar who was invited to China for an academic event and later detained on national security charges has become the subject of a direct appeal to US President Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The wife of U

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US judge orders Kennedy Center to give 30-day notice before major changes, including demolition

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In 2023, a Kentucky farmer found an 1856 silver half dollar in his field; within an hour, he uncovered 800+ coins, including 18 rare 1863 Double Eagles, later sold for more than $3 million

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'This Zionist Regime...': Iran's Bombshell Reveal On Mecca Attack, Sends BIG Message To Arab Nations

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Houthi Escalation Turns Deadly As 3 Casualties Reported In Saudi Arabia After Drone Debris Hits Taif

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Bigg Boss Telugu 10: Here's how much each contestant earns from the show

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From Weak Gamers to Potential Finalists: 10-Day Review of Bigg Boss Malayalam 8 Contestants

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Edward VIII wanted Wallis Simpson's jewels dismantled: 5 jaw-dropping pieces that escaped their fate

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10 BABY NAMES THAT SYMBOLISE COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND INNER STRENGTH

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In 2009, a Florida man inherited his childhood home; 17 years later, he says he spent thousands trying to restore it as code fines topped $700,000 and the city moved toward demolition

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US making 'major progress' towards Army base in Poland, says Donald Trump

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In 1919, William Wrigley Jr. transformed Catalina Island into a tourist destination; 56 years later, his family put 88% of it under conservation

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Anna's hummingbirds were absent from Portland before 1968, but today they are among the city's most common birds after expanding north

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Jalen Hurts saw Philadelphia schools closing because they had no AC; after funding 300+ units, he is now giving $600,000 to the city's largest high school

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Elon wants to do good but that means you stand on a lot of toes: Maye Musk says people who attack his son are mean

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Two Washington entrepreneurs started a dog-waste cleanup business with about $1,000; six years later, Swoop Scoop says the operation generates more than $200,000 a month across multiple markets

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Indian-origin former childcare worker accused of molesting children in Georgia offered plea deal to escape life plus 122 years in jail

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Meet Arjun Jain, the 16-year-old New Jersey student who turned a backyard hydroponics hobby into a project that has grown and distributed 3,500+ pounds of produce and helped shape two local ordinances

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Meet Myreen Ahsan, the Friendswood 8th-grader who screened over 10 million drug-like molecules with AI for a frontotemporal dementia project

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From Natalie Harp to a mysterious object in space: 5 strange US stories you may have missed

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Melinda French Gates gave $5 million to an Alabama clinic after abortion ban; it quadrupled in size and became a full-service health centre

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No official dinners, foreign travel: Pakistan rolls out austerity measures amid fuel shock

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'Absolutely no ambiguity: Pakistan says Mecca pact applies as Saudi Arabia faces Houthi drone threat

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BLA claims killing 43 Pakistan military personnel past week

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'It is defensive, nothing aggressive': Pak scrambles to define Mecca pact after Houthi attack

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Pakistan ministers warn of energy crisis; Shehbaz government struggles as fuel prices break records

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'Our father being slowly killed': Imran Khan's sons accuse Pakistan's Asim Munir of vendetta

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Pakistan military jets strike Kalat in fresh Balochistan attacks: Report

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Pak ups reward for Masood Azhar by PKR 20L ahead of FATF meet

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Pakistan weighs austerity measures as US-Iran war drives up fuel prices

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IMF team to visit Pakistan for crucial $7-bn bailout review, next tranche in focus

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Balochistan on edge: BLF claims string of attacks on Pakistani military convoys, camps

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Munir fails Mecca test: Why Pakistan's Field Marshal is not riding to rescue MBS

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Pakistan lists Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as fugitive, hikes bounty ahead of FATF review

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Mecca Pact, but no troops yet: Pakistan expresses 'solidarity' with Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks on kingdom

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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to meet Donald Trump on September 23 during UNGA in New York: Report

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Applied, invested, still outside: Pakistan is still waiting at the Brics door

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Human-caused warming helped prime slope for deadly Nepal flood, first study finds

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As missing figures rise, kin of Nepal flood victims seek law change for death certificates

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Nepal adds 1,000 to flood missing list, count tops 6,100; 10 bodies found at 2 hydel tunnels

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5 bodies found after Indian, Nepal teams use 'rat-hole' digging in Chilime tunnel

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UAE cancels visas of thousands of Bangladeshis amid heightened scrutiny

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Bangladesh tribunal sentences seven Awami League members to death over 'July uprising'

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Nepal FM says map including Lipulekh, Kalapani 'is national commitment, not old baggage'

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Row at Dhaka University over photos of Jinnah, Jamaat ex-chief

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Flood-hit Nepal sees child-trafficking risk rise; 102 children in camps without families

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Day after ferry overturns in Java Sea, Indonesia continues search for 129 missing

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Who was Noah Woods? 3-year-old non-verbal Suffolk boy with partial hearing loss remembered by father as 'the sweetest and most innocent little boy' after body found in pond

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In 2019, seven detectorists found 2,584 Norman-era silver pennies in a Somerset field; five years later, the hoard was valued at £4.3 million, the highest-value treasure acquisition on record

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A tech entrepreneur bought a ruined Welsh island fort for £500,000, but after £2 million and a decade of work it became an 8,000-sq-ft off-grid home

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'We'll forget Diana soon enough': Buckingham Palace responds to King Charles' alleged remark

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Oxfordshire weather forecast: Sunny intervals and chance of showers today, mild temperatures expected

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Cambridgeshire weather forecast: light rain early, then clearing skies and mild temperatures

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Lewisham weather forecast: Light rain today, sunny week ahead

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Cardiff weather forecast: Sunny intervals with 95% chance of rain today, mild temperatures expected

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York weather forecast: Showers expected September 17, with mild temperatures and high humidity

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Belfast weather forecast: Light showers and moderate breeze expected September 17

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Sheffield weather forecast: Light showers and cool temperatures today, September 17, 2026

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Nottingham weather forecast: sunny intervals and high chance of rain today, warming trend next week

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Edinburgh weather today: light showers, 15°C high, 59.55 kph winds

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Glasgow weather forecast: Rain and cool temperatures expected today, September 17

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Bristol weather forecast: Sunny intervals mixed with high chance of rain today

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Sweden PM Kristersson resigns after razor-thin election defeat as opposition wins 176 seats

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EU moves to ban social media for under-13s, tighten rules for teenagers

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'Hostile act': Trump livid as EU mulls making Canada its first 'associate member'

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Amid fraying US ties, EU talks of making Canada first 'associate member'

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An Irish man diagnosed with terminal brain cancer became 'The King of Chemo'; he is now trying to break a marathon fundraising world record

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150-million-year-old giant long-necked dinosaur fossils found in Spain mark the first evidence beyond North America

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EU opens door for Canada amid trade war with Trump, proposes first-ever associate membership

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Quote of the day by Plato: "The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is..."

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Kim Kardashian awarded just 1 euro after Paris gunpoint robbery involving jewellery worth over 5.2 million euros

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Did Russia try and take out Zelenskyy? Ukrainian president says Russian drones targeted his jet twice

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A metal detectorist uncovered 4.5 kg of Viking-era silver in Finland; thousands of coins were buried in two birch-bark containers

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UN considers underground aid bunkers in Ukraine as Russian strikes escalate

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France planted Douglas-fir forests; scientists later found streams draining the plantations had up to 10 times more nitrate

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Russia backs Trump's energy truce plan with Ukraine, seeks sanctions relief

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Sagrada Familia, world's tallest church, got a 24-tonne 'glue job' to stand tall ahead of its architect's centenary

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Nato jets shoot down drone in Lithuanian airspace after Rutte warns Russia against strikes near alliance territory

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China asks Iran to rein in Houthis after Saudi Arabia seeks help: Report

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$1tn at stake & unbridled power: Amodei, Altman & Musk fear AI could doom humanity but Trump & China can't seem to stop race - why?

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China's porcelain capital is crushing broken ceramics once sent to landfill; the waste is becoming new vases, planters and tableware

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China is digging up a 110-metre-high garbage mountain; the 2.55-million-cubic-metre landfill is being turned into new land

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A Chinese village collected plastic from its mangroves and turned the waste into silk-like scarves for volunteers, linking cleanup with recycling

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Who can China stop from leaving the country? New travel curbs explained

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Children in China's Nizhuhe village trekked three hours up and down an 800 metre cliff to go to school; now two elevators and a cable car ride have reduced the journey to half hour

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AI 'fearmongering' will be good for no one: China

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China's spy chief flags AI threat, warns of 'cognitive warfare' & threats to national security

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Houthi drone debris kills one, injures two in Saudi Arabia

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US committed war crimes in 2 deadly strikes in Iran; Tehran committed crimes against humanity: UN

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Trump to meet Gulf leaders at UN over Iran war, postwar strategy: Report

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Houthis claim to have shot down Saudi F-15, release video of missile hit & images of wreckage - video

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Syria's parliament votes to scrap Assad-era terrorism court, nullify rulings

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US officials met Houthi leaders in Oman after Red Sea blitz, got assurances: Report

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Saudi in need, friend Pakistan missing in 'deed': Islamabad faces Mecca pact test with Iran looming

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Kerala dentist, mother of two, dies after collapsing in kitchen at Sharjah home

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Video: Cabin panels fall, passengers scream as Iran Boeing 737 makes emergency landing

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From Mecca's red line to the 'Gate of Tears': How US-Iran war is closing in on MBS

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'Exercise restraint': China urges Iran, US to reopen Strait of Hormuz

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20 dead, dozens missing after war-damaged apartment block collapses in Gaza

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'Getting punched in the face': Photos reveal aftermath of Iran strikes on US bases

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Saudi Arabia released 313 desert gazelles; 20 years later, both species had established in a vast protected desert

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'Nauseating lie': Houthis deny targeting Mecca; claim strike on Saudi F-15

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Saudi Arabia issues brief security alerts for Mecca, Jeddah after week of strikes

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Visa news: Indian students to face new family restrictions in Australia, no 'visa hopping' allowed

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China moved 64 rare Milu deer to a reserve in 1993 and 1994, but a 1998 flood sent 36 into the wild, where their population topped 500

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'Europe, Canada are stronger together': Carney after Trump calls EU 'associate member' proposal 'laughable'

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Only 25 scimitar-horned oryx returned to Chad in 2016 after vanishing from the wild, but the population has now grown to more than 600

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New Zealand moved 1,152 seabird chicks to a predator-free island over 24 years, and hundreds later returned as adults to form three breeding colonies

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Couple bought a £1.2 million home with a dog-proof fence; years later, neighbours claimed half an acre of their garden

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In 2024, Australian couple bought a 1,840-sq-m block to live next door to family; two years later, council says two modular homes make an 'estate', leaving them paying rent and mortgage on a home they can't build

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As missing figures rise, kin of Nepal flood victims seek law change for death certs

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Indian man dies on Sydney-bound Malaysia Airlines flight after medical emergency

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In 2014, an Australian family began restoring their 120-acre farm; 12 years later, Bower Estate is a thriving native habitat that hosts weddings

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Ecological terrorism: Indonesia seeks tougher laws as country deals with devastating fires

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'Unfriendly action': Russia blasts US sanctions bill, warns of fallout for Ukraine war

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In 1995, Anguilla fishermen watched green iguanas float toward shore on uprooted trees after Hurricane Luis helped carry them about 200 miles

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In 2023, a meteorite blasted from Mars was found by a hunter in Earth's Sahara Desert; the 54-pound rock was later sold at Sotheby's in 2025 for $5.3 million

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In 2004, a meteorite crashed through an Auckland roof and struck a sofa; the family rejected NZ$50,000 before a museum bought the space rock for NZ$40,000

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A Washington couple claims they spent nearly $300,000 to build a home on their family land; after years of permits and studies, the state demands they surrender 44 acres before construction can begin

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In 2015, a Florida family followed a metal-detector signal beneath shallow sand and found 51 gold coins and a 40-foot gold chain from a 1715 wreck, worth over $1 million

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Two Massachusetts brothers started a junk-removal business as teenagers with a $4,000 pickup truck; four years later, it made $3.04 million in 2025 and is targeting $5 million in 2026

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In 1799, a 12-year-old found a 17-pound gold rock in a North Carolina creek; used as a doorstop for 3 years, it sold for $3.50 and sparked America's first gold rush

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In 2020, a New Orleans project began crushing bottles into sand; six years later, it has diverted 12 million pounds of glass to help rebuild shrinking coastal wetlands

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Meet Maya Trutschl, the 18-year-old Louisiana student who built a $130 system that detects bedsores before they form in ICU patients using machine learning and thermal cameras; wins a $25,000 scholarship

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In 1984, a meteorite crushed the back of a Georgia woman's steel mailbox and knocked it over; the battered mailbox later sold at auction for $83,000

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'No basis in international law': China rejects US tariff threat over Russian oil

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In 1945, Oklahoma opened a nearly 4,900-foot bridge across Lake Texoma; 81 years later a record $408 million project has begun to build its replacement while the old bridge stays open

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In 2007, a New York family's $3 garage-sale bowl became a $2.2M fortune after experts uncovered its 1,000-year-old identity in 2013

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Meet Enos Mills, the Kansas teenager who built a cabin near Longs Peak at 15 and helped create Rocky Mountain National Park

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RANDOM MUSING | DIVIDED KINGDOM? Why Scotland, Wales and Ireland want to 'leave' the UK

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An Idaho riverfront mansion previously asking $3.86 million goes to auction without reserve on September 17; its owner has pledged the sale proceeds 50:50 to St. Jude and Mayo Clinic

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I sweated over getting 'A's: Indian-origin founder recounts struggle for 'brown kids' in US, says he cried when he got his first 89

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In 2019, a Miami woman bought a home after a clean title search; five years later, a disputed $55,650 code enforcement lien is blocking its renovation or sale

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New York City volunteers planted 20,000 marsh seedlings on a dying salt marsh in 2003, but 80% of the site was healthy just two years later

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In 2024, a Missouri woman got permits for a manufactured home; months after she moved in, officials said zoning barred it and ordered removal, before the mayor admitted the city made mistakes

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At 16, a Michigan student spent $3,500 of his savings on a vintage Rolex and flipped it for about $500 profit; five years later, his watch business says it has topped $10 million in cumulative sales

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"I'll never stream with him again": GTA 5 actor Shawn Fonteno calls out Kai Cenat over alleged $1,200 motorcycle promise

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What happened to Duda Alves? Brazilian TikToker dies at 22 after documenting painful surgery recovery

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Can Democrat Peter Crosby flip Utah's GOP-held 2nd District? Here's what new poll shows

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'I'm staying, so is the curry': Indian-origin US Congressman hits back at Florida councilman's 'go home' remark

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In 2015, Los Angeles used 96 million plastic balls to fight drought, but researchers found their production needed up to 766 million gallons

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