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World - / Sep 9, 2026 - Highway 141 takes Missouri family's 15 acres; how $238,000 offer became $2.1 million - A Missouri family's 15-acre property, bought in 1904, became the centre of a long eminent domain dispute after St. Louis County acquired it for a highway project. A jury valued the land at $1.3 million, while the court added $650,000 in heritage value and interest, taking the judgment to about $2.1 million. The Missouri Supreme Court later upheld the award.

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World - / Sep 9, 2026 - New satellite images show major construction surge at Iran's Pickaxe nuke site - Construction activity has significantly increased at Iran's underground Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site this year. The United States is developing new weapons to target deeply buried facilities. President Trump has repeatedly threatened strikes on the heavily fortified Iranian location. The US military maintains operational plans for potential strikes against the site. This renewed scrutiny occurs as the wider US-Iran conflict intensifies.

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