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Trump's MAGA Empire COLLAPSES? GOP DECLARES War Against POTUS After Crushing Midterm Poll Loss

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A Los Angeles tenant paid a $19,500 deposit on a $9,750-a-month rental home, but landlords kept it after he left; an appeals court upheld a $61,801.67 judgment and struck down a $1,000 cap on court costs

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In 1910, Harry Houdini's wife gave him a pocket watch engraved with a secret message spelling his birth name; 116 years later, it sold for $204,000 at auction, more than five times its $40,000 high estimate

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World - / Nov 4, 2026 - Pennsylvania approves zoning for a $1.4B data center project involving 194 families and 4,466 acres - In Salem Township, local officials have greenlighted a significant new zoning plan to establish a technology and energy campus. This ambitious $1.4 billion development will span 4,466 acres, affecting 194 families in the area. Alongside the main project, amenities such as a micro-hospital and recreational spaces are promised to enhance community welfare. However, property transfers will require further environmental assessments and reviews before finalization.

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World - / Nov 4, 2026 - Midterm gamble, sliding stocks: Elon Musk's pricey election hangover continues - Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a prominent MAGA supporter spent nearly half a billion dollars backing Republican candidates in the midterm elections, hoping to help the party retain control of Congress and keep Texas red. But US President

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ON CAM: Vivek Ramaswamy's Wife Breaks Down As He Concedes Ohio Governor Race To Amy Acton | MIDTERMS

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Zelensky Warns Europe Of Shrinking US Global Role As Trump's Republicans Face Midterm Defeat

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Christa Pike's Execution Attempt: The Medical Warning Filed Months Before the Botched Injection

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'We lost but...': Trump Tries To Mask Texas Humiliation With Shocking Geenland Claim

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WATCH: Ilhan Omar 'Insults' Minnesota After Midterms Win? Victory Speech Takes Sudden Turn

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Alia Bhatt wore the most breathtaking linen saree with a luxe statement silver blouse to cheer for husband Ranbir Kapoor at Ramayana Premiere

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Common habits that make your bathroom smell bad even after cleaning

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10 SHORT AND SWEET BABY NAMES WITH BEAUTIFUL ASSOCIATIONS

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Things in your kitchen that should never be stored next to each other

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10 BABY NAMES THAT MEAN "LIGHT" AROUND THE WORLD

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Can normal health reports still hide heart risks? Cardiologist explains what routine tests may miss and why healthy adults should look beyond basic readings

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Samosa Caucus to sizzle again as Indian-Americans spice up midterms

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Fremont Hindu temple responds to reports of 25 noise complaints, reveals names of Indian couple who apparently filed objection; says 'we attempted to arrange meetings'

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A North Carolina worker alleged his company failed to prevent a $1.3 million loss in employees' retirement savings; a federal judge has now approved a settlement of up to $650,000 for around 100 plan members

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A Florida family spent about $2,000 and a month transforming their backyard into a miniature Fenway Park for their two-year-old's birthday, complete with a Green Monster wall, baseball diamond and 25 young players

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Trump unveiled the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's latest repairs on November 2 after the blue coating failed and algae spread; a project once estimated below $2 million has drawn over $14 million in contracts

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US job openings rise by 333,000 to 7.52 million in September while layoffs fall by 127,000, fresh government data shows, although economists caution that the labor market remains slow to hire

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French fried: Texas Republican pays the price for anti-Indian politics

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Billie Eilish's $20,000 tour-linked donation helped plant 150 native trees in a 6,000-square-foot Texas grove; months later, the project reports 85% tree survival and is filtering runoff before it reaches a creek

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Michigan neighbours built a boardwalk and dock believing they could share lake access, but never signed an easement; after new owners blocked the route, a court upheld $55,750 for improvements on land they did not own

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Chinese genetic sequencing firm Novogene sues Pentagon over military blacklist

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How Democrats clawed back support from five key voter groups in US midterms

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'Republican voters backed Democrats': JD Vance blames Iran war for GOP's midterms rout

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In 1983, Minnesota paved two airport roads with asphalt mixed with sewage-sludge ash; by 1990, it was on three highways, and a federal review found no visible difference

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Where Is Bashir Zeb Baloch? Mystery mounts after BLA announces leadership change

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Asim Munir flags growing Hindu-Jewish ties threat to Pakistan and Muslim world, reveals Iran

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'America taking its place': Shehbaz's rival Fazlur Rehman accuses Asim Munir of sabotaging ties with China

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Pakistan's confidence crisis: Government officials plan to move families abroad for secure future

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Pakistan gas crisis: Families return to firewood as LPG prices soar ahead of winter

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India should arm Afghan Taliban against Pakistan: Sushant Sareen

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'Koi sharam hoti hai': Pak lawmaker mocks Khawaja Asif after Munir's Iran visit

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Pakistan gas bowser explodes after truck collision, killing 2 and damaging 6 vehicles

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Pakistan's gas mess: LPG prices soar, imported LNG piles up and the debt bill keeps growing

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Afghan returnees face police raids, arbitrary detention in Pakistan's KP after emergency: Report

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Pakistan reopens Iran border after week-long halt to commercial traffic

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'Islamabad arming Afghans to fight anti-Pakistani insurgents': Ex-US envoy sounds alarm

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'Pak defeated, cannot fight us': Baloch rebels launch fresh strike; several killed

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Pakistan's elite want out? Khawaja Asif flags bureaucrats' alleged exit plans to foreign shores

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Pakistan army officer killed in IED blast during Balochistan operation

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US-designated LeT terrorist dies after mysteriously falling from building in Lahore

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50 years after Nepal banned cannabis, top court orders regulated cultivation

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50 years after Nepal banned cannabis, SC orders regulated cultivation within 3 months

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Indian national killed as helicopters collide near Mount Everest in Nepal

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Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on whereabouts of Barman from Bangladesh

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Nepal foots Rs 10 lakh rescue bill for 6 Indians trekking illegally despite warnings

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'Act responsibly': Taliban urges US over planned deportation of Afghan immigrants

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Violent protests rock Bangladesh garment hubs as workers demand a steep pay hike

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Six Indian tourists go missing during trek to Nepal's Shey-Phoksundo Lake

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Dog stranded for 20 days between cliff and raging river rescued in Nepal

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Wanted preacher Zakir Naik faces backlash for defending Taliban on Afghan girls' education

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Titanic insurance document covering ship's $5 million 'total loss' resurfaces after 114 years, to go under hammer for up to $67,000; policy dates back to two weeks before the 1912 tragedy

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Cancer patient came up with a fundraising idea at his kitchen table during treatment; 21 years later, his UK platform has raised more than £50 million for charities

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British fraud gang posed as charity collectors and dressed as Children in Need mascot Pudsey Bear to collect donations, and two members must now pay over £100,000 to charities

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Former Prince Andrew summoned in fraud case, first royal witness call in 150 years

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Ed Sheeran received approval in October 2026 to restore six deteriorating barns on a historic Suffolk farm for his private music archive, alongside previously approved plans to turn an old piggery into studios

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Jordan Adlard-Rogers inherited a £50m Cornwall estate after a DNA test; a UK jury has now found him guilty of grievous bodily harm in a 2024 pub fight

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Former police federation treasurer jailed for 2 years and 3 months after making more than 100 fraudulent claims to fund family holidays, alcohol and entertainment

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King Charles sold a young racehorse to Australian owners just months before it won the Melbourne Cup on only its sixth career start; the horse led its new trainer to an unprecedented sweep of the top three

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Peaky Blinders helped put Birmingham on the global tourism map; a new study estimates film and TV links could bring £66.97 million to the West Midlands

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UK man jailed for 4 years after inventing 716 donors and filing 60 fake Gift Aid claims to fraudulently obtain £708,750, using the money to pay off mortgages and family debts

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When London Bridge was rebuilt in Arizona, workers numbered its individual granite stones before dismantling it; decades later, visitors can still spot some of those markings on the historic structure

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In the 1980s, an English surgeon paid a few hundred pounds for a Chinese vase kept in the kitchen; in 2022 an expert spotted the Qianlong mark and it made £1.45M

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In 2010, a Briton paid about $5 at a Las Vegas garage sale for sketches; one was appraised at up to $2.4 million as a possible Warhol, the authentication board declined to verify it, and it later appeared on eBay for $2 million

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Ardbeg buried two whisky casks under Islay peat for 34 months; just 456 bottles were released, and one later sold at auction for £1,350

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British wedding venue shut down after workers found five World War II bombs while digging for solar panels; guests and residents forced to leave while explosives were detonated

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A British wildlife rescuer nursed a severely ill fox back to health; nine years later, she still seeks him out for a hug every day

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French blood plasma storage hit by hackers in widening cyberattack campaign

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Zelenskyy honours US First Lady Melania Trump for helping secure ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky

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Guernsey's 18th-century windmill became a German observation tower during World War II; it is now on sale for £2.95 million with planning permission for a six-floor home

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'Cannot remain in office': Spain transport minister quits six days after train disaster kills 69

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A Northern Ireland man claimed to have three different cancers to receive GoFundMe donations; he spent the £3,280 on a dog and Liverpool football matches

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'One of the worst': Over 30 killed, 45 missing after Russian strikes on Ukraine aid distribution site

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Europe on alert after bomb threats target at least four passenger flights

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Warsaw-Modlin airport reopens after bomb threat alert on London flight led to temporary closure

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26 killed as Russia strikes Ukraine school used for aid distribution

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Spain train crash: Four Americans, one Canadian among 69 killed

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'Oreshnik is incoming': Hackers send fake nuclear warning through Ukraine alert app

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Russia exits European anti-torture treaty, ends independent prison inspections

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Fridges hacked, food spoiled: Cyberattack disrupts supermarkets across Europe

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Power outage hits Spain's La Palma as heavy rain lashes Canary Islands

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Ukraine defies Trump, puts Russian oil refineries back in the firing line

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Bulgaria elects pro-Russia president Iliana Iotova in runoff, defeats pro-Western rival

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Chinese genetic sequencing firm Novogene sues Pentagon over military blacklist

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China's AI bubble has burst. Your favourite AI tools may not be immune

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In 1699, a Ming royal descendant who became a Buddhist monk painted 12 leaves of birds and flowers; after passing through famous collectors and a 1991 auction, the album sold for about Rs 75 crore in 2026

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'Nvidia chief seen as target of China spy plot'

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China elevates military general to Politburo

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'Turn the blade inward': Xi swings the axe again, expels 33 in major CCP purge

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China begins key meet, setting stage for Xi's fourth term

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'Rising runoff, flood risks': Fresh warning over China's mega Brahmaputra dam

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Chinese woman breaks 5 ribs from hug, husband says he used normal force, wife does not get sunlight, does extreme dieting

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7.0-magnitude earthquake hits China's Tibet, atleast 16 killed, 46 injured- watch

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Iran's Hormuz exemption likely to bring relief to India's oil importers

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Iran exempts Indian vessels from Hormuz curbs, citing medicine imports

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Riyadh airport attack: Second Indian national succumbs to injuries, death toll reaches 14

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'Americans said no to war': Iran on US midterms as Trump admits conflict hurt Republicans

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'We hit it very nicely': Trump confirms US struck Iran's anti-aircraft facility in Qeshm

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'Far from reaching a deal': Iran says it wouldn't tolerate 'excessive demands' of US

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Netanyahu open to 'broad' government formation after election setback, but rules out Arab parties

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US launches 'secret' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island amid Netanyahu push for post-midterm attacks

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Iran's supreme leader gave government 'certain authorities' over peace talks with US: Pezeshkian

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Iran calls US biggest threat to NPT, warns of stronger defence push

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Xi Jinping says Middle East must not become battleground for great-power rivalry

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'They have no navy, no radar, no leaders': Trump boasts of US strikes on Iran

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How Iran targeted US air-defence network in the Gulf: Report

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'Maximum deterrence': Mojtaba Khamenei meets top generals, issues warning to US

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'Without Arab parties there won't be change': Joint List offers to back anti-Netanyahu government

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Another 'exploding pager' plot? Israel eyes strike on Tehran's top military bosses

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Indonesia president removes chief of staff after wiretapping scandal, military deployed in Jakarta

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In 1979, artist Kit Williams buried a jewelled golden hare as a puzzle in his book Masquerade; after being found in 1982 and sold in 1988, it fetched £82,550 at Sotheby's in 2025

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At Blenheim Palace, a Roman sarcophagus served as a water feature and garden container for nearly a century; experts identified it as 1,700 years old and moved it indoors

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They couldn't read or write, now these African grandmothers are solar engineers: Trained at an Indian organisation, they are bringing electricity to 75,000 homes worldwide

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Ja Rule funded a six-classroom block at a Ghanaian school after storm damage forced students into a shift system; the new building was inaugurated in 2025

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James Bond star Daniel Craig calls inheritance 'distasteful', doesn't want his daughters inheriting his millions and plans to give away his fortune; has donated $90,000 worth of motorcycles to charity

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A Scottish town bought a marble bust for £5; after it was forgotten and used as a shed doorstop, experts valued it at up to £2.5 million

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Singer Sia secretly gave more than $1 million to 19 Survivor contestants over eight years, including players who never won the show

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North Korea fires missiles hours after rejecting US accusations over Binance hack

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Seth Rogen and his wife founded an Alzheimer's charity after her mother's diagnosis; by 2025, its programmes had reached 4.4 million people and supported families with respite care

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A father left 4.75 acres of mostly swampy land to his 12 children in 1995; one daughter said he had promised her the hill section, and the Privy Council set aside an order to demolish her nearly completed house

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'The Kite Runner' author Khaled Hosseini's foundation has educated 15,000 Afghan students and built 537 shelters for displaced families

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Edouard Mendy becomes patron of Senegal school that inspired a project providing free education, digital learning and clean water to local communities

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'Grave political provocation': Kim Jong-un's sister rejects US claims over $6bn Binance heist

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A 26-year-old Australian fisherman caught an 80cm barramundi with a red tag while fishing with his younger brother; the catch earned him A$1 million, making him only the contest's second top-prize winner in 12 years

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Reddit challenges Australia's under-16 social media ban, calls it 'ill thought out'

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In 2024, Floyd Mayweather rented a Manhattan apartment for $100,000 a month; two years later, a court reportedly ordered him to pay about $340,000 in a rent dispute while the owners sold it for $20 million

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Did Vivek Ramaswamy 'shoot himself in the foot'? Why Ohio may have rejected him

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Abdul El-Sayed wasn't supposed to be a politician. Now he's America's 1st Muslim senator

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US midterm elections 2026: Historic firsts as Black, Indigenous, Latina and LGBTQ leaders win key races

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Katy Perry faces opposition from more than 360 neighbours over proposed 110-acre California youth camp; residents raise wildfire, traffic and noise concerns as singer's foundation defends Gratitude Canyon project

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'Trump hasn't done anything to help': Republicans blame MAGA chief for midterm rout

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A 57-year-old woman has been charged after police recovered dozens of keepsakes allegedly stolen from graves at a Milton cemetery; about 20 families reported missing lanterns, plants and memorial items

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$445m down the drain? Elon Musk's Republican gamble fails; 'guess my election-interfering space lasers didn't work'

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A Tennessee couple said nearly 30 years of mowing, gardening and holding yard sales gave them ownership of a strip next to their home; on October 29, an appeals court ruled that the developer owned the disputed land

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Entire full-time police force resigns in Georgia city; Mayor Craig Timmons admits placing GPS tracker on Milner Police Chief's truck over timesheet concerns; Lamar Bunn denies wrongdoing

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In 1990, Oregon trucked 580,000 tyres up to 200 miles to shore up slide-prone US 42; net cost $10 a ton, and federal engineers called it the largest tyre fill for a landslide correction project

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After 25 years as a domestic worker, Martha Matilda Harper saved $360 to open a Rochester, NY salon in 1888; she pioneered modern franchising

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Two Washington sisters sued over fence lines on both sides of their home after a survey exposed a boundary dispute; the courts backed their neighbours, ordered one fence removed and upheld legal-fee awards

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A father left one daughter his $3.2 million Maryland trust; after he died at 95, her two sisters found handwritten Farsi notes and challenged the inheritance, and a court has now ordered a new trial

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US election results: Amy Acton defeats Donald Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy to become Ohio's first woman governor

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An Essex couple spent eight years building a miniature railway in their quarter-acre garden. It now has 400 metres of track and five locomotives, all outside their home

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'Post-Trump era begins now': Hillary Clinton hails Democrats after midterm sweep

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Meet Celina Poon, the 19-year-old Boston student who helped more than 300 young people engage with civic life and organized an arts fair bringing together 12 local artists and community groups

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In 2009, a Virginia woman paid $7 for a Renoir at a Harpers Ferry flea market; it had been stolen from Baltimore's museum in 1951, and in 2014 a judge sent it back

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Sydney Sweeney soon to become neighbors of Harry-Meghan, Beckhams? Actor views property in Cotswolds village

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And quiet flows the Don: Trump goes from rage to rapproachement

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In 1995, Washington rebuilt a road near Ilwaco on shredded tyres; by January 1996 the surface reached 165°F from inside, and in 1997 federal guidelines capped some such fills at 3 m

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Zac Brown founded Camp Southern Ground in Georgia in 2011; 15 years later, its 11.5-acre organic farm helps feed campers while programmes support children, veterans and military families

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Shocking murder-suicide at Pennsylvania flat: 42-year-old dad throws two children, then jumps to death

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US midterms 2026: Republicans trumped, stumped, and dumped as Democrats win both House and Senate

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In 2021, a Texas teen died after strangers tried to pull her from a burning car; her parents turned the rescuers' courage into a scholarship foundation that has since given $67,000 to 67 recipients

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In 2016, a Minnetonka collector paid $50 for a garage-sale painting; in 2025, a New York firm's 450-page report called it a $15 million Van Gogh, and the museum maintained its earlier rejection

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18-year-old Aubrie Sink turned homemade jam sales at farmers' markets into a freeze-dried candy business after investing her savings in a freeze dryer; her products are now sold at Disney World, Six Flags parks, and the Cincinnati Zoo

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A Houston couple lost their home in a 2001 foreclosure, yet signed a reverse mortgage in 2011; after an HOA foreclosure and a new buyer, a Texas appeals court reopened the fight over who had a valid claim

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Spokane real estate magnate Harlan Douglass left an estate of about $600 million; on October 26 a judge ruled two of his three children financially exploited him as he lived with dementia, barring them from inheriting

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Florida woman Amanda Brown allegedly impersonated the families of three murdered men to collect more than $11,000 through fake GoFundMe pages

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From Iran to India: How Trump's midterm loss could affect America's foreign policy

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H-1B, immigration and Trump: Why Indian-American voters turned away from Republicans

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Donald the 'lame' duck: Trump loses House & Senate, but can he be stopped?

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An Oregon couple turned part of their one-acre lawn into a vegetable garden; it has now helped deliver 10 tons of free food to families in need

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In 2022, Georgia police entered a rented apartment thinking it was vacant and detained two men; four years later, an appeals court revived parts of their case against the complex that employed an officer

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The picture that defines MAGA's midterms loss: A Republican mocked Indian kids watching football. Then Texas turned blue

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Florida woman sentenced to three years in prison for pretending to be the family of a teenager killed in the Texas floods to create fake GoFundMe and SpotFund pages

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