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Tara Sutaria takes Autumn dressing to Paris with a suede trench coat and classic turtleneck

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Flydubai flight incident: Omani co-pilot may have tried to cut fuel supply to engines after cockpit attack

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World - / Oct 5, 2026 - India's political will needed to extradite Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh - Bangladesh is optimistic that India will expedite the extradition process for former PM Sheikh Hasina. Indian high commissioner Dinesh Trivedi stated that legal processes are currently in motion. State Minister Shama Obaed Islam emphasized the importance of political will from both nations. Meanwhile, outgoing Bangladeshi high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah met with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar to discuss mutual interests.

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World - / Oct 5, 2026 - 3 million face masks could be used to build 1 km road, Australian study finds - Engineers at RMIT University have discovered a groundbreaking method to recycle single-use face masks by integrating them into road construction. By blending shredded masks with recycled concrete aggregate, the researchers aim to enhance road materials while tackling the problem of mask waste. Their findings suggest that approximately 3 million masks could be utilized in constructing a one-kilometre, two-lane road.

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A South Carolina man bought a painting at Goodwill for $3, thinking it might be worth a few hundred dollars; it turned out to be a Flemish work from 1650 and sold at auction in 2012 for $190,000

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George Takei and his husband are giving their $21 million-plus estate to a museum; the Star Trek actor will preserve Japanese American stories

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'Re-deployed to their home stations': US withdraws all bombers from UK's Fairford base after suspected terror plot

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In 2005, Oprah Winfrey committed $10 million to help build Houston's Angel Lane for hurricane evacuees; 65 furnished homes followed, and eight years after families moved in, a long-promised community center finally opened

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Frida Kahlo spent most of her life in this blue Mexico City house; more than 200 objects reveal how the home shaped her art

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In 1994, Don Williams paid $1.35 million for 1.137 acres beside Maui's Maalaea Harbor; 32 years later, a Hawaii appeals court vacated a $7 million compensation judgment in the state's long-running eminent-domain fight

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In 2002, Houston built a runway for Boeing 747s using a concrete mix with 25% fly ash and 25% blast-furnace slag; test slabs reached 800 psi flexural strength in 90 days

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In 1974, Houston replaced most of an asphalt road base with incinerator ash; 3 years later, the 89% waste mix was performing almost like conventional pavement

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2 killed, 25 injured as gunfire erupts at homecoming party in Georgia

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In 2001, Texas finished a five-year study of six crushed-fly-ash road sections; inspections, core strength and deflection tests found the pavements had performed well

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Jon Bon Jovi's foundation helped turn part of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center into housing; in 2019, the Washington project opened with homes for 77 formerly homeless veterans

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In 1967, Long Beach bought the retired Queen Mary to keep her from the scrapyard; the ocean liner became a hotel and still anchors the waterfront

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In 1987, Delaware built Interstate 495 access ramps with nearly 10,000 tons of stockpiled fly ash; two years later, settlement was under one-eighth of an inch, matching conventional fill

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In 1987, Mississippi rebuilt 1.5 miles of State Route 15 with pond ash from a coal plant; after three years, its stronger ash sections bent far less than the ordinary control road

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Baltimore shooting: 12-year-old girl killed in crossfire after parking dispute

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Cornell sexual assault case: Woman at centre of rape allegations got threats to withdraw lawsuit, lawyer says

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Pakistan braces for showdown as talks collapse, Imran Khan's party pushes ahead with march

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India slams Pakistan at UN, says 'so-called' civilian governments serve at army's mercy

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Pakistan kills 5 TTP militants as violence escalates on Afghanistan border

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Pakistan logs over 1.2k rebel attacks in 9 months of '26, security crisis deepens

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Shehbaz govt, Imran Khan's PTI hold talks as Pakistan braces for protests

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'Vague and broad': UN experts slam Pakistan's counter-terrorism laws, demand release of lawyer couple

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Policeman killed in gunmen attack in Pakistan's khyber pakhtunkhwa

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Pakistan forces kill 7 TTP militants in North Waziristan amid rising violence along Afghan border

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Jail, isolation, crackdown: Why Pakistan's establishment has failed to break Imran Khan

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BLF's newly-formed female unit 'KAAD' attacks military convoy in Balochistan; claims nine killed

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'Technical issue': Pakistan blocks airspace for Russian flight carrying uranium for Bangladesh nuclear plant

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'Took mobile phones, cash': Karachi football team robbed at gunpoint on Balochistan highway

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Child, forced marriages of minority girls in Pakistan flagged at UN event

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Motorcycle-borne gunmen kill 3 cops in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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20-year-old Azerbaijani woman allegedly drugged, gang-raped in Pakistan's Lahore

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'Don't go back like this': Pakistan minister's throat-cut gesture to Afghan journalist backfires - video

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US carrier George HW Bush arrives in Thailand after Middle East deployment: Key points

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Accepted her as she was still PM: Indian envoy on Hasina's flight

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Bangladesh extends official Durga Puja holidays to 3 days, steps up security

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Grimmest climbing year since '15 as bad weather, risky calls kill 40

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Nepal avalanche kills 15 workers at Himlung Himal camp, one still missing

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5.44 magnitude earthquake jolts Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region

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Hasina: Restore democratic rights, rule of law in Bangladesh

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Indonesia demolishes luxury prison for favoured inmates

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Nepal rains: 27 killed in rain-induced disasters, authorities say

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'Re-deployed to their home stations': US withdraws all bombers from UK's Fairford base after suspected terror plot

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​For 10 years, farmers across 13,500 hectares of southern England coordinated habitat work; one cluster recorded a 346% rise in corn buntings and a 183% rise in butterfly abundance over the decade

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UK: 2 teenagers jailed for 10 years for arson at Indian restaurant in London

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More than 300 objections filed as Maidstone residents oppose plans to convert former Grange Moor Hotel into 42 studio apartments for 65 people, warning of added pressure on parking and infrastructure

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England turned a golf course into a wetland; 52,000 cubic metres of earth were moved and avocets are already breeding there

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In 2021, Cambridge farmer Ben Webster spent £15,000 converting his sheep-grazing field that earned £300 a year into a private dog park; it now brings in up to £400 a week

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British Indian pair fight extradition to US over alleged cancer drug fraud

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UK-Iranian man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford terror plot released on bail

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Father left his £600,000 house to one daughter and just £250 to each of two others; the inheritance fight ended in a huge court bill

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'No formal apology': Buckingham Palace says King Charles will only reflect on slave trade

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In 2002, British choirs began singing to raise money for clean water; this year, the project marks its 25th year and has raised nearly £1.4 million

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Two Iranians in UK charged over terror plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community

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Shannon Burns could claim £76 million from Gitpod after disability discrimination win; tribunal allows former VP to pursue one of UK's biggest employment compensation claims

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A grand London mansion hid a secret WWII listening post; more than 70 years later, its hidden basement is now a museum

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In WWII, one Scottish island became a secret British bioweapon site and stayed toxic for nearly 50 years; now it's safe to visit

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In 2021, a former RAF site in Oxfordshire became 187 homes, with 160 made from old barracks, mess halls and stores once built for military life

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Spain turned a traffic roundabout into a public bath; the 6-day experiment was later named a climate refuge

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Moscow police detain people at 'Kremlin-friendly' Communist Party rally over 'political freedom', says party

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A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000

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A Yorkshire farmer turned his 3,000-tonne potato store into a padel club; the new business was fully booked within months

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Russia says it strikes key Kyiv bridge, 2 cargo vessels in Black Sea

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An Estonian gravel-road test developed cracks within months; 10 years later, a company says its stabilised soil gained strength

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'New doctrine' of strikes: Zelenskyy vows to hit Russian refineries as infrastructure warfare escalates

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Russia cuts welfare, education and healthcare budget as war spending hits new high

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One casualty every 23 minutes: Civilian fatalities mount as Ukraine war intensifies

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Bridges under attack: Why Russia is targeting Kyiv's vital crossings

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'No peace for rentism': Mass protests sweep Spain over housing crisis

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Britain restored a catchment where water voles disappeared; 20 ponds, 26,000 trees and 15 hectares of wildflowers later, they are returning

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Russia vows massive hits on Kyiv, urges diplomats to leave

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Zelensky claims Ukraine 'de-occupied' around 140 kilometres of territory from Russia, hurled 42,000 casualties a month

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Mother's £1 million home went to the daughter who cared for her; three brothers challenged the will years later

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'Blatant lie': China slams US panel's 'genocide' claim after Starbucks opens first Xinjiang stores

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China's Zijinshan gold mine turned its own waste into haul-road material; test roads carried 100-ton trucks and resisted deformation

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Xi Jinping unwell? Chinese officials sought unusual long breaks during the US visit

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China's gold-copper mine built a road from mining waste; one section showed 97% lower deflection after 28 days

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China tests 800-passenger flying-wing aircraft model with 85-metre span, showing how new aerodynamics could improve range and efficiency

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Chinese hackers impersonate ex-White House official to target US AI experts, steal emails: Report

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Bombs without brakes? Why the US-China AI race may be harder to control than the nuclear one

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Chinese AI agents display 'concerning' behaviour in safety tests, mirroring US systems

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Section of China's Great Wall damaged by two decades of illegal coal slag dumping

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In 1999, Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky donated $5,000 to farmer Yin Yuzhen to fund her tree-planting efforts in Inner Mongolia; 27 years later, his contribution helped transform China's Maowusu Desert into a forest of 50,000 trees

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Watch: Massive fire at Saudi Aramco sites targeted in Houthi missile, drone strikes

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India, UAE, Saudi, Israel, Oman and Australia: How 6 countries got caught up in flydubai terror

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Yemen launches major military offensive to retake Houthi-held territory as fighting intensifies

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Did Israel ignore warnings? UAE shared info about flydubai crew & Omani co-pilot before flight

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Yemeni government strikes Houthis as tensions escalate amid reports of planned Saudi offensive

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'He prayed before attack': Machchhar tells Netanyahu chilling flydubai cockpit ordeal

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Watch: Netanyahu invites pilot Smit Machchhar to Israel I-Day event, hails him as 'hero of entire world'

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'Highest degree of courage': UAE's deputy PM meets flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar

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Co-pilot attacked Indian captain with crash axe: UAE on flydubai 'terrorist attack'

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Israel elections, West Asia wars & Bibi's last gambit

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Australia funds more than $1 million to remove invasive weeds from a small island; the goal is to rebuild nesting habitat for seabirds

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Zelenskyy claims Putin shared jet-drone technology with North Korea

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In 2019, Scotland turned a retired lighthouse-supply ship into a 14-cabin floating hotel, opening its former bridge and hull to overnight guests

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In 1985, Georgia buried coal ash beneath two sections of State Route 22; monitoring found the ash bases held up well and met strength requirements

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In 2024, more than 350,000 solar panels in Germany's Gottesgabe park stood above 68 plant species, endangered grasshoppers and a red-listed skylark population

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In 2020, an abandoned Swiss cocoa silo began its second life with studios, a hostel and a restaurant, putting 42 old concrete tubes back to use

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Lionel Messi's foundation helped fund a €37 million childhood cancer centre in Barcelona; when it opened in 2022, the hospital gained capacity to see up to 400 new cancer cases a year

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In 2019, a UK company donated computers to a Ghana school; three years later it achieved the country's best academic results

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Moscow vows to step up strikes on Ukraine as Zelenskyy threatens to attack more Russian refineries

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In 2015, a Canadian aunt helped launch a hockey fundraiser inspired by her nephew's cancer diagnosis; an event that raised C$10,000 in its first year went on to collect over C$1 million across a decade

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Montreal did not build a stadium for the 2026 cycling championships; it turned the city itself into one

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Gay bar raid in Taiwan sparks protest; 51 detained under 'public morality' law

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New Zealand farmer lost more than half his asparagus crop to storms; he turned the damaged spears into an award-winning freeze-dried snack

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A Sydney shopper bought a carved cup for A$4 at a thrift shop; experts identified it as a centuries-old Chinese rhinoceros-horn cup, and was auctioned for A$75,640 in 2013

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From 1946, NSW planted South African bitou bush to stabilise coastal sand dunes; decades later it had spread along 46% of the state's coastline and threatened native ecosystems

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US Marine arrested in Japan over murder, robbery of local woman

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In 2013, a New Jersey teacher saw workers mowing a solar field near home and asked to bring in her sheep; by 2021, her flock had grown from 50 sheep on 15 solar acres to 450 sheep managing 85 acres

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In 2012, a retired FBI agent began searching for 'lost' apples; more than a decade later, his mission has helped rediscover 30 forgotten varieties across the Pacific Northwest

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After Hurricane Katrina, Sandra Bullock helped rebuild a New Orleans school; in 2010, she helped fund its $700,000 medical and dental clinic, designed to provide free healthcare to students

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In 2017, Jimmy Carter leased 10 acres of his Georgia farm for a 1.3-megawatt solar project; it went on to generate about 60% of Plains' electricity demand

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In 2022, loggers working for neighbours crossed onto a Mississippi couple's land and cut 1,299 trees; their handwritten tally helped secure a $41,920 award later upheld on appeal

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A Texas city will pay at least $175,000 after the SpaceX site it owns pumped 128 million gallons of groundwater above permitted limits over three years; the settlement includes monitoring payments for 25 years

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Illinois farmer John Dollinger's family hosted 10 wind turbines across 800 acres; payments began at $10,000 per turbine a year and, by 2025, had risen to about $120,000 annually across the farm

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Green Card holder's mother denied B1/B2 visa to attend housewarming ceremony: They did not ask for any documents

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In the 1970s, Newark Airport buried coal fly ash beneath runways built for jumbo jets; more than 20 years later, FHWA said the pavement was still performing well

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The new Israel-Syria deal: Can US solve the Golan Heights problem?

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Video: Russian drone strike sets Kyiv bridge ablaze as Merz arrives to sirens and explosions

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In 1939, a California family bought a Joseph Kleitsch painting from his widow for $100; 75 years later, their daughter brought it to Antiques Roadshow and heard a $500,000 valuation

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Iowa livestock farmer Dave Johnson hosts four wind turbines that bring in about $30,000 a year, calling the steady lease income the 401(k) he never had while he continues raising cattle and hogs

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In 1996, Indiana turned foundry waste sand into a 275-metre highway embankment; Purdue later found the material worked successfully as full-scale road fill

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In 2015, Utah man Cory Mohl began building a backyard railroad; after 40,000 pounds of gravel and hundreds of hours, neighbours were riding it and he expected a final cost near $18,000

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PewDiePie's OpenAI controversy takes a new turn with his "less restricted" Ajax AI

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Jay Cinco and Lala Baptiste announce breakup after March engagement: 'We're at peace'

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Why was Kick streamer JohnWhatsGoingOn slapped during Vietnam 7-Eleven livestream?

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NitroCamden finally meets StableRonaldo in person after Twitch raid changed his life

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Malena Tudi to address viral claims about her divorce from Nmplol after months away from internet

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In 1993, Maryland used 60,000 tons of coal fly ash under a Route 213 overpass; later groundwater testing found no discernible impact at the site

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Scotland wiped invasive rats from Canna in 2005-06; a decade later puffin counts topped 2,000 while one shag colony climbed from 45 nests to 75

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In 2021, an Indiana content creator and her surgeon husband bought a 1914 schoolhouse; by late 2024, their family moved in and a classroom became their kitchen

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7-year-old Chicago girl stabbed to death on sidewalk; bystanders detain woman accused of killing her

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Texas landowners feared border barriers would cut off access to the Rio Grande; an October 2 court order now blocks construction in the Big Bend sector while the legal challenge continues

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After Donald Trump's second-term climate cuts scrapped billions in research grants and left thousands of federal workers jobless, Climate Reserve stepped in with new roles for 50 climate experts

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A Michigan collector paid $30 for a seashell painting at an estate sale; it was later identified as a 1951 Gertrude Abercrombie work; now it has sold in New York for a record $1,352,600!

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After San Francisco's 1906 disaster, engineers blasted a 4,233-foot tunnel beneath the city; the hidden conduit still runs near Lands End

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