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A Tamil Nadu IT employee who began mobilising villagers in 2018 now leads a 43-member civic group, its efforts restored drinking water, supported nearly 700 saplings and secured land for a burial ground

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Chhattisgarh: Guns fall silent in Bastar, security of 116 netas cut

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Quote of the day by Michelangelo: "What spirit is so empty and blind that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?"

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Diwali relief for 5.35 lakh Chhattisgarh staff, pensioners as govt hikes DA by 2%

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Raised by a tough father, Captain Mark Phillips, who rarely praised her, Zara Tindall says she is trying to parent her children differently

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4 killed, 2 injured in fire at Delhi shoe factory; owner summoned

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'Party Rock Anthem' singer Lauren Bennett's cause of death confirmed as suicide following mental health crisis

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'Titans' box office collection day 9: Jayasurya and Vinayakan's film collects Rs 2.65 cr as 'Jailer 2' wave continues

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World - / Oct 31, 2026 - Indiana landlord loses $3,800 in apartment damage claim after failing to send notice - An Indiana landlord who won $6,200 from a former tenant over unpaid rent and apartment damage has had the award reduced to $2,400. In an October 29 ruling, the state appeals court found that the landlord had failed to provide the tenant with a written list of damages as required by law. The court allowed the unpaid rent claim but rejected the additional cleaning and repair costs.

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World - / Oct 31, 2026 - Kansas man's animal art draws millions as family sells books and merchandise - A Kansas artist's animal drawings have attracted millions of social media followers, helping turn his creative hobby into a family-run business selling books, colouring products and merchandise. Trent Landreth, known online as Drawings by Trent, has

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Houthis Target Riyadh Again! Saudi Arabia Intercepts Drone Over Capital As Missile Threatens South

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Mark Carney Cracks Up On Cam As Reporter Suggests Trump-Canada-EU Axis; Then Lands U.S. A Blow

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Kim's 'Next War' Showcase: US Abrams, South Korean Posts Targeted By North Korea's New Drone Arsenal

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Pete Hegseth's Navy 'Punishes' 19-Year-Old Sailor Who Jumped Off USS Lincoln Amid Iran War

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Ravana's ten heads, Shiva's trishul, and a whole lot of drama: Yash's brooch collection for 'Ramayan' promotions has a story to tell

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From India's first VJ to now earning Rs 3,000 a day: Ruby Bhatia opens up about rejecting Bigg Boss and a Rs 1 crore film offer

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Karwa Chauth to Diwali parties: 5 fashion-forward mangalsutra designs for newlywed brides

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A Utah man spent more than 400 hours turning his front yard into a Halloween tribute to the amusement park ride he feared as a child, and the display has already filled half his truck with charity donations on day one

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A Boston couple spent months wrapping their ordinary home in hand-carved foam to create a Dracula-style castle for Halloween 2026, and their free display has drawn visitors from other states and 70,000 video views

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Michael Bloomberg visited this Boston science museum as a child; decades later, he donates $155 million to honour his late parents and transform the institution

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Florida's housing crisis deepens, Miami-Dade faces 118,000-home shortage; $53 million project aims to turn unused land into 100 affordable homes for families struggling with rising rents

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George and Amal Clooney's foundation reports free legal services for over 9,000 women and children, with mobile clinics taking help to communities affected by child marriage and violence

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The Smithsonian raised $2.5 billion a year ahead of the schedule to fund museums, research and education; the drive became the largest campaign in the history of a cultural organisation

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2023 Maui wildfires sparked an investor lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric, now a US judge has approved $47.75m in settlement funds while cutting attorneys' requested fees by $4.78m after examining billing records

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In 1905, a copper discovery created Greenwater, California, a town of 2,000 people; by 1909, the mining boom had collapsed without producing a profit

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Paul Rosolie entered the Amazon at 18 and spent two decades fighting to save its rainforest; now, his team is protecting 160,000 acres of forest

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A retired Virginia optometrist opened an ice-cream shop in 2021 to create jobs for people with disabilities; her two stores now employ 35 and she says there is a waiting list to work there

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Trump's Halloween surprise sparks panic in Washington; residents call 911 fearing plane crash as Air Force One made low-altitude flyover

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In 2022, an Arizona woman hiked roughly 1,000 miles below the Grand Canyon's rim alone; she completed the traverse in 77 days where no trail exists

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An aquarium plant escaped into Florida waterways in the 1950s; within 40 years, hydrilla had spread to over 70% of the state's watersheds

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In 1966, an elderly Brooklyn resident launched a tree campaign that brought 1,500 trees back to Bed-Stuy

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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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Pakistani forces kill 8 militants in Balochistan, raid hideouts as abductions rise

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Pakistan's decades of backing terror comes full circle as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa falls under emergency rule

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Pakistan plans Moon landing by 2035, expands space cooperation with China

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Balochistan unrest: Teacher's killing sparks outrage, kin say Pak officials shielding 'death squads'

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Strong 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Balochistan in Pakistan

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'Against Islamic teachings': Taliban bans sight-saving eye operations

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Hasina video, RAW allegations: What ex-Bangladesh officer revealed in podcast before mysterious death

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Former Bangladesh air force officer linked to Hasina escape video found dead

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Bangladesh regime change: Hasina's ouster was planned days before Aug 5, says Yusuf's aide

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Ex-Bangladesh air force officer linked to Hasina's fleeing clip found dead in Dhaka

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Bangladesh: Hindu salon owner stabbed to death over unpaid haircut bills; one arrested

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JeI functionary met Indian intel official in secret: Bangladesh PM aide

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5 months after fastest Everest climb, US cancer survivor sets mountain run record

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Hindu teacher killed while mediating dispute in Bangladesh

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Afghanistan hit by 5.5 magnitude earthquake

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A railway viaduct built in 1854 was repaired with bat roosts hidden in its stonework; the £2 million project preserved a structure that trains stopped using in 1964

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In 1985, a British comedy fundraiser began with a televised appeal; 40 years later, Comic Relief has raised over £1.6 billion to tackle poverty worldwide

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A couple bought a derelict Land Rover dealership for £330,000 and turned it into a five-bedroom home; the forecourt can fit around 50 cars

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UK govt announces new 'safe and legal' routes for refugees in India to resettle in UK

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A UK woman claimed she could not walk, drive or work because of hip pain, but investigators found she was running a body-piercing business and working for other clients

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Indian-origin Shruti Chopra becomes first South Asian woman to ring LSE bell in 40 years

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King Charles's Sandringham estate helped release captive-bred turtle doves as conservationists work to restore a bird with fewer than 1,000 wild breeding pairs in the UK

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In 1884, two Renaissance plaques disappeared from public view after an auction; 142 years later, they were identified in an English family's hallway and sold for more than £100,000 in October 2026

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Villa Guardamangia, Queen Elizabeth II's former Malta home, is being restored seven years after the government bought it, but the royal museum is still closed

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In 2017, a British food rescue organisation started with one person and a van collecting surplus food; nine years later, UKHarvest has rescued 10 million meals and now collects 10 tonnes of surplus food every week

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In 2022, conservators X-raying a Van Gogh painting in Edinburgh found a hidden self-portrait of the artist on the back of the canvas, concealed for more than a century under layers of glue and cardboard

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In 1905, a mine manager in South Africa pulled a 3,106-carat rough diamond from a mine wall; it became the Cullinan, cut into the 530-carat Great Star of Africa that now sits in the British royal sceptre

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Royal regret! British king Charles III 'recognises' slavery horrors amid his Caribbean tour

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Mystery celebrity in London says he will 'kill himself' if sexual misconduct allegations against him are made public

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Why this British woman spent years collecting 4,550 My Little Pony items after her parents refused to buy her a horse

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PM-President face-off in Poland: Top court chief suspended, court cries 'coup d'etat' as Nawrocki returns

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Italy's students take to streets over cost of living, dockworkers block arms trade

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US tells European countries to not 'poke' Russia as Putin says 'ready for war'

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'Collision at 160-200kmph': Chilling details from Spain crash that killed 69

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Spain's latest deadly train crash puts human error and systemic failure under scrutiny

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Neanderthals made three-ply cord by twisting tree bark fibres, a tiny fragment found on a stone tool in France reveals

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Pentagon asks Baltic Nato allies to tone down rhetoric on Russia threat: Report

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Ukraine puts Russian refinery strikes 'on pause' amid Trump pressure

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Halloween protests: France warns of 'very high' risk of urban violence, to deploy over 70,000 police

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Why this 50-year-old Italian man walked nearly 1,000 kilometres alone on the Camino de Santiago despite having to carry his own food because of coeliac disease

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Lagarde quits ECB to shed neutrality, enter political fray

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Helicopter crash in Bosnia: At least 4 killed, 11 injured as Italian Chinook goes down during training

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Spain train tragedy: Glitch, 3 operator errors behind crash that killed 68

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'Canada cannot be an EU member because of geography': Von der Leyen proposes associate membership for Ottawa

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A century later, World War bombs still haunt Europe as Italy finds 250 munitions in melting glaciers

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Chaos on camera: Armenia MPs trade blows as parliament erupts into mass brawl

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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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Typhoon Champi: Taiwan issues land warning, cancels 125 flights as powerful storm approaches

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China began restoring vegetation across the Loess Plateau in 1999; scientists later found groundwater drought intensified as vegetation expanded between 2003 and 2015

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'Disregards consensus between Xi and Trump': China hits back after DeepSeek ban from US govt IT systems

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Tanker with 27 Indian seafarers targeted in first-ever limpet mine attack in Strait of Hormuz

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Syria dreamed of a new dawn after Assad, but economic misery clouds its future

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'Arrest heads of Arab parties for stealing elections': Israel national security minister Ben Gvir

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Turbulence continues for Saudi flyers as Air India extends flight curbs till Nov 14

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'A win is a win': Israel opposition leader Lapid reacts to Netanyahu's poll setback

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Israel election results: Neither Netanyahu nor opposition wins majority; what happens next?

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Israel elections: Arab parties may hold key to next government after Netanyahu falls short of majority

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Israel tightens airline security after flydubai hijacking

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A university in Cyprus launched a free blockchain course in 2014; its online programme has attracted more than 150,000 learners from over 120 countries

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Israel election results: Netanyahu's bloc wins 53 seats, falls short of majority as coalition talks loom

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Netanyahu's unity government gambit: Can he lure Eisenkot from opposition?

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'This is not a drama': Israeli agency had intel on illegal funds before election, failed to share it

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'Scapegoat for political failures': Qatar rejects Israeli election interference claims

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Beyond US blockade: How Iran's secret 5,000+ agencies network keeps missiles flowing

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Israel polls: Poll chief orders probe into 'foreign interference'; Netanyahu levels big charge - top developments

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As Trump mulls fresh strikes after midterms, Vance writes to Iran, Tehran says 'won't surrender'

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Queensland's Kuridala copper town prospered during World War I, but a 1918 cyclone damaged its smelter before the plant closed in 1920

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1930s: Eva Howie made her daughter Barbara a dollhouse with bread dough furnishings; her family preserved it for decades before donating it to a museum

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Oil-covered debris travelled more than 5,000 miles from Brazil to Florida, revealing how plastic can carry pollution across oceans

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Toronto real estate CEO and two daughters shot during home invasion, wife attacked with hammer

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Watch: Mount Mayon volcano erupts for nearly 6 minutes in Philippines, spews ash 3 km high

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She collected salary for 16 years without teaching: German teacher who allegedly went scuba diving while on sick leave now faces fraud charges over €248,000

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1929: Roland Callingham opened his family's miniature world; Bekonscot remains the world's oldest surviving model village

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University of Georgia secures $8 million NOAA grant to plan restoration of 326 acres of salt marsh across four states using dredged sediment

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After years of building her art business and a highway tyre blowout that made her rethink life, Australian mortgage lender Ka Po Ng quit her bank job in 2024 to pursue art full time

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Former media CEO Nic Jones left a decades-long career for bus driving; eight months later, he called himself a fulfilled and happy bus driver

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1886: Cornelius Vanderbilt built his children an oceanfront playhouse; it remains the only surviving structure from the original Breakers estate

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An Austrian electrical engineer left IT after visiting US national parks, became a ranger, and now oversees trails and infrastructure at Gesäuse National Park

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A Scottish family travelled from Florida to Britain for a holiday in 2025 but did not return; the UK Supreme Court considered whether one child should be sent back to the US

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Canada seeks EU 'associate member' status as Carney counters Trump's trade pressure

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Germany, South Korea enhance strategic, security ties against backdrop of China-Russia-North Korea collusive threat

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A woman used her grandmother's inheritance to buy into a Canadian island property in 1981; 45 years later, she and her partner have protected 140 acres of forest while keeping their 20-acre homestead

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In 2024, Jason Statham bought a 20-acre English coastal estate for about £20 million; in 2026, a planning rule from 1973 put its two-storey summerhouse under scrutiny over use as guest accommodation

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An Idaho couple who have farmed beside a barbed-wire fence since 1979 fought the state over 5.95 acres, and an October 27 Supreme Court ruling reversed the state's title victory and reopened their ownership claim

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Elon Musk clarifies how often he meets his 13 children and how many staff are involved in the entire process

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Prince William inherited the $1.3 billion Duchy of Cornwall, spanning 128,000 acres, after Queen Elizabeth II's death; earning $31 million annually from it, he now plans to sell 20% to fund housing and green projects

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A Georgia couple won a $37 million jury verdict after their three-year-old son died during hospital treatment, but a judge cut it to $2 million; an October 28 appeals ruling now raises the judgment to $3 million

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Prince William and Kate Middleton may have been aware of serious allegations against Thomas Markle; in 2019, a letter was sent to their joint office with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, reports claim

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25 noise complaints filed against Hindu temple: Anonymous neighbors fume over events at Fremont temple

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A Pennsylvania family has owned Penn's Cave since 1908 and expanded its land to protect its water; 118 years later, the 1,400-acre attraction with a cavern, wildlife park and airport is seeking a new owner

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Trump moves to end H-1B visa deference: What it means for Indians stuck in the Green Card backlog

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Meet Ryan Ragsdale, the 11-year-old Texas boy who sold 700 Pokémon cards, childhood toys and hand-painted rocks, turning six years of school fundraising into more than $20,000 for heart research and outreach

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A Mississippi father willed 0.86 acres and the family home equally to his three children, then signed a deed giving the land to his wife; an October 27 court rejected his daughter's bid to undo the transfer

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In 1999, an Indiana woman bought a home with a $10,000 loan from her grandparents; 22 years later, her former partner's brother acquired half the property and tried to force a sale, but an appeals court let her keep it

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An Ohio man bought a house in a neighbourhood of about 140 homes and advertised it on Airbnb, arguing it was also his residence; on October 26, an appeals court upheld a zoning ban after neighbours objected

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A California couple bought a home with a 20-by-20-foot garden, then a neighbour claimed the land; a 1955 deal involving $250 and babysitting helped secure their exclusive gardening rights in an October 26 ruling

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MrBeast's "absurd" social media rules for ex-employees leave employment lawyers questioning legality

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In 2026, near Esterbrook, Wyoming, 12 retired turbine-blade sections became an 8-foot snow fence and a 120-foot mustang mural; WYDOT will evaluate it this winter

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In 2018, a solo hiker walked nearly 8,000 miles across America's biggest trails in 251 days after already logging over 40,000 miles on foot

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In 1974, more than 6,000 peregrine falcons were released into the wild after the population wiped out; helping restore the once-endangered birds across North America

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Nick Lacy breaks silence on '$12,000' Japan restaurant bill after viewers flood table with food orders

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After 38 years teaching in Massachusetts, Tufts math professor Loring Tu donated more than $10 million to the university in 2024, helping expand student aid

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In 2025, Maryland professor Anne Simon pledged $16 million for endowed professorships and scholarships at her university

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QTCinderella reveals Streamer Awards 2026 trophies 'stolen' from producer's porch, makes unexpected coffee mug jok

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In 2022, Arlington County, Virginia, turned a reclaimed 50-foot turbine blade into The Pike, a gateway sculpture paired with 4,784 coins representing 117 countries

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Green Card lottery: Judge freezes reopening of Diversity Visa program for 2027. What happens next?

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New York tenants pursuing a mould lawsuit later sought to add a property-damage claim listed at $321,728.79; an appeals court has blocked the amendment over delay, missing records and prejudice to the landlord

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A $20 million gift will transform part of Philadelphia's art museum into a new learning centre; the project marks its first major capital expansion since the Frank Gehry renovation

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Kate Winslet reads 'Room on the Broom' for children during the Halloween season, adding its 104th read-aloud to Storyline Online's free literacy library

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A silver airship-shaped cabin became one of Scotland's most unusual holiday rentals; now AirShip 002 and two neighbouring retreats, a business grossing around £100,000 a year, are listed for over £750,000

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In 1933, New York's High Line carried freight trains above Manhattan; after its conversion into a park visited by six million people a year, the final garden with 2,000 perennials is set to open in November

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'Europeans balked': G20 foreign ministers' meeting opens without group photo. Here's why

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US Midterms 2026: Trump reschedules Iowa, Kansas campaign rallies for Sunday after cancellations

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James Talarico's dosa flip during campaign impresses Indian-Americans: 'This is how Democrats will get their first senator in Texas in 38 years'

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Trump gives reporter fitness lecture as MAGA loses shape

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