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'Iran Too Strong For America?': US Ally Drops Bombshell On Trump; 'He Can't Win This War...'

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Saying 'it's fine' when it isn't? 5 ways people slowly lose themselves in love

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'Luckiest woman in history': Meet Joan Ginther, Stanford alumni who legally cheated lottery four times to win $20 million using mathematics and paper

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A 20-year-old French student exposed a fake AI image with nearly a million likes; he is building an online community against viral misinformation

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World - / Oct 31, 2026 - Court revives Pennsylvania couple's six-year fight to add drive-through at truck stop - After almost six years of legal back-and-forth, a Pennsylvania convenience store finally received the go-ahead for a drive-through window. Jyotsna and Anil Jivani's 2020 proposal faced initial denial from township officials. However, in a significant ruling from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in October 2026, judges overturned the lower court's verdict, affirming that the drive-through serves as a natural extension of their business, paving the way for construction approval.

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Trump's Ghastly Halloween Surprise Backfires As Low-Flying Jet Sparks PANIC And 911 CALLS

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Trump Fires Off Furious Insults At Hecklers During Florida Rally

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Carney Cracks Up At Trump Question, Then Serves America A Reality Check

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Iran Hunts 'CIA-Mossad' Spies; IRGC Arrests 2 'Terrorists'; 10 Starlinks, 10 AK-47s Seized | Details

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Is your desk job at office wrecking your back? 7 simple exercises to relieve back pain and undo hours of sitting

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3-ingredient coconut balls: An easy no-bake homemade snack for a quick sweet craving

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Peptides could soon be easier to access in the US: 6 things to know about the HHS policy shift, popular treatments, and safety concerns

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Diabetes doesn't stop at the pancreas: 7 organs that pay when blood sugar stays high

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5 REASONS WHY CLAY POTS ARE BETTER THAN PLASTIC POTS FOR GARDENING

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Arizona parents donated an adventure van to launch a charity inspired by their son's rare disease; the organisation now reports $6.1 million in research grants to help tackle inherited blindness

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In 2019, a Florida homeowner disputed her insurer's water-damage payment; Supreme Court ruled a later notice law could not apply retroactively

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A Wyoming woman wanted to keep her miniature goat as a pet; a dispute over a local livestock ban became a constitutional lawsuit

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'He was crying and grabbing the doctor's hands to stop him': US organ donation group faces decertification after Kentucky man's near-fatal ordeal

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In 2019, South Carolina sank a 95-foot retired tugboat 30 miles off Georgetown; it joined a deepwater reef known for snapper, grouper and other fish

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A Vermont dam built in the early 1900s to feed a private trout pond was breached in 2011; crews removed its remains in 2018, reopening 87 miles of stream

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Jaishankar, Rubio review India-US bilateral cooperation during Atlanta meeting

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Florida teams have begun lowering 1,500 tons of repurposed concrete culverts into Gulf waters off Destin to create three artificial reefs; each 500-ton installation is intended to give marine life more shelter

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'My body hurts, my soul hurts': Christa Pike's first statement after failed execution in US

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Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre's Los Angeles charity campus broke ground on its final building on October 29, after opening a new kitchen in February, as its nonprofit delivers 1.5 million meals a year

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Fake US voters? China-linked accounts flood X with divisive posts ahead of midterms

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Dosas, Diwali and temple visits: US midterm candidates step up outreach to Indian-American voters

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Trump administration to deport 150 Afghan refugees to Afghanistan via Pakistan

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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 150-foot historic crane overlooking England's Cowes waterfront faced the risk of collapse; after years of legal appeals, the council recovered the cost of emergency repairs from its former owners

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In 2006, an Italian father living in England excluded two men from his will, denying they were his sons; 20 years later, an English court has allowed only €46,110 of a €381,796 Italian inheritance judgment to be registered

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Glasgow's historic Rogano restaurant failed to reopen after flooding and a fire as the UK Supreme Court rejected a claim for lost profits

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A charity finance employee redirected a £91,966 payment meant for a breast cancer organisation into his own account and spent £14,000 on a ring for his wedding

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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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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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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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Two killed, five injured in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Bryansk region

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Watch: Thick smoke engulfs Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone strike

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'Coup d'etat' or rule of law? Why Poland's PM and president are locked in a bitter standoff

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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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'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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Iran to shift uranium stockpile abroad, reopen Hormuz within 7 days under draft deal: Report

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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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In 1971, Stockholm residents climbed 13 elms slated for a subway entrance; mass protests stopped the felling, and the trees survived

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Merz proposes global alliance on rules-based trade, cites India as partner for supply chain diversification

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In 1978, barefoot forest ecologist Stephen King and fellow protesters camped in Pureora's ancient tōtara canopy; logging was suspended in the occupied Pikiariki block

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A Georgia man bought 7.25 acres for $89,000, but the house he planned to sell stood on a separate one-acre plot; a court upheld the disputed sale of both

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11-year-old Egyptian girl beats 40 million students in reading contest; what Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed did after her win caught attention

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Alaska Airlines to cut 200 jobs as Iran war-driven fuel costs threaten $700 million loss

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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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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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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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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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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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Fake US voters? China-linked accounts flood X with divisive posts ahead of midterms

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A first-grade teacher in Kansas started ending each day with children repeating positive affirmations; the simple routine spread beyond his classroom as other teachers adopted the idea

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A Kansas man's animal drawings attracted millions of followers; his family now sells colouring books, T-shirts and mugs featuring his art

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An Indiana landlord won $6,200 from a former tenant after claiming extensive apartment damage; on October 29, an appeals court cut the award to $2,400 because the owner never sent a required damage list

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

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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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