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Divers recovered a bell, signal light and binoculars from Titanic's sister ship after more than a century underwater

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World - / Oct 13, 2026 - Opal Tower cracks forced Christmas Eve evacuation in 2018; eight years later, it is defect-free - After nearly eight years of uncertainty, Sydney's Opal Tower has officially been declared defect-free, following significant structural issues uncovered in December 2018. This crisis led to evacuations, extensive repairs, and legal conflicts regarding the building's safety standards. Most residents have safely returned after comprehensive rectification processes, and property owners will receive compensation along with a 20-year structural warranty.

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World - / Oct 13, 2026 - Hurricane Simon pounds Mexico's Pacific coast; Rachel's remnants flood US Southwest - Hurricane Simon battered Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday with heavy rain and strong winds, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel left communities flooded in the US Southwest. The weather systems caused deaths, damaged homes and roads, and

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Netanyahu Eyes Saudi Normalisation Deal, Seeks MBS Nod to Join War Against Houthis | REPORT

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Houthi Missile Strike Sparks Fire At Riyadh Airport, Operations Halted Amid Escalating Chaos

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Saudi Warning System Fell Silent Days Before Deadly Riyadh Airport Attacks?

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Diwali cleaning DIY: How to remove stubborn stains from steel utensils

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Starting statins soon after a diabetes diagnosis may be linked to lower dementia risk: What a new study found

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Cobra snakes are nature's cannibals and are known to feed on their kind: 5 snakes that eat other venomous snakes

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5 SIGNS YOU'RE SETTLING FOR THE BARE MINIMUM IN LOVE

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2-Ingredient oats cookies: An easy homemade recipe for a quick and healthy snack

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In 2000, Ralph Lauren's company announced a $5 million gift for a Harlem cancer centre; it opened in 2003 and brought screenings, treatment and practical support to an underserved community

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'They have too much to lose': Trump dismisses claims China, Russia are helping Iran 'at all'

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Architect Andrew Batey designed this 1972 glass house for a photographer; the Berkeley Hills home with a former darkroom is listed for $1.088 million

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'Misbehaving very badly': Trump slams Yemen's Houthi rebels over Saudi attacks

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California raises soil saturation to 90% using artificial seeps at Camp Pendleton to restore endangered Willow Flycatcher habitat, but eight passing birds and no nests are recorded

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'We are not happy': Trump likely to fire Greece ambassador Guilfoyle after misconduct reports

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In 2006, Star Trek star William Shatner auctioned his kidney stone for $75,000; Boston Legal cast added $25,000 to help Habitat for Humanity build a home for a Louisiana family of five

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Wichita's Orpheum Theatre opened in 1922 and later faced decades of preservation battles; after a 15-month closure, the landmark has reopened following a $13 million restoration project

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Author David Baldacci helped turn food banks into places where families could also find books; his Feeding Body & Mind initiative has collected and distributed more than 1 million books

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Wake Forest's student-run Hit the Bricks drew 2,406 runners and walkers for 11,862 laps and raised nearly $407,000 in one day, beating last year's record and pushing the event past $2.1 million

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For nearly 100 years, a Montana dam held back 6.6 million cubic yards of contaminated mining sediment; its removal helped reconnect two rivers and restore the landscape

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In 2020, Alex Trebek and Jean Trebek donated $500,000 to Hope of the Valley; two years later, the lead gift had helped turn a shuttered 60-year-old roller rink into the 23,000-square-foot, 107-bed Trebek Center

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Michael J. Fox Foundation awards $62.4 million across 108 Parkinson's research grants targeting new treatments and earlier detection

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5 killed, several injured as passenger train derails in Pakistan's Punjab

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2 Pakistan army pilots killed as training aircraft crashes near Balochistan's Quetta

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Laiba Ijaz suicide: Pakistan gold medalist commits suicide after visa scam; suspect on 5-day remand

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Imran Khan's stronghold in crisis: What's happening after emergency rule in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Why did Pakistan declare Emergency in Imran Khan's bastion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Pak crisis: Shehbaz govt declares emergency, ends Imran Khan's party's rule in KPK

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'No contact, no update': Imran Khan's son says father silent for 6 months, aunts remain 'abducted'

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Pak army chief Munir bypasses PM Sharif, moves to deploy more military assets to Saudi Arabia

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Pakistan bets on electric vehicles as Middle East war sends petrol prices soaring 54%

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05:12 - Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict: A clash of unequals, but why is Islamabad relying on air power instead of ground offensive

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Pakistan forces accused of quadcopter blast that killed 2 children in Balochistan

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Nearly 3 in 4 Pakistan inmates await trial amid prison overcrowding in country: Report

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'Come to your senses': What is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's condition for talks with Imran's party

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Pakistan successfully test-fires extended version of Fatah-4 cruise missile

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Another showdown brewing in Pakistan? Imran Khan supporters hit streets after talks fail

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

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'Massive rock avalanche likely caused Nepal flood'

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Flash flood sweeps away 40 houses, 6 bridges in Nepal; up to 10 missing

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Bangladesh party backs CJP stir, ex-Yunus aide seeks Modi's fall

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'Our seas, our land': Sri Lanka assures India against hostile acts from its territory

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'Army is the rule, army is the law': India tears into Pakistan at UN over minority rights

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Nepal floods: Chilling videos show bridges swept away, homes destroyed

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Britain built a 70-foot water tower disguised as a house in 1923; its 50,000-gallon tank was damaged by a wartime shell before the landmark became a holiday home

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British prop maker spends £9,000 building a backyard spaceship with a bar, seating that doubles as a bed and a screen showing distant planets

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Annabel Croft's daughter Lily Coleman marries Felix McCorquodale, an insurance executive and relative of Princess Diana, in London; bride stuns in two wedding dresses

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'Almost certainly directed by Iran': UK blames IRGC for US air base incident, Tehran denies

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In 2025, Ed Sheeran launched a foundation to widen access to music education; it says its support for 18 schools and grassroots organisations is reaching 12,000 young people across the UK

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Meet Harrison Nott, 16, from Essex, England, who skipped college after his GCSEs to grow the towel business he started in his bedroom in 2023, now generating over £750,000 in annual revenue

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UK universities withdraw admission offers to Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian students as visa refusals rise

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In 2019, Emma Watson helped launch a free workplace harassment advice line; seven years later, women in England and Wales can still use the service for specialist help with their legal rights

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Woman who bought a £10 ring at a London flea market and wore it for decades saw its 26.27-carat diamond sell for £656,750

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Britain once used this 2,000-acre coastal site for secret weapons testing; abandoned military buildings now stand among marshes, birds and deer

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Buckingham Palace workers find 137-year-old theatre listings, 1966 newspaper pages and a sixpence ticket to a 1949 palace card game

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'Made right choice, America first': Trump defends Russia diesel deal amid bipartisan backlash

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US threatens to cut Ukraine intelligence, weapons supplies over Russian energy strikes

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Russia offers one-day ceasefire if Ukraine holds elections, rejects Zelenskyy's 60-day truce bid

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Zelenskyy sounds alarm as Russia hits Ukraine's energy sites despite Trump's ceasefire announcement

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In 2006, the primary school on the island of Stromboli was closed due to a lack of students; in 2026, it opened for just one student whose family would otherwise have to break up their lives

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Poland deploys 20,000 cops in schools, inspects 80k educational institutions amid rising youth violence

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Robert E Hall, Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for macroeconomic stabilisation models

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Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery: What we know about his health and upcoming plans

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A bottle of Macallan 1926 whisky sold for £2.125 million; only 40 bottles came from the original cask after 60 years of maturation

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A Scottish couple bought 700 acres in Oregon in 1910 and built a ranch that became a community hub; their historic home is now a museum at a 40-million-year fossil monument

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Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian tech infrastructure, damages third data center

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Zelenskyy hits back after Trump's remark, says ready to hold Ukraine elections if Russia offers 60-day ceasefire

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Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery ahead of major South America trip in November

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Poland holds emergency security meeting over possible attack on PM Donald Tusk, defence minister

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Cillian Murphy bought a century-old Irish cinema he visited as a child; his plan could turn it into a community film venue

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Three Indians rescued from attacked cargo ship in Black sea depart for India

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China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over diplomatic ties with Taiwan

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China opens military base at former CIA airfield in Laos

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From fishing nets to grey-zone tactics: Chinese militia boat enter Taiwan's sensitive east coast - report

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K-8 attack jets, military vehicles spotted at new China-Laos air base: Report

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China's Fuman Oilfield, largest desert oilfield, extracts 26.86 million tons of oil and gas from below 6,000 metres; engineers recover 500-million-year-old rock core from record 8,080-metre depth in Xinjiang

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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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No warning before impact: Saudi Arabia's alert system went silent amid Houthi attacks

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Bunkers, handpicked guards: How Saudi Prince MBS moves between palaces amid Houthi threat

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How did Houthi missiles slip past Saudi defences? Riyadh probes deadly airport attack that killed 13

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Hezbollah-linked device explodes in student's bag during Israel school trip, 1 killed

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Saudi Arabia to increase crude exports to 10m barrels per day, examine transport alternatives

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Lebanon PM vows to track down suspects after truck carrying explosives intercepted

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Watch: Tanker off Oman catches fire after drone attack; two of 11 Indians missing

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Watch: New footage shows moment missile hit Riyadh airport; 13 killed, including Indian national

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'Insufficient': Iran refuses Hormuz talks until US meets 7 conditions, rules out negotiations before demands are met

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Saudi Arabia: Fresh Houthi attack on Riyadh airport kills 1; Dammam also targeted

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Hyderabad man among 13 killed in Houthi strike on Saudi airport

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Iran calls US response to seven-day Hormuz proposal 'insufficient'

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Bloodied passengers, panic and screams: Survivors recall Riyadh airport strike

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Iranian protester hanged hours after marrying jailed fiancee over phone in prison ceremony

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'The Fault in Our Stars' author John Green and his family helped fund a Sierra Leone maternity centre; when it opened in February 2026, 27 patients arrived and 13 babies were born in 24 hours

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'Not a single drop': AI data centre boom sparks water protests on Indonesian island

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Japanese World War II destroyer Teruzuki discovered in 2025, 83 years after sinking; the 134-metre wreck lies 800 metres beneath the Pacific

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Antique teddy bear valued at $7,000-$8,000 in 1996 gets a $10,000 updated value in 2026 for its rare white fur and classic features

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A Jordanian princess recognised her custom-made engagement ring on an auction catalogue cover, leading to a court case over jewellery allegedly stolen from her London residence

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Patagonia reported $180 million in payments to its environmental owner since 2022, according to a November 2025 report

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6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off Panama

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In Kenya, engineers added blue-gum wood ash to weak road-base soil; the mix achieved a 348% bearing score, over twice the 160% design requirement

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Archaeologists uncovered a 200-year-old shipwreck buried in Canadian sand dunes; clues point to a vessel lost in 1812

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A cargo ship to Europe, with a spare cabin

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American entrepreneur Jason Lee Beckwith buys abandoned Spanish village Salto de Castro for €310,000 and plans to revive its 44 homes, church, school and bar

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Elton John's foundation reached 523,000 people with HIV services in 68 countries as global funding cuts threatened clinics

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David Beckham's UNICEF 7 Fund supported 406,400 children; its four-country projects reached their final year in 2024

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In 2021, a Brisbane man bought his home; after nine structural defects led to a $500,000 repair estimate, a tribunal revived his warranty claim, though coverage may be capped at $300,000

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In 2012, Taylor Swift pledged $4 million for a Nashville education centre; 14 years later, the space is showcasing artwork by local schoolchildren and artists with developmental disabilities

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In 2022, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively gave $500,000 to Water First; four years later, the Canadian charity's latest graduating class included eight newly certified Indigenous water operators

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Jennifer Garner bought back her family's 55-acre Oklahoma farm in 2017; the land, held by her family since 1936, now inspires her organic children's food business

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For 11 years, Danielle Steel quietly funded a San Francisco homeless outreach team; four trucks carried food, clothing and sleeping bags on rounds designed to support 300 people at a time

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Why Saudi Arabia's $83 billion military fails to deter Houthis despite advanced arsenal

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Jason Mraz bought an old San Diego avocado grove as a retreat in 2004; two decades later it is a 17-acre regenerative farm growing organic avocados, coffee and other crops, with much of its fruit sold locally

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One dead, several injured in roller coaster incident at Georgia theme park in US

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In 2017, a Washington couple bought property with an old wooden tower; after it was replaced by a 120-foot steel tower, they say the utility threatened to cut power unless they signed an easement

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'Stop oligarchy': Bernie Sanders turns Musk's India charge on him, slams $366m Trump push

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In 1992, Tyler Perry put his $12,000 savings into a failed Atlanta play and later spent months living in a car; decades later his $750,000 gift helped pay back taxes for 300+ seniors and freeze taxes for 100 more

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Netanyahu seeks Saudi nod for Israel to join strikes on Houthis: Report

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A pilot project backed by Elton John's foundation helped expand 'opt-out HIV' testing from two London hospitals to 89 emergency departments across England

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Clix vs VicterV controversy: Why Cody Clix accused Papa Vic of 'clipfarming' and ruining his son's reputation

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Reggie's Kai Cenat allegations trigger Tectone's stark warning: 'Someone' needs to check on him

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TikTok star Becca Bloom teases never-before-shared personal stories ahead of January 2027 podcast launch

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A 1930s Patek Philippe watch found in a Cornwall house clearance sold for nearly 12 times its lower estimate

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A London family kept a dirt-covered dish under a sofa for decades; rare Chinese imperial porcelain is estimated at £30,000

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Retired American school buses sell for up to $5,000 before becoming Guatemala's colourful chicken buses, with repairs, religious signs and LED lights

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Selma Blair arrested at JFK, then hospitalized after she attacked flight attendants on a Delta plane

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A 67-year-old Maryland school bus driver was removed from her route after allowing a 10-year-old boy to step off and rescue a kitten; a petition seeking her reinstatement have 800 plus signatures

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In 1990, Matt Roloff and Amy Roloff bought a 16-acre Oregon farm for $185,000, years before 'Little People, Big World'; 36 years later, son Jacob Roloff fears losing his home amid sale plans

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Indian-origin engineering manager says H-1Bs included equal share of Indians and Chinese 10 years ago: They went back to China

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A British editor paid L.S. Lowry just £10 for 'Going to the Mill' in 1926 and kept it in the family for almost a century; 99 years later, the early industrial painting went to auction and sold for £805,200

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Julia Child and her husband built La Pitchoune in Provence in 1963 and used it for nearly three decades; after she gave it up in 1992, the home became a cooking school where guests still cook in her original kitchen

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Florida artists transformed their home into a mosaic wonderland using broken objects, discarded watch parts and computer circuit boards

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A Lincolnshire woman kept a box marked 'broken porcelain' in her attic for more than 20 years and repeatedly wondered what to do with it; the inherited Chinese pieces were finally taken to auction and sold for more than £160,000

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Retired California police sergeant allegedly kills ex-deputy chief wife, daughter before taking his own life

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