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World - / Oct 26, 2026 - Meet Siddharth Vikram, the eighth grader who turned his brother's car accident into an idea for... Siddharth Vikram has crafted ReHappy, a groundbreaking app that turns the monotony of physical therapy into exciting game-based challenges for young patients. Inspired by his brother's recovery journey, Siddharth's initiative aims to make rehabilitation fun and engaging. Earning a $25,000 prize in a national competition has propelled his vision forward, and he is now seeking technical guidance to refine the app's clinical application and features for youth rehabilitation.

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From entering as a 'Common Man' to getting evicted despite having the pass: A look at Shama's journey in Bigg Boss Tamil 10

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Florida python hunter captures 18-foot invasive python in Puerto Rico after it strangled a pet cat, setting a local live-capture record

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A Georgia county rejected a 700-acre data-centre campus for the second time in seven months; the proposal covered 4.4 million square feet

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In 1985, more than 40 music stars recorded "We Are the World"; proceeds from the charity single helped raise over $100 million for humanitarian work

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Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola and her family were hurt in a weekend car crash; an eight-stop Senate campaign tour is delayed days before the November 3 election

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World - / Oct 26, 2026 - New Jersey teen earns rare ROTC award after rescuing two crash victims with parents - Heroism sometimes begins with a simple decision: to stop when others might keep moving. For Joshua Haddad, a New Jersey teenager returning home from church with his family, that moment came beside a wrecked vehicle on a South Jersey road. Two people

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Bengaluru's fresh flyover tenders cover six elevated corridor and grade separator projects worth Rs 1,640.3 crore, following the cancellation of nine earlier tenders; here's what to know about project costs, timelines and resident opposition

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Arizona officials sued after 25 US citizens were wrongly flagged as possible noncitizens and blocked from voting; following court-ordered mediation, their voting access was restored days before the November 3 midterms

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Kentucky orchestra has secured $3.2 million to continue its statewide music tour through 2028 after reaching more than 59,000 people across 55 counties

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Meet Sophia Fan, the 17-year-old Maryland student who found forgotten books under her stairs and turned the idea into a nonprofit that has distributed more than 7,000 books in four years across the US and abroad

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In 2018, a company sought to mine gravel on 27 acres in Alaska, but neighbours warned the bowl-shaped land would amplify noise; after years of hearings, the state Supreme Court upheld the decision blocking the mine

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A New Jersey developer filed a $300 million lawsuit after a township moved to block AI data centres; the dispute began with plans for two warehouses

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A Maine homeowner bought land in front of his neighbour's cottage and sued him for trespassing; court upheld the neighbour's right to reach the beach

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After a judge ruled that Trump's name was illegally added to Washington's Kennedy Center, a lawmaker has sought nearly 200 withheld text messages as a court battle over the landmark's planned closure continues

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Ford Foundation is making its biggest strategic shift since 2015, with 7 priorities reshaping its $18 billion funding strategy and $700 million in grants expected in 2027

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In 2020, a California homeowner sought permission to build a second living unit on his property; he says city delays lasted over three years and cost him more than $1 million, and an appeals court has revived his lawsuit

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A Florida homeowner's house went through foreclosure after he received notice of the trial only after it had finished; on October 23, an appeals court overturned the judgment, ordering a new trial

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Is Nicki Minaj new White House press secretary? Rumours fly as rapper accompanies Trump on Air Force One

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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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Pakistan to chair IMF, World Bank boards in 2027; first time in over 70 years

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Pakistan ranks lowest in South Asia on hunger index amid rising food prices

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33 children, teacher killed as school roof collapses in Pakistan's Peshawar

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Pakistan regulator warns TV channels against live coverage of blasts and terror attacks

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Afghanistan hit by 5.5 magnitude earthquake

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Were they beheaded? Did they get lawyers? Bangladesh seeks answers from Saudi Arabia over execution of 'couple'

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In first-ever climate crisis amends, Nepal to get $21.6 million

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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes Myanmar, no injuries reported

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16 killed, 32 injured in magnitude 7 earthquake in Tibet; rescue operations under way

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In Pakistan, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu calls for early Saarc summit

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Stranded Iranian tankers, American pressure: Why Sri Lanka faces a difficult choice

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Nepal slope shifted 40cm over 48 days before deadly flood

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Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman warns of unrest bid by '2 united parties'

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Names on Saudi prison list, death sentences missing: Bangladesh furious over executions of two citizens

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At 17, British student Max Budgen drew 1,300 flipbook pages in over 3 weeks, pushing past boredom at page 500 to set a Guinness World Record

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An Irish father's 18-carat wedding ring slipped off in an Italian stream; three strangers searched for three days, found it in the riverbed and flew to Ireland to return it to its owner

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Shut since 1943, this hidden Natural History Museum gallery in London is open again with a 400,000-year-old handaxe and a 1980s Star Wars toy encrusted with marine life

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'We want justice, not a parade': Caribbean seeks reparations for 'role in slave trade'

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An autistic 23-year-old went to his first music festival alone; strangers who welcomed him into their camp helped his story reach Boomtown Fair, which invited him to perform a DJ set in 2027

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In 2022, an Indian woman moved to Ireland to study at Trinity College Dublin; four years later, now 25, she is using her real deportation notice in a comedy act after visa delays cost her a job

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In the late 1960s, artist John Craxton bought a chandelier from a London antiques shop for £250 after recognising Giacometti's work; decades later, it sold for £2.922 million at Christie's

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In 1973, George Harrison donated the royalties from Living in the Material World to his foundation forever; 51 years later, it recorded £573,221 in charitable spending during 2024 alone

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In 2026, Tammy Hine moved 760 miles to become Fair Isle's only nurse; bad weather delayed her arrival by three weeks, and she brought about 150 dresses she says she can't wear

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London couple's kombucha brand MOMO moves into a 16,000-square-foot brewery, aiming to increase production from 60,000 to 300,000 bottles a week

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In 1961, a Joan Eardley painting left a Scottish gallery and vanished into private hands; 64 years later, it surfaced in an English charity shop, before selling for £29,500 in 2026 to fund medical research

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Ralph Vaughan Williams' music royalties are funding a new generation of composers; four postgraduate students received £8,000 scholarships each in 2026

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A Scottish couple turned their home into a hedgehog hospital; by 2025, they had treated more than 622 hedgehogs

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Princess's gambit: At 11, Bodhana Sivanandan is an international master

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British woman dies trying to rescue sons swept away by strong current while snorkelling in Bahamas

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A former Starbucks franchise boss built a tennis court on agricultural land in Hampshire; after years of objections, an inspector upheld enforcement action and gave him six months to remove the unauthorised works

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Edinburgh rejected a 212MW data centre planned with a public park and sports facilities; Scottish Ministers have recalled the appeal amid new scrutiny of large data centres

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In 1979, ABBA gave UNICEF the royalties from Chiquitita; 45 years later, the song had raised more than $5 million to help protect vulnerable children from violence, abuse and exploitation worldwide

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1,300+ protesters held across France, 53 cops hurt, government begins probe

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'People have won': Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to student-led oppn in major political shift

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Elon vs Kyiv: Ukraine hits back at Musk's claim over civilian Starlink use for offensive strikes

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'A defeat for the Republic': How October 17 protest fiasco shaped France's security strategy

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'Can't use it to kill people': Musk admits restricting Starlink in Ukraine

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Europe Spring? Protests engulf continent as people take to streets in France, Albania, Italy, Spain, Portugal

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Watch: Protesters launch fireworks at police as fiery clashes take place in Albania

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'To kill people': Musk accuses Ukraine military of misusing Starlink for drone strikes

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Protests sweep France, Spain as masked mobs loot shops, clash with cops; 1,100 held

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A Czech man found a stone in his garden in 2007; archaeologists later identified it as a 3,350-year-old Bronze Age spearhead mould

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Mona Lisa may have had alopecia, dermatologist claims; study explains why her eyebrows and eyelashes are missing

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Ukraine targets Russian petrochemical plant, warehouse; Moscow strikes kill 3

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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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China says US ship jeopardised maritime security near disputed Sabina Shoal

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China's economy gains pace on exports as domestic demand falters

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China's ageing crisis: Beijing to become 'super-aged' city by 2035

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Ghost of Yom Kippur War returns as Israel drills for surprise attack amid Iran tensions

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'Matter of when, not if': US ready to hit Iran within 96 hours of Trump's nod

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'No Iran attack planned before vote': Israel defence minister rejects Netanyahu-army chief rift reports

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Storm before Israel polls: Katz reacts to 'Netanyahu-IDF rift' over Iran strike plans

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October records highest number of ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz

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Saudi, Pak and Turkish officials to hold joint meeting in Tehran; discuss regional security

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Jordan arrests 3 suspects in church attack that killed 9, wounded 40

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Saudi Arabia's Singapore plan: Riyadh eyes oil storage hub from 2027 amid Hormuz disruption

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'Physically impossible': Ukraine hits back at Musk over Starlink restrictions, disputes offensive drone strike claim

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Riyadh airport partially reopens: Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi ballistic missile, drones

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Saudi's Riyadh airport reopens despite renewed Houthi threats

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'Don't test us:' Bibi warns Iran against election disruption

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Iranians fear possible return to war as US, Israeli polls approach

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Trump gears up for Iran escalation after US polls

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Fake papers & trade contracts: How Myanmar dodged US sanctions to get Iranian jet fuel - report

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In 1974, just four Mauritius kestrels remained in the wild; then Carl Jones brought the bird back from the brink of extinction, with numbers reaching around 600

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A cat vanished after her family's car crashed in 2020; six years later, one tiny microchip brought her home

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Former Japan PM Yasuo Fukuda, the country's first second-generation leader, dies at 90

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'Lula would strengthen Brazil's commitment to multipolarity': Shashi Tharoor

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Leafy spurge may have arrived in North America through a Massachusetts ballast dump in 1827; contaminated crop seeds later helped the invasive plant spread across the US and Canada

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Five economic challenges ahead as Brazil's Lula da Silva wins fourth term, defeats Flávio Bolsonaro

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'Brazil is no one's backyard': Lula's jibe at US after winning fourth presidential term

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Sri Lanka gives medical aid to stranded Iranian sailors

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Crowded House singer Neil Finn paid a reported NZ$4.2 million for Auckland's Edinburgh Castle pub; he plans to turn it into a wellness retreat

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Brazil's Lula wins re-election, defeating Trump ally Bolsonaro

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'I am here. With you': Nobel laureate, Venezuela opposition leader Machado returns after nearly a year in exile

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In 2025, Lee and Don Cameron took a 12-month job as Low Isles' live-in caretakers; their 7-day weeks start before 6 a.m. amid thousands of noisy birds

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"I think some people will be saved by this": How YOSHIKI turned his crystal piano into 40 million yen ($270,000) for Japan's earthquake victims

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In 1982, a Minnesota farmer wrote a will leaving his 300-acre farm to his son after his wife's lifetime; a different 1989 will later emerged, and a 2026 appeals court reversed the reopening of his estate

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Neighbours fought over a 65-year-old fence in Kansas; court ruled that the surveyed property line mattered more than the fence

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A Wisconsin dairy farmer sprained his ankle and began sculpting; 15 years later, Nick Engelbert had transformed his farmhouse into Grandview, with over 40 statues and colourful decorations

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An Illinois mansion had $8.75 million in insurance coverage after a fire, but its owner received just $25,000 for most contents used in a wedding and lodging business

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Hannah Jeter grew up on a three-mile-wide Caribbean island, played on the national tennis circuit and was discovered as a model at 14

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Trump's 250-foot Washington triumphal arch could begin construction Nov. 5; three veterans and an architectural historian have asked a federal judge to stop work without congressional approval

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In 2019, South Korean boy Leo Park began posting detailed drawings of buildings online; seven years later, at 16, his freehand art fills a 30-city British colouring book and has attracted over 500,000 followers

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An 80-ton boulder that had hung above visitors at New Hampshire's Polar Caves since the park opened in 1922 collapsed on the final day of the 2026 season, smashing a walkway but injuring no one

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Protesters dragged, knocked down: French police charges right into crowd; watch

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'Gotta stop killing them to know who we're dealing with': Trump says top Iranian leaders gone

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Can the man Trump called a 'jihadist' become America's first Muslim senator?

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An Alabama father and daughter warned their insurer they feared the other might burn their $500,000 home; it went up in flames a few weeks later

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"Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to...": Elon Musk's proposed $10.6 billion giveaway could reach 72 million young people in America; but who will qualify

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