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A glacier collapse, flood, now a lake ready to burst: Fresh threat to Nepal

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'Will send Netanyahu to hell': Iran warns of 'confrontation' if US blockade continues

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A Rhode Island woman bought her family's coastal farm in 1908, spent decades painting and birdwatching there, then left the land to become a sanctuary that now protects 300 acres

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World - / Aug 28, 2026 - An Oklahoma woman opened a $1,373 electric bill, including a $598 deposit after late payments - As intense summer heat sweeps through the region, many households are grappling with skyrocketing electricity bills. Raelynn McMurchy's monthly statement doubled, igniting discussions on much-needed policy reforms. Oklahoma's power provider continues to disconnect customers in alarming numbers, leaving local charities to struggle for emergency support. Residents are calling for robust measures to prevent power shutoffs during the scorching months.

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World - / Aug 28, 2026 - An Ohio couple spent 30 years in the country for pieces of an amusement park that closed in 1984 - Completion of the exterior work at Youngstown's Idora Park museum marks a significant milestone, with the Mahoning Valley Historical Society now moving forward into the interior design stage. The museum is dedicated to exhibiting a diverse collection of park artifacts collected through the years. Fundraising initiatives are actively underway to support the project's financial objectives, reinforcing the museum's mission to honor and convey Youngstown's vibrant cultural history.

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Explosive Drone Attack HITS Israel's Lebanon Buffer Zone; IDF Loses Track of Second Aircraft

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'COCAINE KINGPIN DRAGGED TO U.S.!': Todd Blanche Drops Shock Extradition Bombshell; Drug Lord Warned

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'BIG 9/11 TERROR ATTACK': Canada Broadcaster Blasts Trump In LEAKED Memo; Lake Ontario 'RENAMED'

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Russia's Massive 'Precision-Guided Missile' Blitz Hits Key Military Hubs Across Ukraine

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'RFK Jr. Behind Measles Outbreak!': Trump's HHS Chief Caught Lying in Senate; Shock Vaccine Docs

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Chettinad to Molakalmuru: Underrated South Indian sarees rich in heritage

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Friday OTT releases (August 28 2026): 'Babita Singh Reporting', 'Chumbak', 'Part-Timers', 'Dark Matter Season 2', Graveyard Season 3 amd more

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From battling alcohol addiction and depression to drastic weight loss transformation; Ram Kapoor says, 'Was 140 Kilos During Niyat, Couldn't Walk 20 Steps...'

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Madras checks to kimono sleeves: Fashion trends the world rediscovered from Asia

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Polka dots to Gingham: 5 trendy prints taking over fashion this season

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In 2022, researchers found just nine Poweshiek skipperlings in the US; three years later, more than 1,300 were released, and hundreds are now being seen at recovery sites

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Phoenix expanded heat relief in 2026 after dangerous gaps in 2024 pushed the city toward 24/7 cooling and overnight respite

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Death penalty sought for man who killed Indian-origin grocery store owner Suresh Patel in Tennessee; shot Bangladeshi immigrant Shahed Rana Mohsin at a gas station

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America's first MD-granting medical school branch on tribal land will open in Arizona in 2027; 10 students a year will enter a 3-year programme on full tuition scholarships

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In 2020, Albany brought 1,500 feet of Patroon Creek back above ground after decades in a pipe; three of the next five years saw peak flows exceed the old pipe's capacity

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In 2021, Pennsylvania removed a failing 128-year-old dam; beneath the drained reservoir, Sterry Creek's original channel was still intact after more than a century underwater

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Indian-origin grandmother with Green Card allowed to leave ICE detention but her immigration case continues. DHS calls her flight risk

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US man arrested with gun near Trump's LA golf course sent for mental health evaluation

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In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home; 200 years later a young couple saved it from demolition, and today the city's oldest building is marking its 250th birthday

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American eagle vs Canadian goose: How a Goan photographer's US retreat was edited out

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Meet Scott Merrow, the 14-year-old New Hampshire gamer who built a 3D-printed adaptive VR controller after he found he could not grip the standard left-hand controller

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US ICE officer accused of shooting man in Minneapolis released from Texas jail

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Florida couple declared dead in helicopter crash in Kenya; thieves break in their house, steal Porsche, Land Rover in less than 24 hours. Then comes a twist in court

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15 newborns killed in fire at Islamabad hospital's gynaecology ward in Pakistan

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Five labourers gunned down at construction site in Pakistan's Balochistan

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Pakistan army officer pulls gun, fires in air amid student protest at Peshawar university- video

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'CTA intentionally prevented': PTI alleges negligence over Imran Khan's hospital visit

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'You are powerful, but remember 1971?' Pakistani politician takes fresh swipe at Army

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Pakistan: Security official killed by unidentified gunmen; 5 cops injured in separate grenade blast

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09:02 - Destroyed in Operation Sindoor, JeM's Bahawalpur terror base fully operational again

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Pakistan power crisis: Karachi residents riot amid outages lasting hours, block major roads

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'India could use water as weapon': Pakistan minister as Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance

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'In contempt for gathering people': Pak blames ex PM Imran Khan's party for hospital transfer

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Big crisis brewing in Rawalpindi? Pakistan deploys army for 'sensitive duties'

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'Repeatedly tortured': Imran Khan's sister alleges abuse in jail as ex-Pakistan PM returns to prison

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Imran Khan's kin say Pak govt violated court order for not taking ex-PM to private hospital

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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan returns to Adiala Jail after medical examination at Islamabad hospital

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Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan moved to private hospital from prison after SC order

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Red-faced Pakistan summons top diplomat over US envoy Gor's J&K remark in Srinagar

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Glacier sheared off, plunged 1.2km before 'liquid concrete' flood swamped Nepal

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Trump says US ready to help Nepal with 'anything' as 90 Americans remain unaccounted for

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Nepal floods: MEA sets up control room; nearly 200 Indians missing

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Nepal floods: What caused the catastrophe, and what could happen next

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Nepal floods: No contact with 290 Indians in Nepal, another 200 stranded on China side - key points

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'OMG, OMG!' Villagers run for life as flash flood chases them after swallowing bridge - watch video

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Nepal: Video captures moment raging flash flood engulfs entire village

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Nepal floods: Aerial views reveal trail of destruction after powerful surge of ice, mud and boulders

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Before and after: Satellite images show how Nepal's green mountainside turned into debris field

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Meet Neil Gilson, the Devon swimmer who became the first person to swim Switzerland's 10 largest lakes in a gruelling 230-mile challenge

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hit out at Meta after £13 billion child harm settlement, slam 'data-extraction business model': 'The company paid to avoid yet another trial'

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A London apartment burned down in 2024 and left more than 80 people homeless; two years later, one owner says she is still paying the mortgage on a home that no longer exists

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Mystery Iron Age fort in Shropshire excavated after 40 years as archaeologists investigate its strange wetlands, huge earthworks and unexplained causeways

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Cyberattack hits 3 UK airports, data of 8.7m customers leaked; spokesperson says 'no operational disruption'

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From today, households across Great Britain can plug solar panels into a standard socket; 800W kits could supply up to 20% of home electricity use and save £110 a year

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Humans stepped back from this UK dairy farm in 2023; three years later, wildlife returns as 27 more bird species appear and butterfly numbers more than double

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Leeds weather: Overcast skies and 97% humidity expected Tuesday, rain later in week

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Liverpool weather forecast: Heavy rain and cool temperatures expected August 27

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London weather forecast: Heavy rain and cooler temperatures expected Tuesday, August 27

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Manchester weather: Heavy rain expected Tuesday, August 27, with mild temperatures

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Birmingham weather forecast: Heavy rain expected August 27, 2026

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In 1952, one of England's rarest moths was last recorded at a Northumberland estate; more than 70 years later, conservationists returned after the landscape was restored and found a hidden population within 10 minutes

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In 2022, bird flu caused an entire Sandwich tern colony in England to be abandoned; four breeding seasons later, the birds have returned in record numbers, creating one of the country's largest colonies

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Mystery Turkish firm ordered by council to tear down holiday homes built without planning permission after hundreds of trees cut down in 500-year-old woodland, 100 ordered to replace those lost

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In 1902, edible dormice were released at an English estate; by 2018 Britain had an estimated 23,000, and the government now pays £40 per hectare a year to control damage to trees, crops and nesting birds

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Invasive blue crabs cost Italy's shellfish industry tens of millions of euros; scientists release 130,000 octopuses into Adriatic Sea to keep them in check

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In 1921, girl buried 3,500 years ago in Denmark was found with a strange drink, unusual clothes and a child's bones; archaeologists still wonder who she was

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Why did Elon Musk get Ukraine's Order of Freedom honour?

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From Tokyo to London, heatwaves send men to work in shorts

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Russia planning to use nukes? Why CIA chief made 'emergency' visit to Moscow; report

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Scientists found a 4-million-year-old baby tapir in Spain, the most complete juvenile skeleton of its kind ever found in Europe

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Archaeologists found two young horses buried beside a Bronze Age tomb in Germany; the 3,000-year-old ritual may reveal an ancient sacrifice

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Who was aboard mystery US aircraft that landed in Russia? Report reveals

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Archaeologists found a 7,000-year-old pit packed with beaver bones; it reveals how Europe's first farmers used animal fur

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Record heatwaves kill more than 35,000 across Europe, toll expected to rise: Report

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One key opens hundreds of cabins stocked with food across Norway, where no roads, staff or reception exist, only trust

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'UK participating in Ukraine war': What triggered Russia's 'outrageous threat' to Britain

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The Danube has fallen so low that a 1,600-year-old Roman bridge is emerging from the river, revealing a piece of history hidden underwater for centuries

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Hungarian Gripen fighter jet crashes: Pilot ejects safely, probe launched

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Quote of the day by Plato: "Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in..."

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Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season

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Barrier lake near Nepal border could breach in 3 days, China warns as hundreds dead in flash floods

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'Accusation helps nothing': China rejects Nepal's 'dam collapse' claim over floods

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How a family reunion in China ended in a 3-year prison term for artist Gao Zhen

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China warns US of retaliation if Trump's 'Economic D-Day' sanctions hit their Iran oil trade

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Ajit Doval's China visit: NSA, Chinese VP Han Zheng discuss border peace, bilateral ties

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'Did not meet launch conditions': China's unmanned moon mission delayed last minute

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In 1953, a Hong Kong imam brought eight date palms from Mecca; one survived and later officials changed a road route rather than cut it down

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NSA Doval to visit Beijing for 25th round of India-China border talks

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Before Xi-Trump talks, US Navy flies through Taiwan Strait, puts China on notice

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Residents in China found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs

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Qatar PM to visit Tehran as Iran-US tensions persist over Hormuz Strait and sanctions

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Iranian assassination plot against Netanyahu's son Yair foiled in Florida: Report

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Donald Trump sends Saudi civil nuclear deal to Congress, keeps Israel normalisation as condition

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Israeli military sent US universities millions for weapons research: Report

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'Jailed or killed': How Iran is silencing citizens as internal tensions mount

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Iran used mosques to surveil, shoot at January protesters: Report

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US removes Syria from terrorism list after 46 years - what it means for the Middle East country

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Mojtaba Khamenei seen, heard in rare video amid health concerns

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'US not in economic position to further restrict, no one buys their bombast': Iran

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'Must correct its tone': Iran's Pezeshkian warns US against 'coercion and bullying' in Munir meet

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'Iran tried to murder my son': Netanyahu makes big claim against Tehran

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Trump tightens Iran squeeze, hurting China and India in the process

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Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir spoke to Donald Trump ahead of Tehran visit: Report

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Israel accuses Gaza of launching drones, balloons and kites; responds with two airstrikes killing four-year old

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'Entering endgame': US turns to 'economic D-Day' against Iran; Tehran raises Gulf oil blockade threat

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Archaeologists are investigating a 400-year-old Polish grave where a young woman was buried in a way meant to prevent her return

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'I stopped all my internet accounts': 70-year-old Australian man falls in love with six-fingered deepfake, transfers $180,000

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Malaysian university fires professor who claimed Malays could fly; they taught Romans shipbuilding

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Thieves stole 400,000 juvenile oysters worth about $350,000 from an Australian farm; the grower says a third of his stock is gone and the theft has set him back two to three years

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Spanish baby started making abstract drawings at 5 months, had paintings sold in Marbella and set a Guinness record at 10 months

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Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity

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Tourists carved names into around 350 bamboo stalks in Kyoto's Arashiyama grove; the damage cannot be repaired, so officials began cutting bamboo and moving the grove beyond visitors' reach

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Russian military lieutenant colonel killed in St Petersburg car blast, wife injured

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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama sold 1,500 mirrored balls for $2 each at Venice in 1966, decades later one of her paintings fetched $10.5 million

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'Saw several bodies, animals in river': Nepal flood survivors narrate 'earthquake-like' experience

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Quote of the day by Plutarch: "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled"

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Hindu priest arrested in Canada for sexually assaulting woman under guise of healing

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Influencer shot dead in Mexico while livestreaming: Suspect arrested in cartel-hit Sinaloa

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What is Lakshmi maxxing? The new wellness trend drawing on India's ancient traditions is facing backlash; why Indians are questioning it

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A severe drought forced Australian scientists to rescue platypuses and keep them in captivity for five months; after being returned to the wild, they rebuilt their home ranges and resumed normal movements within days

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France heatwave: 10 Nile crocodiles hatch on their own for the first time

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For years, visitors left coins for luck in Giant's Causeway's ancient rocks. Years later, more than 10,000 coins have been removed to protect the World Heritage Site

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A New Zealand sailor spent years living alone on a remote Cook Islands atoll across three separate stays; a year after his final stay ended, Suwarrow was declared a national park

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A Kansas cowboy put 50 wind turbines on his 7,000-acre ranch and turned the wind into his most reliable cash crop, selling electricity to thousands of homes

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A man searching a Polish scrapyard for car parts found an 1,800-year-old Roman-era shield containing cremated human bones

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In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling koala habitat, then planted 44,000 eucalyptus trees and added 1,630 more acres

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A San Francisco woman hires a humanoid robot for $30 an hour to clean her apartment while controlling it remotely from her sofa

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Yellowstone visitors once used Handkerchief Pool like a natural washing machine; after a log stopped its activity in 1926, a 1929 cleanup removed 1.5 bushels of debris, including 100-plus hairpins and a horseshoe

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Donald Trump changes Lake Ontario's name to 'Lake America' amid tensions with Canada

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Texas police officer indicted on 100 felony counts after Flock investigation; records show over 45,000 searches, including nearly 3,500 for one licence plate

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Julian Newman abuse controversy explained as streamer responds after ex-girlfriend's viral videos

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El Rubius GTA 6 controversy explained as streamer hits back at "sellout" accusations over Rockstar collaboration

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Who is Chris Sails? What to know about the YouTuber after unusual incident sparks police search

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Tyler1's pentakill dream collapses twice as MoistCr1TiKaL steals his League of Legends kills and earns a "psycho" reaction

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RANDOM MUSING | How Zohran Mamdani mastered Donald Trump's 'Art of the Deal'

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CaseOh began streaming in 2022 after being laid off from a maintenance job; two years later, he was accepting one of gaming's biggest creator awards

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More than 100 years ago, red mangroves were introduced to Hawaii; now crews are trying to eradicate them from nearly 2 miles of waterways to restore wetlands and protect endangered birds

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A streamer once promised to stay live while people kept subscribing; 31 days later, he finally switched the camera off

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Kai Cenat's morning takes bizarre turn after woman arrives with 2-year-old over paternity claim

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Hegseth asked top US military general to drop Kid Rock helicopter probe before firing him: Report

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Jynxzi spent years streaming Rainbow Six Siege to tiny audiences; then, TikTok clips turned him into Twitch's most subscribed creator

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In 1904, a 1,227-foot Cincinnati railroad warehouse was among the world's longest buildings; 122 years later, 210 feet were removed for a new bridge and its old bricks are being reused

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A Michigan businessman brought nine white-tailed deer to North Manitou Island in 1926; decades later, the artificial herd had grown to an estimated 2,000

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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's US event organiser AHEAD's X account restored after brief suspension

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