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In 1993, Virginia buried 1.7 million discarded tyres beneath a highway near Williamsburg; a decade later, engineers found the road was still performing well

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World - / Sep 16, 2026 - Illinois cornfield transformed into a prairie with 134 species of plants - A 15-year prairie restoration project in Illinois shows significant plant establishment. Seventy percent of planted species were recorded, and many native plants also appeared. Active management, including prescribed burns and weed control, shaped the prairie's development. Different habitats supported varying species success rates over the years. This restoration highlights the resilience and evolving nature of prairie ecosystems.

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World - / Sep 16, 2026 - They spent $300,000. Now they're asked to give up 44 acres - Tyler Chambers embarked on an ambitious journey to construct his dream home in Washington. Investing nearly $300,000 into regulatory requirements and necessary studies, he was soon met with neighbor complaints that triggered additional demands. These included extensive environmental assessments and a permanent conservation deed restriction on two-thirds of his land. Undeterred by the financial and emotional strain, Chambers remains resolute in his quest to build a home.

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Todd Blanche's Sweat Remarks Go Viral; Critics Torch His Press Briefing

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'MQ-9 Hunt Continues!': IRGC Claims 52nd U.S. Reaper Destroyed Over Qeshm Island

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Kash Patel UNLOADS On Booker Over Brutal Alexis Wilkins Questions

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TV NEWS CHOPPER CRASHES Near Deadly Bus Collision; 3 Killed

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BRICS Success Makes U.S. Nervous? House Advances 100% Russia Tariff Shock Against China, India

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DEADLY CRASH ON LIVE TV: NBC NewsChopper4 Crashes In Los Angeles During Accident Coverage

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Autumn 2026 night sky: 5 meteor showers and celestial events for fall stargazing

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Rani Mukerji ditches the glam gown for a classic black saree and lets old-school Bollywood have its moment at Sabyasachi's NYFW show

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10 Indian dishes that were inspired by foreign cuisines

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5 'DETOX' DRINKS THAT COME WITH IMPORTANT CAUTIONS

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5 SIMPLE TIPS TO KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY FROM BATHROOM

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Psychology test: 5 everyday situations that reveal whether you are easy-going or easily annoyed

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'Corrupt', 'dangerous', 'out-of-touch': New poll reveals what US voters think about Trump

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In 2005, New York buried 1.1 million scrap tyres beneath I-87 near Plattsburgh; the discarded rubber helped replace two ageing bridges with a highway

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In 1944, SS John Barry sank carrying 3 million Saudi silver riyals; salvors recovered more than 1 million, a 16-ton haul expected to fetch at least $20 million

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In 2020, a New Orleans project began crushing bottles into sand; six years later, it has diverted 12 million pounds of glass to help rebuild shrinking coastal wetlands

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A teenager who survived childhood cancer started collecting LEGO for the hospital that treated him; his drive has now donated 573 mini-figures and raised $2,575

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9-year-old boy spent his father's $118,000 on YouTube ads promoting his Minecraft and Roblox videos

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In 2007, a New York family's $3 garage-sale bowl became a $2.2M fortune after experts uncovered its 1,000-year-old identity in 2013

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In 2012, bubbles, tremors and a diesel smell appeared in a Louisiana swamp; days later, the ground opened into a lake that eventually covered 37 acres

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In 1980, an 8-year-old found $5,800 of D.B. Cooper's ransom money buried in Columbia River sand; 28 years later, the decayed $20 bills sold for more than $37,000

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A struggling father spent his own money on a stranger's birthday card; the gesture later raised more than $200,000 for his family

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In 2011, a man opened his late great-aunt's Virginia closet and found 345 comics; the collection including Batman comics sold for about $3.5 million

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At 20, a college student became mayor of an Iowa town with just 144 people; she may be America's youngest mayor

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She started raising butterflies at 7; by 16, this Florida girl had tracked birds and found populations rose by up to 159% after habitat restoration, she's now headed to a national magazine

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Pakistan ministers warn of energy crisis; Shehbaz government struggles as fuel prices break records

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'Our father being slowly killed': Imran Khan's sons accuse Pakistan's Asim Munir of vendetta

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Pakistan military jets strike Kalat in fresh Balochistan attacks: Report

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Pak ups reward for Masood Azhar by PKR 20L ahead of FATF meet

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Pakistan weighs austerity measures as US-Iran war drives up fuel prices

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IMF team to visit Pakistan for crucial $7-bn bailout review, next tranche in focus

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Balochistan on edge: BLF claims string of attacks on Pakistani military convoys, camps

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Munir fails Mecca test: Why Pakistan's Field Marshal is not riding to rescue MBS

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Pakistan lists Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as fugitive, hikes bounty ahead of FATF review

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Mecca Pact, but no troops yet: Pakistan expresses 'solidarity' with Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks on kingdom

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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to meet Donald Trump on September 23 during UNGA in New York: Report

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Applied, invested, still outside: Pakistan is still waiting at the Brics door

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Pakistan blinks on Houthis, walks back Saudi defence warning within 24 hours

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Osama bin Laden had Taliban rival assassinated 2 days before 9/11 attack

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BLA claims 52 Pakistani personnel killed in 28 operations across Balochistan

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Pakistan orders medical institutions to expel Afghan students, halt fresh admissions amid Kabul tensions

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UAE cancels visas of thousands of Bangladeshis amid heightened scrutiny

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Bangladesh tribunal sentences seven Awami League members to death over 'July uprising'

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Nepal FM says map including Lipulekh, Kalapani 'is national commitment, not old baggage'

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Row at Dhaka University over photos of Jinnah, Jamaat ex-chief

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Flood-hit Nepal sees child-trafficking risk rise; 102 children in camps without families

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Day after ferry overturns in Java Sea, Indonesia continues search for 129 missing

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PIO missing in Nepal; help denied as he holds Indian passport: UK MP

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Indian academic in UK for 60 yrs missing in Nepal floods; Brit MP says country refused help

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Tech glitch at Adani power unit hits Bangladesh grid

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US volunteers fuel Nepal relief, give 800 litres free

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An ancient British farming craft faded after World War II; now 2,500 farmers want to revive 1,300km of mature hedgerows to help wildlife and reduce flooding

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A 1-foot boundary dispute left a 77-year-old woman with a £113,266 legal bill; court ordered her £420,000 home to be sold

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Oxfordshire weather forecast September 16 2026 sunny intervals mild temperatures

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Cambridgeshire weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected September 16-22

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Lewisham weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected September 16, 2026

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Cardiff weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, rain expected later in the week

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York weather forecast: Sunny intervals with a 40% chance of rain and highs of 17°C

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Belfast weather forecast: Cloudy skies and showers expected today, with a warming trend next week

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Sheffield weather forecast: Light showers expected September 16, with a 90% chance of rain

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Nottingham weather forecast: Cloudy with high chance of rain on September 16, 2026

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Edinburgh weather forecast: Sunny intervals and brisk winds today, 17°C high

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Bristol weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, light rain expected later in the week

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Glasgow weather forecast: Light showers and cool temperatures expected Tuesday

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Newcastle weather forecast: Cloudy skies and light rain expected this week

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Leeds weather today: Sunny intervals expected with highs of 17°C, 40% chance of rain

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Birmingham weather forecast: Light showers and cool temperatures expected September 16

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Kim Kardashian awarded just 1 euro after Paris gunpoint robbery involving jewellery worth over 5.2 million euros

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Did Russia try and take out Zelenskyy? Ukrainian president says Russian drones targeted his jet twice

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A metal detectorist uncovered 4.5 kg of Viking-era silver in Finland; thousands of coins were buried in two birch-bark containers

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UN considers underground aid bunkers in Ukraine as Russian strikes escalate

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Russia backs Trump's energy truce plan with Ukraine, seeks sanctions relief

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Sagrada Familia, world's tallest church, got a 24-tonne 'glue job' to stand tall ahead of its architect's centenary

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Nato jets shoot down drone in Lithuanian airspace after Rutte warns Russia against strikes near alliance territory

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Material found at several sites: Suspected sabotage causes major Dutch rail outage during rush hour

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Athens is transforming its old airport into Europe's second-largest city park, with 70% green cover, on-site wastewater treatment and furniture made from demolished airport concrete and asphalt

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All of Ukraine is a target: Russia on strike near Poland

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Allow Canadians to live and work in Europe without a visa: Mark Carney discusses possibility of closer ties with EU countries amid tensions with US

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy sanctions former press secretary, accuses her of spreading Russian propaganda

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'Protect our children online': Macron urges EU to fast-track social media ban for kids under 15

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Scientists used a microlight aircraft to teach bald ibises a migration route; years later, Europe got its first self-sustaining colony in 400 years

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'Plane started to plummet': Passengers scream as Turkish Airlines flight hits turbulence

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China's porcelain capital is crushing broken ceramics once sent to landfill; the waste is becoming new vases, planters and tableware

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China is digging up a 110-metre-high garbage mountain; the 2.55-million-cubic-metre landfill is being turned into new land

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A Chinese village collected plastic from its mangroves and turned the waste into silk-like scarves for volunteers, linking cleanup with recycling

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Who can China stop from leaving the country? New travel curbs explained

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AI 'fearmongering' will be good for no one: China

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China's spy chief flags AI threat, warns of 'cognitive warfare' & threats to national security

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China hits back at Anthropic's call to restrict its AI, warns against 'fearmongering, vicious competition'

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Watch: China unveils robotic fish modelled on the golden arowana for underwater navigation

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China set to ban drone possession in Beijing from Nov

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10 dead, dozens missing after war-damaged apartment block collapses in Gaza

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'Getting punched in the face': Photos reveal aftermath of Iran strikes on US bases

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Saudi Arabia released 313 desert gazelles; 20 years later, both species had established in a vast protected desert

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'Nauseating lie': Houthis deny targeting Mecca; claim strike on Saudi F-15

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Saudi Arabia issues brief security alerts for Mecca, Jeddah after week of strikes

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'Attempted to steal a sea drone': US military destroys two small Iranian boats

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Saudi Arabia issues brief danger alerts for Mecca, Jeddah, Taif amid Houthi escalation

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Saudi seeks Israel's help as Pakistan keeps troops out of Houthi conflict

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Saudi Arabia reports 110 million tonnes of ore containing uranium and heavy rare earths in Madinah, boosting its nuclear and mining ambitions

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Need alternative LNG routes to bypass Hormuz, says Oman

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Saudi military airbase hit as Houthis launch fresh attacks

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'Vessel attacked by Iran twice': US rejects IRGC claim that Panama-flagged tanker hit naval mine in Hormuz

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'No help whatsoever': Trump seeks reimbursement from nations for securing Strait of Hormuz

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'Spoils of war': Iran says US submarine seized in Hormuz was 'captured, not confiscated'

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Houthi drone attack: Saudi oil stocks could run dry within days if key pipeline remains shut

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'Some regional countries requested': Iran after meeting with Gulf states in Oman postponed

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A lake in Northern Ireland repeatedly appears, floods the road and drains away within hours; no one has fully mapped where the water goes

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In 2013, a contractor bought a crumbling Minnesota home for $10,100, tearing down a wall found a 1938 Superman comic that sold for $175,000

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In 2020, 11 sheep in Brazil ignored ordinary shade cloth and spent 38% of their time beneath solar panels, even though both shelters blocked sunlight

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In December 2019, Australia unveiled a 4-meter underwater statue that glows with real-time ocean temperature data from a Great Barrier Reef monitoring station

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Finland's coast is still rising after the Ice Age; around the Gulf of Bothnia, 1,730 acres emerge each year, but waterfront owners may not own the new land

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Two earthquakes jolt northwest Nepal within three hours; no casualties reported

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Greg Carr helped rebuild Mozambique's Gorongosa after civil war destroyed 90% of its large mammals; 110,513 animals were counted in 2024

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Hanoi house fire: Five killed after blaze breaks out in four-storey building

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South Korea court imposes $32.5m penalty on North Korea; will Pyongyang ever pay?

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Senegal's Faidherbia trees draw water from deep underground; scientists found their roots may help sustain groundwater recharge at 26% of rainfall

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Japan is turning rice-production waste into organic ethanol; the material is being developed for cosmetics and household products

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Meet Enos Mills, the Kansas teenager who built a cabin near Longs Peak at 15 and helped create Rocky Mountain National Park

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Meet Angus Liddell, the Melbourne student who raised nearly $10,000, launched a 10km charity swim and won Young Citizen of the Year

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Brazil SC weighs probe into judge who jailed ex-president Bolsonaro

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Kenya planted Grevillea trees among maize to make farms more productive; long-term research found their roots competed for the same soil water

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Canada will be 'stronger, more resilient, more independent' after US trade war, Mark Carney says

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A 15-year-old started collecting unwanted shoes after school; she has now gathered 1,913 pairs for people in need

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At 22, Jayden Williams became Stockbridge's youngest mayor; 10 months later, the city council removed him after a 10-hour misconduct hearing

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In 2018, Massachusetts removed the first of two old dams from former cranberry bogs; by 2020, 56 acres of wetlands had been rebuilt and 200+ native plant species had

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Video: 3 killed as helicopter crashes while covering bus collision in LA

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'Maybe they'll shoot you': Carney recalls Trump's joke on Canada-US ties

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Meet Benjamin Davis, the 16-year-old Massachusetts student who built a machine that turns 3D-printer waste into reusable filament and won $75,000

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At 84, 'Nan Barb' drives more than 2,000km through remote Western Australia each month delivering donated clothes; now her community is raising money for a truck so she can reach more towns

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Western Australia sank 60 ten-tonne concrete fish boxes across two artificial reefs; three years later more than 60 fish species were recorded, up from about 12

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France planted Douglas-fir forests; scientists later found streams draining the plantations had up to 10 times more nitrate

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A US grandfather planned a $100,000-$150,000 treehouse for his grandkids; it grew into a $325,000 backyard castle with a pirate ship and 200-foot zipline

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In 2021, a British Columbia woman allowed limited tree trimming; neighbours cut far more for a Shuswap Lake view, and a judge ordered them to pay $34,064 in damages

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Penn's Cave opened to visitors in 1885 and has been run by the same Pennsylvania family since 1908; after four generations, its owners want the 1,500-acre property to become a state park rather than be developed

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In 2000, Martha Stewart bought a 152-acre New York farmhouse; 26 years later, the horse farm has 100+ chickens and 11 pheasants after she added 13 chickens and a silver pheasant

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Children in China's Nizhuhe village trekked three hours up and down an 800 metre cliff to go to school; now two elevators and a cable car ride have reduced the journey to half hour

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Meet Samuel Henderson, the 12-year-old who can mimic more than 100 bird calls and is now going viral for his unusual talent

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Meet Tanishka Aglave, the 17-year-old Valrico, Florida student who built a curry leaf treatment, steam system and AI tool to fight citrus greening; she won $50,000

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Will Smith's iconic 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' mansion returns to market with a 25% price cut; famous TV home now listed at $22.95 million and could be demolished

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Manchester weather forecast: Light showers and cool temperatures expected today, September 16

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected September 16, 2026

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, mixed conditions ahead

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How FBI busted Russian plot to kill US-based dissident, target Ukraine supporters

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Meet Austin Jin, the 16-year-old Great Neck, New York student who built a CRISPR blood test to detect tuberculosis and drug resistance; he won $50,000

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