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World - / Oct 4, 2026 - Green Card holder's mother denied B1/B2 visa to attend housewarming ceremony: They did not ask for any documents - An Indian woman with US Green Card shared the experience of a B1/B2 visa interview at Mumbai Consulate attended by her mother which ended in a flat refusal. As the woman shared her mother's interview experience seeking advice on what they did wrong

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World - / Oct 4, 2026 - Indian man arrested and charged in California for drunk driving, running over a woman and then fleeing the scene - A 31-year-old Indian man has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after he ran over and killed a woman and then fled the scene. Fresno County man Sunil appeared in the court on Friday on multiple felony charges in

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In 2019, Maryland used 60,000 cubic yards of dredged sediment to rebuild 12 acres of eroding Swan Island, followed by 200,000 plants

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In 1834, the O'Connor family's Texas ranching legacy began; 191 years later, an $8.863 million deal protected 6,409 acres of coastal prairie while keeping it a working cattle ranch

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At 6, Los Angeles boy Dylan Siegel wrote Chocolate Bar to help his best friend Jonah, who had a rare liver disorder; two years later, the book had raised $1 million for research into the disease

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An Iowa family lived on and worked its farmland for 84 years as Tom Woods gradually expanded the operation; now 1,209 acres are being split into 13 tracts and auctioned, ending a family land chapter

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Michigan farmers created a wind lease where even landowners without turbines could get paid; some received $1,000 per acre a year

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In 1996, Indiana turned foundry waste sand into a 275-metre highway embankment; Purdue later found the material worked successfully as full-scale road fill

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Four North Carolina homes damaged by Helene were repaired with owners' money and volunteer help; two years later, FEMA buyouts mean the livable houses will be demolished and returned to green space

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In 2013, Indianapolis spent $14 million turning a $1 abandoned baseball stadium into 138 apartments, keeping the old grandstand as residents' view

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In the 1950s, immigrant tenants in Boston's West End resisted redevelopment that levelled nearly every neighbouring brownstone; a tiny building in the North Station project area became the area's last tenement

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In England, a retired teacher spent decades filling his one-bedroom flat with handmade miniature towns, barns and memory boxes built from his travels with his wife

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India slams Pakistan at UN, says 'so-called' civilian governments serve at army's mercy

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Pakistan kills 5 TTP militants as violence escalates on Afghanistan border

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Pakistan forces kill 7 TTP militants in North Waziristan amid rising violence along Afghan border

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BLF's newly-formed female unit 'KAAD' attacks military convoy in Balochistan; claims nine killed

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'Technical issue': Pakistan blocks airspace for Russian flight carrying uranium for Bangladesh nuclear plant

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'Took mobile phones, cash': Karachi football team robbed at gunpoint on Balochistan highway

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Child, forced marriages of minority girls in Pakistan flagged at UN event

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At least 13 dead in suicide bomb blast near police post in northwestern Pakistan

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Bangladesh extends official Durga Puja holidays to 3 days, steps up security

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Nepal avalanche kills 15 workers at Himlung Himal camp, one still missing

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5.44 magnitude earthquake jolts Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region

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Hasina: Restore democratic rights, rule of law in Bangladesh

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Indonesia demolishes luxury prison for favoured inmates

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Nepal rains: 27 killed in rain-induced disasters, authorities say

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'Technical issue': Pakistan blocks airspace for Russian flight carrying uranium for Bangladesh nuclear plant

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Malaysia sends 1,476 Myanmar nationals home despite UN warnings over safety

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Watch: Government building collapses into river as heavy rains trigger fresh landslide in Nepal

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UK-Iranian man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford terror plot released on bail

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'No formal apology': Buckingham Palace says King Charles will only reflect on slave trade

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In 2002, British choirs began singing to raise money for clean water; this year, the project marks its 25th year and has raised nearly £1.4 million

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Two Iranians in UK charged over terror plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community

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Shannon Burns could claim £76 million from Gitpod after disability discrimination win; tribunal allows former VP to pursue one of UK's biggest employment compensation claims

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A grand London mansion hid a secret WWII listening post; more than 70 years later, its hidden basement is now a museum

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In WWII, one Scottish island became a secret British bioweapon site and stayed toxic for nearly 50 years; now it's safe to visit

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In 2021, a former RAF site in Oxfordshire became 187 homes, with 160 made from old barracks, mess halls and stores once built for military life

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A 2-km stretch of British coast was once a golf course; its fairways are now wetlands where birds are nesting

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A soldier gave these bean seeds to a family after serving in WWII; 80 years later, the same variety is entering Britain's heritage seed collection

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A Milton Keynes family spent years limiting heating; 17 solar panels, a battery and heat pump now give them five years of zero energy bills

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Mum's £217,000 dream home became a four-year 'nightmare' after neighbour demolished half of her Leeds semi-detached house, leaving her £80,000-renovated property exposed to rain, damp, mould and vermin

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UK-Iranian man arrested with link to security incident at US-run RAF Fairford base in England

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Dubai-London Emirates flight diverted to Frankfurt after passenger's medical emergency

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US filmmaker Hopwood DePree loses High Court battle against council over ancestral 60-room mansion; after securing Hopwood Hall for £1, he spent £750,000 restoring it before being locked out in 2024

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Zelensky claims Ukraine 'de-occupied' around 140 kilometres of territory from Russia, hurled 42,000 casualties a month

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Mother's £1 million home went to the daughter who cared for her; three brothers challenged the will years later

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In 1583, stone from a ruined Welsh castle was used to build this mansion; 400 years later, a couple bought it for £750,000 and restored it

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'Mortal danger': Russia warns diplomats to leave Kyiv as fresh strikes kill 6 across Ukraine

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Spain bar collapses: 11 injured after building traps 25-30 people inside

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Russia escalates Ukraine infrastructure attacks, strikes second Kyiv bridge in days

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In 1945, a British submarine sank Nazi U-864 off Norway; 81 years later, authorities recovered 22 mercury containers from a wreck believed to have carried as much as 67 tons of mercury

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Lithuania airport shut, Nato jets scramble as 'drone spotted' along Belarus border

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Munich Oktoberfest ride gives women free shorts amid thousands of upskirting videos

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AI sings Russia's war story: Inside the rise of generative songs about Ukraine conflict

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Paris Pont Neuf cave: How French street artist JR turned the oldest bridge in Paris into a giant walk-through art installation

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Mexico to propose bill to restrict violent social media content after school attack

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France paid people to kill Mediterranean dolphins in 1865 to protect fisheries; a study calls it the first recorded dolphin bounty

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Why Kaliningrad matters to Putin: The Suwałki Gap vulnerability, Kremlin's nuclear threat and India link

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Italy's underwater marble sculptures were built as art; a study finds they are becoming small artificial reef habitats

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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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Chinese hackers impersonate ex-White House official to target US AI experts, steal emails: Report

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Chinese AI agents display 'concerning' behaviour in safety tests, mirroring US systems

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Section of China's Great Wall damaged by two decades of illegal coal slag dumping

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In 1999, Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky donated $5,000 to farmer Yin Yuzhen to fund her tree-planting efforts in Inner Mongolia; 27 years later, his contribution helped transform China's Maowusu Desert into a forest of 50,000 trees

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Co-pilot attacked Indian captain with crash axe: UAE on flydubai 'terrorist attack'

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Israel elections, West Asia wars & Bibi's last gambit

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Why 2 flydubai pilots were sitting among passengers when captain was stabbed

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The vetting gap: How an Omani flagged for extremism ended up piloting a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai jet

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Security lapse Israel overlooked? Over 12 Omani pilots flew to Tel Aviv despite ban

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Posted about niqab, 'ruined women': Omani co-pilot's social media trail reveals radical ideology

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Gaza war could have ended a year earlier, says ex Israeli hostage negotiator

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Flydubai attack: Co-pilot identified as Hamam Alhamami was barred from flying in Oman over 'extremist views'

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5 Indian seafarers safely rescued after Kuwait-flagged tanker struck by projectile in Strait of Hormuz

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Israeli investigators to question Omani co-pilot in UAE-led flydubai probe: Report

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'Very heavy price': Netanyahu warns of retaliation if flydubai co-pilot was acting on orders

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'Will discuss political engagement with Houthis': Pakistan reveals agenda of emergency Mecca pact meet

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'Terrorist act': UAE official on flydubai attack, praises India pilot Smit Machchhar

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Can Jared Kushner broker Gaza peace while investing in Israel? His billion-dollar ties face scrutiny

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'He made a mistake but can't admit it': Russia's ex-PM says Putin 'not ready' to end Ukraine war

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A 2,000-year-old water channel still flows beneath Smyrna after surviving earthquakes and now irrigates parks in Izmir

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Queensland dairy farmer Libby Rough opened just four campsites after drought forced her family to sell 40 cows; by January 2022, the riverside pitches had brought in more than A$50,000

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In 2017, Cape Town turned 42 abandoned grain-silo tubes into a major African art museum and added a 28-room hotel above the old concrete structure

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Launched in 2020, Minecraft's Uncensored Library held around 300 books; RSF continues adding censored journalism

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Canada's largest gold heist of 2023: 'Fugitive' Simran Preet Panesar can't leave India; 'If he's hiding, he's hiding in plain daylight'

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An Italian family settled in America in the early 1900s; generations later, their family pepper still features in traditional recipes

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Brazilian DJ Alok has helped restore 3 million sq m of native forest across Brazil; 400,000 seedlings have been planted

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A shopper paid just C$5 for a painting at a Canadian donation centre in 2020; experts identified it as a David Bowie original, and it sold for C$108,120 at auction the following year

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Eight rope bridges over an Amazon road recorded 15,000 wildlife crossings in Brazil; not a single roadkill was recorded

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In the 1970s, an Italian priest sold 12,000 piranhas to Europe; 55 years later, his proceeds have funded 350m bridges and an 800m airstrip on a remote Brazilian island

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An Australian council hired specialists to search two remote cemeteries for lost graves; the project has now located 658 unmarked burials, with 338 at White Cliffs and 320 at Menindee

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In 1902, Hanoi paid people for rat tails to fight plague; more than 55 million tails were collected, but the rats were still alive

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African Parks spent 20 years testing conservation in Malawi; its new model now covers 1.37 million hectares across three African parks

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In 1916, the US began releasing Asian lady beetles to control aphids and scale insects; decades later Harmonia axyridis became invasive and was linked to declines of native ladybirds

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A Florida owner planned 52 ten-acre homesites across his 625-acre cattle ranch if the county would not buy it; after two years of talks, officials agreed to pay $7.8 million and stop the development

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In 2022, loggers working for neighbours crossed onto a Mississippi couple's land and cut 1,299 trees; their handwritten tally helped secure a $41,920 award later upheld on appeal

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A Maryland homeowner received an unsolicited $234,368.25 check tied to an offer for her property; a state law that took effect on October 1 now bans sending such checks with unsolicited purchase offers

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A Texas family has owned a 650-acre Lake Palestine ranch since 1940 and used it for its pecan business; 86 years later, a $10 million deal will turn the property into a new state park

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Indian man with US Green Card challenges his immigration detention; DHS reveals his criminal record in court

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In 2015, Utah man Cory Mohl began building a backyard railroad; after 40,000 pounds of gravel and hundreds of hours, neighbours were riding it and he expected a final cost near $18,000

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In the 1970s, Newark Airport buried coal fly ash beneath runways built for jumbo jets; more than 20 years later, FHWA said the pavement was still performing well

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Illinois farmer John Dollinger's family hosted 10 wind turbines across 800 acres; payments began at $10,000 per turbine a year and, by 2025, had risen to about $120,000 annually across the farm

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A Cleveland factory once belonged to America's largest gasoline-car maker and faced demolition this year; a developer has now bought the 7.3-acre, 260,000-sq-ft complex for $300,000 and plans to reuse it

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Wisconsin diver Mark Schachtner was searching Pewaukee Lake for old bottles when he spotted a 17-foot canoe 15 feet underwater; radiocarbon dating has now confirmed it is about 1,000 years old

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In 2013, Rob Scheer began packing backpacks at his dining table after recalling carrying his belongings in trash bags as a foster child; his charity has distributed 300,000+ backpacks

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'Highest degree of courage': UAE's deputy PM meets flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar

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In 1988, Fess Parker bought a 714-acre California ranch; decades later, the family venture spans vineyards, Wagyu cattle and hospitality, with his children and grandchildren carrying on the business

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MrBeast joins Shark Tank deal for AI-powered Ball 2 after admitting the $69 toy took him back to childhood

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In California, an architect spent 27 years turning his backyard into a miniature Disneyland with a working skyway, castle and railroad then opened it free to visitors

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A 1987 Buick GNX, No. 450 of just 547 built for a single model year, sold for $200,000 with 26 miles in 2024; two years and only 4 miles later, the 30-mile car sold again for $427,000

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In 2024, eight watches once owned by Michael Schumacher sold for about CHF 4m; the rarest Ferrari-linked watch reached CHF 1.497m

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A Vietnamese immigrant bought a 23,200-sq-ft White House replica in Georgia; the $35 million mansion has its own Oval Office

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St. Louis man Michael Goessling was adopted nearly 60 years ago; after an unknown half-brother took a 23andMe test, he learned five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald was his biological father

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A Florida sea captain spent 3 years searching for a Scottish castle; he bought one built after a family feud and said to be haunted

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California tech company owner arrested over alleged $300 million China chip-smuggling scheme

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New York men cut 4 trees on neighbour's land after being warned about property line, then face $35,000 court award

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At age 6, Ohio girl Payton Obert raised $768 at one lemonade stand to buy toys for hospital patients; eight years later, her nonprofit had raised more than $5 million in money and donated goods

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After 40 years as one of the Great Lakes' most degraded sites, Muskegon Lake had 347,350 tons of debris and 190,000 tons of contaminated soil removed

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