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Oregon school shooting: Meet Kaylub Giamanco, 36-year-old carpenter and father of two hailed as hero after stopping deadly attack at Silver Rail Elementary School

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After his infant daughter underwent heart surgery in 1996, Sylvester Stallone donated $200,000 to help other children with heart defects

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In 1899, Indianapolis built a dam to create a boating lake on the White River; 127 years later, crews are removing it after the structure altered more than four miles of river and blocked aquatic wildlife

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Car registered to teen who planned mass shooting at Aurora was at the parking lot of Hindu temple; Balaji temple issues statement

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Vote for education, development in Council polls: Rajeshwar

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148 of 150 construction works at Ram temple completed

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World - / Oct 17, 2026 - California land trust sues to block roads across a 402-acre preserve saved from housing development - In a bid to protect the Clover Valley nature preserve, Placer Land Trust has initiated a lawsuit to block infrastructure development attempts. Established four years ago, this cherished area has faced housing pressures in the past. It comprises ancient oak forests, wetlands, and vital archaeological sites. The conservation easement was created to enforce permanent protection, and the legal proceedings will reinforce this against any existing development rights.

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World - / Oct 17, 2026 - Edinburgh's historic Palm Houses reopen after a £23.5m restoration replaced 5,750 panes of glass - The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's Palm Houses have undergone extensive restorations costing £23.5 million over the past five years. Researchers carefully replaced all 5,750 glass panes to ensure they withstand harsh weather conditions. Following this work, nearly 600 rare plant specimens have been replanted in the glasshouses. The restoration enables continued conservation, education, and scientific discovery efforts related to endangered flora.

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'NEED MORE MONEY!' Zelensky Again 'BEGS' EU For Billions To Keep Fighting Putin's Army

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BREAKING: Trump DUMPS New Press Secy Katie Zacharia In Just 5 Days After WH Briefing Disaster

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From Rachitha Mahalakshmi to Pragathi Guruprad: Tamil actresses who moved beyond television and made it big in films

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Five women in Trump's world who made headlines in last 15 days: Katie Zacharia overtakes Anthony Scaramucci in record of shortest tenure

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Don't tinker with any documents, never alter or backdate: Immigration expert's warnings to H-1B applicants in India

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Miami high school senior chased a thief after hearing a woman scream; despite being pepper-sprayed, he tackled and restrained the suspect; police have now honoured him with the title 'Spider-Man of Brickell'

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A Texas courthouse built in 1914 has sat empty since 1977 as reuse plans failed and renovation estimates reached $120 million; the county has now awarded a $1.3 million demolition contract

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In 1901, Ocracoke opened a two-story island inn; after a $750,000 community purchase, hurricane delays and eight years of restoration, the raised building has passed final inspection as a public cultural center

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Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia 'let go' five days into new job

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US reports 4,410 measles cases in 2026; Pennsylvania emerges as latest hotspot: CDC report

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'American workers should come first in their own country': Republicans bring new bill to make H-1B visa salary threshold $140,000

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'You don't have to do this': Donald Trump tells new press secretary Katie Zacharia she can quit if she wants

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A US Army soldier was off duty near Fort Bragg when he heard gunshots, found a wounded man and used a tourniquet, pressure dressing and chest seal; two weeks later, he received the Army Commendation Medal

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'There was no vessel': US Coast Guard rescues at least 16 people from Pacific Ocean off Mexico's coast

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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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Why Asim Munir's plan to 'split' up Pakistan may spell the end of civilian govt

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Pak police fire tear gas, live rounds at protesters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 50 detained

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What is causing the haze in Southeast Asia? Key facts explained

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'Deep sense of insecurity': Sheikh Hasina flags minority safety in Bangladesh

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Nepal PM Balendra Shah likely to visit India in November-end; what's on agenda

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'Ties can't hinge on one individual': Hasina criticises Bangladesh's Brics boycott

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Yunus called 'terrorist' by Awami backers at US airport

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'Suspended over repeated violations': Taliban takes BBC radio services off air in Afghanistan

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'Massive rock avalanche likely caused Nepal flood'

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

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

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

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Indian man sentenced to life in jail for murder of Chinese woman he met at brothel in UK

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UK hospital team travelled 180 miles by kayak, bicycle and on foot in six days; the challenge raised £660,000 for children's spinal imaging

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Indian-origin Met Police officer charged with attempted rape, sexual assault in London

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A 500-year-old Suffolk pub was partly destroyed by fire in 2013; 450 community shareholders helped raise over £400,000 to bring it back

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Ricky Hatton's £40 million net worth questioned after death; parents Ray and Carol, son Campbell seek answers; £18.7 million in company funds, 20 firms and children's inheritance under scrutiny amid no will

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Henry Nowak murder case: Sikh man's mother may be released early under new UK prison rules

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A shopper paid just £1 at a UK car boot sale for a 1953 first-edition Casino Royale in its original dust jacket; after experts recognised the rare James Bond book, it sold at auction for £10,000

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Indian student Deepak Sandhu convicted of murdering woman at London Airbnb after she confronted him over stolen £500

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At 11, Aneeshwar Kunchala is set to receive the Junior Jane Goodall Earth Medal for his wildlife-conservation work; he began campaigning against plastic pollution at four

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A UK collector paid £20 for a box of comics at a car boot sale and left it in his loft; years later, 47 rare Superman issues inside sold for £63,440

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UK dad spent £80,000 building an 80-square-metre tropical garden hideout with an 8,000-litre fish tank, 14 koi fish and 15 geckos

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England transformed an unused wastewater tank into a floating wetland with 3,296 plants, while scientists prepare to test its water-cleaning ability

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British Bangladeshi civil servant 'fraudulently juggled five full-time jobs', court hears

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A UK man collected more than £10,000 through fake GoFundMe and JustGiving appeals by pretending to be a grieving single father; sentenced for 12 weeks after pleading guilty in court

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Migrants taking four in five new jobs in Britain

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Pope Leo urges Putin to allow humanitarian aid into Russian-occupied Ukrainian town

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Russia strikes 9 Ukrainian regions as new report shows spike in civilian casualties

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Russia building 'security zone' in Ukraine that won't be part of future peace talks: Putin

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'Cash will start flowing back': Zelenskyy slams Trump's diesel deal, says will help fund Putin's war in Ukraine

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'Steady improvement in condition': Vatican releases first pictures of Pope Leo XIV after lung surgery

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Russian officer helped Ukraine kill over 300 troops by leaking military secrets: Report

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UN warns Russian attacks and winter hardship could displace more Ukrainians

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Thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth $5.8 million from an Italian winery, using its own forklifts to load the loot onto two trucks

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Starlink disruption exposes Ukraine's reliance on US tech, Europe admits 'can't replace capability'

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Trump calls Ukraine attack on Russian oil refineries 'a disgrace', irks Zelenskyy

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Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

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France protests flare as PM accuses radical left of exploiting unrest ahead of elections

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'We're done': Zelenskyy defies Trump after Putin attacks Ukraine, says will keep hitting Russian refineries

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Romanian national accused of murdering Keralite students in building fire in Germany

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Italian farmer gave up a third of her rice fields for wildlife, creating Italy's only recorded nesting site for a rare bird

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19 injured after bus collides with train in France's Channel Tunnel

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Watch: China-North Korea bridge opens after 12-years delay

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China, Pakistan hold high-altitude army drills with Beijing-supplied arms

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How Chinese parts are fuelling Houthi ambitions to strike Israel and Saudi Arabia

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Research ships & seabed surveys: Inside China's grey-zone tactics against Taiwan

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China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over diplomatic ties with Taiwan

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China opens military base at former CIA airfield in Laos

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

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

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

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'Blatant lie': China slams US panel's 'genocide' claim after Starbucks opens first Xinjiang stores

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages, torch cars and trees during olive harvest

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UAE visa fraud alert: Indian embassy warns nationals against agencies promising jobs, residency

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Explosion, fuel leak: Two Syrian pipelines damaged in fresh blow to war-hit energy network

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Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say

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New Israeli rule bars crew from some nations: Reports

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Qatar painted sections of its roads blue to fight extreme heat; the 2019 pilot tested a coating designed to reflect 50% of sunlight

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Yemen says 1,250 strikes rained on Houthis within 24 hours, claims over 700 Houthis killed

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From Tehran's pupils to missile makers: Why Houthis are a bigger threat now

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Video: Loud booms rock Yemen presidential palace as Houthis fire several missiles

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France begins implementing agreement to protect Saudi oil facilities; what it means

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A cash-strapped country, a persistent war machine: How Houthis are threatening MBS's Vision 2030

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Cruise missile heading towards Medina destroyed, says Saudi Arabia; Houthis deny attack

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Iran calls Musk's Starlink a 'tool of war', vows tighter crackdown amid US-Israel conflict

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Two ships sink near Strait of Hormuz as attacks on commercial vessels intensify

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How Chinese parts are fuelling Houthi ambitions to strike Israel and Saudi Arabia

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Who is Najmeh Amini? Iranian accounting student facing death sentence over social media post

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'Racism isn't welcome': Australian MP condemns anti-Indian stickers with 'Remigration now' message

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Istanbul floods worst in 80 years, death toll rises to 4

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Michael Jackson's original red-and-black 'Thriller' jacket and the glove he wore during his moonwalk debut are returning to auction, with the glove estimated at up to $800,000

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In the 2010s, Lucky Dog host Brandon McMillan established a ranch near Los Angeles to rehabilitate shelter dogs judged "unadoptable"; his TV format placed 22 dogs in homes in 22 weeks

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Japan issued alert for 'largest recorded' 9.9 magnitude earthquake, but ground didn't shake: What happened

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An Australian dairy farmer has worked in Mirboo North for 43 years; now a 345-km power cable plans a 4-hectare easement across his 180-hectare farm and offers $8,000 per km annually for 25 years

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99-year-old Helga Duffy strapped herself to a plane's wing and flew through the skies to break the record for the oldest female wing-walker, while raising £1,300 for an air ambulance

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Salma Hayek's billionaire husband backed Notre-Dame with a €100 million pledge after the 2019 fire; restoration efforts brought the 860 year old historic Paris landmark back in 2024

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An 84-year-old Australian pensioner left his home to an online wife he never met; a court ruled she did not exist and awarded his estate to his daughter

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In 1990, Michael Douglas bought a historic Mallorca estate for $3.5 million; 36 years later, after once asking $60 million, he still keeps the 190-acre property as his family retreat

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A Cuban-American family claimed Cuba seized its island in 1959, won a $119.4 million verdict against Expedia companies, then saw a judge overturn it

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Archaeologists discover the first known bronze ring-signet depicting Egypt's ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria beneath the sea

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Brazil plants 840,000 trees to restore 607 hectares of Atlantic Forest and reconnect wildlife habitats after 20 years of conservation

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8-year-old Indian-origin girl dies of myocarditis after doctors missed warning signs; Australian coroner finds death preventable

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Police shooting, water shortages, rising costs: Mauritius extends curfew amid unrest

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Indian national charged in US over false citizenship claim to vote in 2024 election; faces up to 10 years in prison

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A Georgia father signed a deed giving property to his son, then signed another two days later naming his daughter as the recipient; the court upheld the earlier transfer

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Tesla's 'flying car' Roadster stuns in demo: How high can it fly and what will it cost?

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A Pennsylvania woman lived on a 60-acre family farm for 22 years, then agreed to sell it for $250,000 with a proposed 99-year lease letting her stay; an appeals court kept the sale blocked after her siblings objected

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In 2015, Tyler Perry acquired 330 acres of Atlanta's former Fort McPherson Army base; 11 years later, the site has 12 sound stages, 40 historic buildings and 200 acres of green space

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In 2012, a Michigan woman put her Troy home in her name and that of a woman who regarded her as a grandmother; 14 years later, an appeals court upheld the survivorship deed over her daughter's challenge

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In 2006, an Oregon woman sold her $398,000 home to her son-in-law for $270,000 and says she was promised she could stay for life; 20 years later, an appeals court rejected that claimed life estate

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In 2011, Taylor Swift donated 6,000 books worth $68,000 to a Pennsylvania library that was struggling to stay open; 15 years later, it circulated 182,228 items and drew 27,452 program participants in 2025

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An Iowa couple bought 40 acres choked with invasive plants; after discovering rare ecosystems beneath the overgrowth, they restored the land into wetlands attracting sandhill cranes

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In Norway, painting the bottom 10 metres of wind turbines black was linked to 48% fewer willow ptarmigan carcasses; evidence birds may hit the tower, not blades

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A collector paid about $25 for two colourful jars at a London thrift shop; experts later identified them as rare 18th-century Qing Dynasty porcelain and the pair sold for more than $74,000

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Putin, Trump to announce several joint projects as Russian diesel returns to market

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A Kansas couple wanted a beach without leaving home, so they turned two acres of their Olathe backyard into a 100,000-gallon lagoon with six waterfalls, tropical fish and a 23,000-pound boulder

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A jammed gun at a Hindu temple and another school shooting, America's gun epidemic spares no one even as debate goes off target

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In 2010, a California man paid $2 for three old photographs at a junk shop; five years later, experts said one showed Billy the Kid playing croquet and had it insured for $5 million

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IShowSpeed lands surprise role in Barack and Michelle Obama's documentary as 'The Eyes of Ghana' gets release date

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Pokimane's China trip takes 'shocking' turn after Mimi's death, best friend's visa rejection and missing luggage

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US tells election officials to guard against AI-powered cyber threats ahead of midterm elections

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Meet Mike Satterlee, 19, who turned a $500 3D printer into a 160-printer New York operation after CruiseCup generated $808,000 in gross revenue in 2025

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Dolly Parton gave $100,000 toward a healing garden at a hospital in her mother's South Carolina hometown; the completed space gives patients and families a quiet place outside the wards

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In 2001, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius built Mailchimp as a side project inside their Atlanta web-design agency and took no outside funding; 20 years later Intuit acquired the company for about $12 billion

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California wildfires spread amid strong winds; over 150,000 customers without power

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Oh(io) No: Hindu American Vivek Ramaswamy's Catch-22 problem with MAGA ahead of the midterms

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Ilhan Omar's husband breaks silence after FBI raid on home; denies concerns over immigration probe

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US midterms 2026: DOJ sues California, claims 20,000 suspected 'noncitizen voters'; seeks to block mail ballots

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'We'll knock it out fast': Trump says may target Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility

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In 2013, Oprah Winfrey gave $12 million to a Smithsonian museum; 13 years later, its 350-seat theatre bearing her name continues hosting public conversations about Black history and culture

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In 2020, members of a Michigan farming family signed solar-option agreements covering 562.8 acres; a judge has now ruled them valid, keeping nearly 30% of a proposed $330 million solar project in play

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A South Dakota couple built a 3,600-square-foot home for about $410,000 after living in a trailer for six years

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AAP cries foul over voter roll revision

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Not opposed to SIR, SSR but against conspiracies behind it: Akhilesh

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UP to publish final electoral rolls on Jan 4 ahead of 2027 Assembly polls

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Mental strength, timely screening key to better health: Experts

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64kW unauthorised load found in Gomi Nagar Ext

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Boyfriend surrenders before court days after woman's fatal fall from city hotel

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