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In 2012, an Australian man retraced childhood memories on Google Earth; then flew to India and found the mother and siblings he had been separated from as a child

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New York's High Line once carried freight trains above Manhattan; now the abandoned railway is one of the city's most visited parks

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World - / Sep 23, 2026 - New Zealand spent 14 years restoring Abel Tasman and its native wildlife - The Abel Tasman National Park can still look much as visitors might expect from a New Zealand wilderness: forest, rivers, beaches and a coastline opening onto the sea. Yet beneath that familiar scenery, the park has undergone a long ecological

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Russia's Ninth Wave Pounds Ukraine: Kyiv Drone Factories, Odesa Hubs And Cargo Ship Hit Overnight

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'Complicity Has Consequences: Iran FM Araghchi 'FEARLESSLY' Confronts Top EU Diplomats Over U.S. War

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Yami Gautam channels old-world royalty in a striking gold-trimmed black saree at the National Film Awards

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Martha's Rule rolled out to every A&E in England after teenager's death: 5 things you need to know

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10 legendary tigers of India and why they became famous

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A Pennsylvania flea-market buyer paid $4 for a framed painting; hidden behind it was a rare 1776 Declaration of Independence copy worth $8.14 million

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A 1950 Washington bridge carrying about 90,000 vehicles a day is getting a $114 million overhaul; engineers will replace its movable span with a fixed one floated into place during a single 56-hour closure

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In California, Fort Ord trained about 1.5 million soldiers; its former Army grounds now hold 86 miles of trails, wildflowers and mountain lions

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In 2005, a California engineer used Google Earth to challenge a logging plan above Los Gatos Creek; community pressure later helped spare 1,000 acres of redwood watershed

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In 2025, a father and his 18-year-old son pushed a rowboat from San Francisco to Hawaii; nearly seven weeks and 2,400 miles later, they made history

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Trump-Xi summit: $14 billion Taiwan arms deal hangs over Washington talks

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Meet Caymus Maxson, the 16-year-old California teen who started Trash Turtles at 10, led 50+ beach cleanups, removed 6+ tons of debris, recycled 75,000+ cigarette butts and became a 2026 Barron Prize winner

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New Hampshire man returns a magazine 132 years late after library introduces fine freeze, avoiding a potential $12,055 fine

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Pennsylvania's youth business fair grew from 60 booths in 2022 to 100 in 2026; kids ages 5 to 16 handled their own products, pricing and sales with no adults behind the tables

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A 1954 Superman lunchbox sold for $31,980, beating its $20,000 high estimate at auction

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Gunmen kill 2 cops during polio vaccination drive in Pakistan's Balochistan

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'Mass casualty' alert? Pakistan hospitals clear beds ahead of PTI protest

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'PTI's drama will never achieve anything': Pak minister Naqvi warns Imran Khan's party ahead of Islamabad march

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'Broke into house, forced them into vehicles': Imran Khan's son alleges aunts, cousins 'abducted' in Pakistan

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Jailed former Pak PM Imran Khan undergoes medical check-up amid concerns over health

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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's sister Aleema arrested in Lahore ahead of Sept 27 PTI march

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Pakistan foreign minister dials Iranian counterpart, urges uninterrupted energy supplies and safe passage of ships

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'We want to go home': Hindu minor sisters abducted, converted, married in Pakistan's Sindh

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bombing: Pakistan identifies 'Afghan national' among attackers

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Pakistan third from bottom in WEF gender gap index; women lag in workforce

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Death toll mounts to 31 in suicide blast at Pakistan police compound, several still critical

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21 security personnel dead in blast at police line in Pakistan

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Sri Lanka court convicts 15 men over 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

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Pakistan airstrikes on Afghanistan: 3 killed, several injured as conflict fears grow

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Indian-origin climber Dhrubajyoti Guha, Nepalese guide killed in Manaslu avalanche

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Sheikh Hasina holds talks with party leaders

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From July Uprising leader to graft probe: Former Yunus govt advisor Asif Mahmud under scanner

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Watch: T-shirt torn, fists fly as passengers clash mid-air on Bangladesh flight

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Human-caused warming helped prime slope for deadly Nepal flood, first study finds

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In 2024, a Welsh ecologist posted a moth on Instagram; museum experts found it was a Guyana species unknown to science, 4,300 miles from home

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In 2025, an Oxfam shop found a rare Chinese Bible in a donation pile; estimated at £800, it sold for £56,280

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Memoir alleges Charles was 'giddily elated' at Diana's death

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England released its first 6 white-tailed eagles in 2019 after a 240-year absence; by 2026, the project had produced 9 wild-born chicks, including 3 this summer

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In 2018, Welsh adventurer Ash Dykes walked 4,000 miles along China's Yangtze; 352 days, 8 million steps, wolves and bears later, he reached Shanghai

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A man searching for pigeon rings in Romania found a 4,000-year-old hoard of gold ornaments and copper axes

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From being fired at her job at 27 to building an $800 million luxury brand: How Tamara Mellon turned a career crisis into a fashion empire

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In 2007, Scottish cyclist Mark Beaumont left Paris to race around Earth; 194 days and 17 hours later, crashes, theft and exhaustion had not stopped him

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Hospital sent pregnant UK woman home, but hours later she gave birth in a KFC car park while rushing back; names her newborn 'Colonel Cody'

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In 2009, Terry Herbert found the Staffordshire Hoard in a farm field; its £3.285 million reward was later divided between the finder and the landowner

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UK backs Saudi Arabia with RAF Voyager refuelling support amid Houthi campaign

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Oxfordshire weather forecast September 22 2026 sunny intervals comfortable temperatures

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Cambridgeshire weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 24°C high on September 22, 2026

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Lewisham weather today September 22 2026: Sunny intervals and 26°C high

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Cardiff weather today: Sunny intervals, 22°C max, high humidity expected

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York weather today: Sunny intervals, 22°C high, high humidity expected

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Zelenskyy, after meeting Trump, says Ukraine ready for 'energy ceasefire' with Russia

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Swedish woman digging for fishing bait near Stockholm uncovered 24,100 silver coins, making it the country's largest medieval coin hoard

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Danish-led team maps 186,000 miles of Roman roads, tests how straight they really were, and finds Rome wasn't even the best-connected city by road

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Military plane crashes near US air base in Germany's Spangdahlem, 1 injured

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How Russia, Ukraine traded strikes overnight on oil, energy sites as Zelenskyy visited US - videos

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Russia planning 'grey zone operations'? Why is Europe intuitively spooked

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Archaeologists found 500 Iron Age iron bars in Austria's Danube, revealing a 1-tonne cargo transported 2,000 years ago

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Pro-Putin party wins big, sweeps Russian elections

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Meloni plans burqa, niqab ban in Italian schools; how it compares to rest of Europe

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Russia elections: Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov wins Chechnya polls with nearly 100% vote

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'Crocodile tears': Iran shuts French language centre, slams France over Mahsa Amini

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Far-right tops another German state vote, Merz party routed

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Macron, Carney meet at French Atlantic territory

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Russia wraps up first wartime parliamentary election, Kremlin set to retain control

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'Could change a lot': Zelenskky and Trump to meet in New York ahead of UNGA

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Trump-Xi summit: $14 billion Taiwan arms deal hangs over Washington talks

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Xi-Trump summit: China puts Taiwan 'red line' at centre of US ties

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China expanded planted forests by about 35,000 sq km; 20 years of data show carbon uptake began declining within 15 years in 80% of areas

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Xi's 'anti-graft' crackdown continues: Two senior generals expelled from CCP, Chinese military

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US, China launch 'AI dialogue' ahead of Trump-Xi summit amid race to control AI risks

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Taiwan minister makes rare China visit for APEC amid tensions with Beijing

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Chinese coast guard vessel rams civilian Philippine boat on refuelling mission in South China Sea

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China asks Iran to rein in Houthis after Saudi Arabia seeks help: Report

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$1tn at stake & unbridled power: Amodei, Altman & Musk fear AI could doom humanity but Trump & China can't seem to stop race - why?

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'No basis in international law': China rejects US tariff threat over Russian oil

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'MBS will not forget': Ex-US official says Trump's Houthi stance has irked Saudis

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'Strategic desperation': Iran on Trump's 'annihilate Islamic Republic' remark

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Trump backs India-Middle East-Europe corridor, calls for shift away from Iranian checkpoints

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Saudi Arabia-Iraq oil row: Riyadh denies buying 25 tankers as shipping costs soar

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'Kashmir issue should be addressed through dialogue': Turkey's Erdogan at UNGA

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Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan affirm Riyadh's right to self-defence amid Houthi attacks

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'I'm going to tell the truth': Netanyahu hits back at Mamdani ahead of UN speech

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Putin, Saudi crown prince discuss safe passage through Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb

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Iran ready to reopen Hormuz within 7 days, negotiate if US lifts blockade

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Turkey school shooting: 11 wounded outside Manisa high school, suspect arrested

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Will shut Iranian flights from Wednesday: US new arm-twist move against Tehran

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Trump signals possible Pezeshkian meeting at UN as US weighs next move on Iran

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Trump dodged Yemen's plea for military support against Houthis amid attacks on Saudi Arabia: Report

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'America has failed': IRGC says war 'not over', warns of prolonged conflict with US

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A former military airfield in Berlin was saved from redevelopment; now people picnic, cycle and garden on its giant runways

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In 2012, a man in Australia used Google Earth to retrace Indian rail lines from childhood; 25 years after vanishing, he found his mother

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A 97-year-old Brisbane bowls club facing demolition is saved in a $6 million deal after Bowls Queensland rejected an offer $1 million higher to keep both greens

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A Cartier watch was found inside a British charity-shop donation bag; it was authenticated as an 18-carat gold watch and sold for £9,766

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Tasmanian devils lived in Australia's Pilbara for at least 45,000 years before disappearing from mainland Australia 3,200 years ago

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South Africa mass shooting: At least 11 killed by unidentified gunman in Durban

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A 14-year-old Australian turns discarded tools into animal sculptures and has sold a scrap-metal wolf for $8,000; he is now the youngest artist in a major open-studio event

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Meet Halima Kedir: Ethiopian woman mocked for planting trees, but her green garden inspired neighbours to follow her example

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Bangladesh foreign secretary to move to Delhi as high commissioner

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In 2025, an Australian couple launched an A$100,000 flat-pack pod on their Sunshine Coast farm; the tiny rental now earns about A$200,000 a year at near-full occupancy

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In the late 1980s, two explorers paddled the full length of the Amazon after walking its first 200 miles; they reached the Atlantic after a 4,200-mile journey

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In 2014, Savannah turned 160,000 cubic yards of dredged sediment into an 8-acre island that attracted more than 300 bird nests

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South Africa launched a €15-million programme to restore grasslands, savannas and thickets, with 100,000 hectares targeted by 2030

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Philippine forests are being restored without planting every tree; scientists use natural regeneration to bring degraded land back

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Kentucky man won $167.3 million Powerball jackpot in 2025; now arrested for fifth time after being found intoxicated in Walmart car park

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A 67-year-old Idaho teacher retired and drove across the US to Delaware after her daughter's daycare bill matched the mortgage; she now provides about 30 hours of childcare every week for her granddaughter

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A weathered Wyoming cabin used as a storage shed turned out to be a 140-year-old Chinese laundry; after an eight-year rescue effort, the building has been moved to a museum for restoration

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In 1988, Ohio attorney Neil McKown secretly bought 155 neglected acres; 38 years later, the family farms nearly 500 acres and he declined a $400,000-$500,000 timber cut to keep the woods

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Trump backs India-Middle East-Europe corridor, calls for shift away from Iranian checkpoints

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MrBeast hits back at criticism over $10 million Ghana village project to combat child labour, says he 'literally' supports hometown Greenville after being questioned over overseas spending

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An Idaho farm bought in 1916 for about $87.50 an acre has stayed in one family for more than a century; 110 years later, the 361-acre homestead has been named an official Century Farm

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Muhammad Ali's 1915 Los Angeles mansion was bought for $2.5 million in 2001, restored while retaining its Tiffany stained glass, listed for nearly $17 million and finally sold for $8.5 million in 2024

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In 2010, a financially ruined couple started farming on leased land; after hitting $100,000 on one-third acre in New York, their farm now pushes nearly $700,000 a year from mostly 2.5 acres

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In 2013, Canadian teenager Ann Makosinski invented a flashlight powered by body heat; now she is creating colourful toys to teach children about renewable energy

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A gold-domed New York City penthouse first listed for $25 million has sold for $9 million after 530 days on the market, with owner Greg Carr directing the sale proceeds to his conservation project

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A Tennessee farmer spent 4 years trying to return a mistaken $20,000 IRS refund; instead, he faced $4,000 in penalties; then country singer John Rich stepped in and ended the dispute

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US-Iran talks: What was discussed in Trump's 'good meeting' on the sidelines of UNGA

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A rare 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster, found in barn-find condition, sold for $145,600 in 2026 after spending more than 50 years in a collection

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Iraq suspends Iranian flights to Baghdad after US sanctions threat: Report

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Five British schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 built a robot with five-metre folding arms designed to create wildfire firebreaks; their two-year-old robotics club is now representing Great Britain globally

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In 2013, a Los Angeles man's VW Beetle vanished; one stranger sent a photo, and another used Google Street View to find it five days later

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In 2025, a hiker found a frightened dog in Oregon woods; he turned a tripod into a leash, filmed the rescue for TikTok and reunited him with his owner

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In 2026, Big Bear's famous eagle Jackie vanished from her nest cam; public videos helped identify her before rescuers found her injured near the lake

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In 1998, Chicago mother Kimberly Wasserman went door-to-door after her baby's asthma attack; by 2012, the city's Fisk and Crawford coal plants had closed

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In 2023, Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Coval left legal work for $16.14-an-hour seasonal ranger work, sharing a FEMA trailer while working in Yosemite

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Super El Niño: California declares emergency as Hurricane Polo remains Category 5 off Mexico

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A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers found a rare 1776 US Declaration of Independence copy; it is one of 11 surviving Exeter printings and the only one outside the US

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Peacemaker with a warning to annihilate: The major contradictions in Trump's UN speech

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'Almost all agents' data stolen? Hackers claim they breached FBI jobs site, stole 2TB of data

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US-Iran talks: What was discussed in Trump's 'good meeting' on the sidelines of UNGA

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Tennessee's Andrew Jackson estate spans 1,200 acres; its new plan puts much of a 70,000-square-foot visitor center underground so the building does not interrupt views across the historic landscape

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OpenAI to let outsiders evaluate firm's AI models at earlier phase

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New York air pollution fell over two decades, while toddlers' mental development scores rose 26%, study finds

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What happened to YouTuber Jenna Marbles? Where she is today after leaving her 20M subscribers behind

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Kushner, Witkoff meet Iran mediators for over 3 hours: All you need to know

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French streamer Mounim Sabhi arrested over shocking allegations of exploiting homeless people for views

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