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World - / Nov 4, 2026 - Washington man loses father's ranch over financial abuse; court upholds $166,698 divorce judgment - Calvin Evans Jr. had anticipated taking over his father's ranch in Washington, a significant piece of property at the center of his divorce. In the proceedings, Deborah Bunney secured $174,000 for community contributions towards the ranch. However, after being found to have financially abused his father, Evans's inheritance was revoked.

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08:26 - 'I Wasn't On The Ballot': Trump's Excuse For GOP's Election Setback

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In 1944, a US Navy serviceman stationed in the Pacific mailed his wife a coconut with their names carved inside a heart; he paid 37 cents in postage, and she kept it for more than 50 years

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In the 1980s, an English surgeon paid a few hundred pounds for a Chinese vase kept in the kitchen; in 2022 an expert spotted the Qianlong mark and it made £1.45M

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In 2010, a Briton paid about $5 at a Las Vegas garage sale for sketches; one was appraised at up to $2.4 million as a possible Warhol, the authentication board declined to verify it, and it later appeared on eBay for $2 million

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A Scottish town bought a marble bust for £5; after it was forgotten and used as a shed doorstop, experts valued it at up to £2.5 million

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Adam Hamilton's blue breakthrough flips 94 years of Red in Kansas Senate seat

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First since 1988: Democrat James Talarico breaks Republican stronghold in Texas

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World - / Nov 4, 2026 - Sia gave $1 million to Survivor players, including those who never won - For eight years, Survivor contestants had something to look forward to beyond the competition's usual prize money. Singer Sia, a longtime admirer of the reality series, developed an unusual tradition of giving cash directly to players who caught her

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From wildcard entry to 'Frenemy' equation with Rahul Easwar: A look at Vedangi's journey in Bigg Boss Malayalam 8

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10 BABY NAMES INSPIRED BY THE NIGHT SKY AND CONSTELLATIONS

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Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Sonarika Bhadoria reveals passing out during her daughter's birth, bikini controversy and being replaced from a hit show for asking for a pay hike

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Bhai Dooj 2026: 5 thoughtful gift ideas for your brother that go beyond the usual chocolates, wallets and perfumes

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"Don't ignore breathlessness while walking": Doctor explains how a 6-minute test can uncover warning signs of poor lung function and reveal what your walking speed says about your health

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Places inside a hotel room people rarely think of checking

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Stolen from an Arizona museum in 1985, Willem de Kooning's painting hung behind a New Mexico bedroom door until antique dealers spotted it in 2017

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A young Pennsylvania couple clearing out their newly bought home in South Connellsville found a strange object left in the basement by the old owners; a bomb squad confirmed it was a live Civil War-era artillery shell

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A Tennessee woman claimed she was a wounded Marine who survived an Afghanistan ambush; she used the story to obtain GoFundMe donations and was jailed

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A Massachusetts woman found $28,260 missing from her bank account after a gas company allegedly withdrew money for a bill she did not owe

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Susan Burton spent years in prison before founding a California support network that has housed over 1,800 women and reunited more than 400 mothers with their children

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A fuel-card company promised small businesses savings but charged them hundreds of millions in hidden fees; it has now agreed to pay $100 million

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Katy Perry faces opposition from more than 360 neighbours over proposed 110-acre California youth camp; residents raise wildfire, traffic and noise concerns as singer's foundation defends Gratitude Canyon project

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A Pennsylvania woman was treated for breast cancer before doctors discovered a rare lymphoma; after her death, the family's malpractice case was dismissed, but the state's highest court has cleared it for a jury

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An Arkansas couple divorced after 34 years of marriage, then fought four appeals over their business; a court upheld the wife's $183,000 half-share and interest from 2017, rejecting the husband's tax offset

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Montana man raises $28k fund after asking an Indian to 'go back home': 'Jaxton said the obvious out loud'

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In 1921, Wichita cook Walter Anderson and Billy Ingram launched White Castle with a $700 loan; their tiny burger stand helped shape fast food

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After 25 years as a domestic worker, Martha Matilda Harper saved $360 to open a Rochester, NY salon in 1888; she pioneered modern franchising

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Mary Kay Ash invested her $5,000 life savings to start a Dallas cosmetics company; after her husband died before its launch, her son took over the administrative work

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A Long Island family used a rare Ming dynasty vase's wooden stand as a doorstop; the vase later sold at auction for $1.3 million

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Where Is Bashir Zeb Baloch? Mystery mounts after BLA announces leadership change

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'America taking its place': Shehbaz's rival Fazlur Rehman accuses Asim Munir of sabotaging ties with China

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Pakistan's confidence crisis: Government officials plan to move families abroad for secure future

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Pakistan gas crisis: Families return to firewood as LPG prices soar ahead of winter

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India should arm Afghan Taliban against Pakistan: Sushant Sareen

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'Koi sharam hoti hai': Pak lawmaker mocks Khawaja Asif after Munir's Iran visit

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Pakistan gas bowser explodes after truck collision, killing 2 and damaging 6 vehicles

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Pakistan's gas mess: LPG prices soar, imported LNG piles up and the debt bill keeps growing

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Afghan returnees face police raids, arbitrary detention in Pakistan's KP after emergency: Report

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Pakistan reopens Iran border after week-long halt to commercial traffic

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'Islamabad arming Afghans to fight anti-Pakistani insurgents': Ex-US envoy sounds alarm

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'Pak defeated, cannot fight us': Baloch rebels launch fresh strike; several killed

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Pakistan's elite want out? Khawaja Asif flags bureaucrats' alleged exit plans to foreign shores

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Pakistan army officer killed in IED blast during Balochistan operation

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US-designated LeT terrorist dies after mysteriously falling from building in Lahore

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50 years after Nepal banned cannabis, top court orders regulated cultivation

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50 years after Nepal banned cannabis, SC orders regulated cultivation within 3 months

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Indian national killed as helicopters collide near Mount Everest in Nepal

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Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on whereabouts of Barman from Bangladesh

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Nepal foots Rs 10 lakh rescue bill for 6 Indians trekking illegally despite warnings

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'Act responsibly': Taliban urges US over planned deportation of Afghan immigrants

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Violent protests rock Bangladesh garment hubs as workers demand a steep pay hike

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Six Indian tourists go missing during trek to Nepal's Shey-Phoksundo Lake

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Dog stranded for 20 days between cliff and raging river rescued in Nepal

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Wanted preacher Zakir Naik faces backlash for defending Taliban on Afghan girls' education

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Ardbeg buried two whisky casks under Islay peat for 34 months; just 456 bottles were released, and one later sold at auction for £1,350

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British wedding venue shut down after workers found five World War II bombs while digging for solar panels; guests and residents forced to leave while explosives were detonated

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A British wildlife rescuer nursed a severely ill fox back to health; nine years later, she still seeks him out for a hug every day

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A Norfolk farmer's doorstop was a 68 cm Bronze Age dagger, bent for ritual burial; one of just six known in Europe, it sold to a museum for £40,970

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British govt unveils new rules for obtaining permanent settlement

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Meet Eva Outram, UK woman who quit her $58,000 NHS job after surviving 23 days in the wilderness; now lives in a caravan, teaches outdoor skills and saves $3,200 a month

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King Charles to express 'sorrow' over slavery as UK weighs apology to former colonies

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An Essex couple spent eight years building a miniature railway in their quarter-acre garden. It now has 400 metres of track and five locomotives, all outside their home

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UK High Court rules that deceased man's assets were gifted before his death, orders defendants to pay £259,725 towards claimant's legal costs

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Two Bristol teenage brothers build a £100 Braille printer inspired by their blind grandfather, win international award and plan to make the design free for everyone

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A British man left his £180,000 estate to a diabetes charity in a will written on a frozen fish box and a mince pie packet; the High Court later ruled it was valid

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A man claimed a piece of Crown land on St Helena after occupying it for 15 years; the plot was linked to Napoleon Bonaparte's former dairy, and the Privy Council ruled that government land can be acquired through long-term possession

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Actor Michael Sheen sold his properties to fund homelessness projects and used £100,000 of his own money to clear debts owed by people he had never met

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Prince William apologises after backlash over 3,000-acre Bradninch Estate sale; tenants demand fair valuations, King Charles disappointed as Duchy of Cornwall faces capital gains tax questions

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'Cannot remain in office': Spain transport minister quits six days after train disaster kills 69

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A Northern Ireland man claimed to have three different cancers to receive GoFundMe donations; he spent the £3,280 on a dog and Liverpool football matches

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'One of the worst': Over 30 killed, 45 missing after Russian strikes on Ukraine aid distribution site

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Europe on alert after bomb threats target at least four passenger flights

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Warsaw-Modlin airport reopens after bomb threat alert on London flight led to temporary closure

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26 killed as Russia strikes Ukraine school used for aid distribution

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Spain train crash: Four Americans, one Canadian among 69 killed

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'Oreshnik is incoming': Hackers send fake nuclear warning through Ukraine alert app

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Russia exits European anti-torture treaty, ends independent prison inspections

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Fridges hacked, food spoiled: Cyberattack disrupts supermarkets across Europe

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Power outage hits Spain's La Palma as heavy rain lashes Canary Islands

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Ukraine defies Trump, puts Russian oil refineries back in the firing line

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Bulgaria elects pro-Russia president Iliana Iotova in runoff, defeats pro-Western rival

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US explores route to bring Russian gas back to Europe through Ukraine: Report

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Nuclear scare, fake radiation warnings: Cyberattacks hit Russia, Ukraine alert systems

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'Let Oleshky be start of lasting peace': Melania Trump hails Ukraine ceasefire

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China's AI bubble has burst. Your favourite AI tools may not be immune

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In 1699, a Ming royal descendant who became a Buddhist monk painted 12 leaves of birds and flowers; after passing through famous collectors and a 1991 auction, the album sold for about Rs 75 crore in 2026

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'Nvidia chief seen as target of China spy plot'

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China elevates military general to Politburo

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'Turn the blade inward': Xi swings the axe again, expels 33 in major CCP purge

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China begins key meet, setting stage for Xi's fourth term

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'Rising runoff, flood risks': Fresh warning over China's mega Brahmaputra dam

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Chinese woman breaks 5 ribs from hug, husband says he used normal force, wife does not get sunlight, does extreme dieting

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7.0-magnitude earthquake hits China's Tibet, atleast 16 killed, 46 injured- watch

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Typhoon Champi: Taiwan issues land warning, cancels 125 flights as powerful storm approaches

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'We hit it very nicely': Trump confirms US struck Iran's anti-aircraft facility in Qeshm

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'Far from reaching a deal': Iran says it wouldn't tolerate 'excessive demands' of US

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Netanyahu open to 'broad' government formation after election setback, but rules out Arab parties

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US launches 'secret' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island amid Netanyahu push for post-midterm attacks

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Iran's supreme leader gave government 'certain authorities' over peace talks with US: Pezeshkian

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Iran calls US biggest threat to NPT, warns of stronger defence push

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Xi Jinping says Middle East must not become battleground for great-power rivalry

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'They have no navy, no radar, no leaders': Trump boasts of US strikes on Iran

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How Iran targeted US air-defence network in the Gulf: Report

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'Maximum deterrence': Mojtaba Khamenei meets top generals, issues warning to US

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'Without Arab parties there won't be change': Joint List offers to back anti-Netanyahu government

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Another 'exploding pager' plot? Israel eyes strike on Tehran's top military bosses

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'Stop climbing up trees': Israeli president urges parties to avert fresh election

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Iran declares UK navy, air force 'terrorist' groups, puts MI6 in hostile list

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Iran's Araghchi offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz in 2 days if US meets its demands

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'We can do it in 10 minutes': Trump signals fresh US strikes on Iran, names Pickaxe Mountain

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North Korea fires missiles hours after rejecting US accusations over Binance hack

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Seth Rogen and his wife founded an Alzheimer's charity after her mother's diagnosis; by 2025, its programmes had reached 4.4 million people and supported families with respite care

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A father left 4.75 acres of mostly swampy land to his 12 children in 1995; one daughter said he had promised her the hill section, and the Privy Council set aside an order to demolish her nearly completed house

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'The Kite Runner' author Khaled Hosseini's foundation has educated 15,000 Afghan students and built 537 shelters for displaced families

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Edouard Mendy becomes patron of Senegal school that inspired a project providing free education, digital learning and clean water to local communities

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'Grave political provocation': Kim Jong-un's sister rejects US claims over $6bn Binance heist

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A 26-year-old Australian fisherman caught an 80cm barramundi with a red tag while fishing with his younger brother; the catch earned him A$1 million, making him only the contest's second top-prize winner in 12 years

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Reddit challenges Australia's under-16 social media ban, calls it 'ill thought out'

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In 2006, Volvo buried a pirate-themed XC90 in the Bahamas; 52,000 Americans joined the hunt and all 7 finalists received new cars

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In 1983, Cadbury buried 12 clue boxes for its Creme Egg hunt; one finder's 22-carat egg later rose from £6,500 to £123,500 at auction

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A £100 Japanese chest became a London engineer's TV stand for 16 years; linked to Cardinal Mazarin, it resurfaced and sold for €7.31 million

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Australian company ordered to pay $191,859 after hackers used a supplier's compromised email account to redirect invoice payments to a fake bank account

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In 2021, businessman Steve Wilson and his wife bought a derelict Brisbane mansion for A$ 12.75 million; after spending about A$ 15 million, they restored its collapsed roof and grand rooms

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Michael Blackson opened a tuition-free school in his father's Ghanaian hometown; a new community basketball court was added to its campus in 2026

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A Tennessee couple said nearly 30 years of mowing, gardening and holding yard sales gave them ownership of a strip next to their home; on October 29, an appeals court ruled that the developer owned the disputed land

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Two Washington sisters sued over fence lines on both sides of their home after a survey exposed a boundary dispute; the courts backed their neighbours, ordered one fence removed and upheld legal-fee awards

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Entire full-time police force resigns in Georgia city; Mayor Craig Timmons admits placing GPS tracker on Milner Police Chief's truck over timesheet concerns; Lamar Bunn denies wrongdoing

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A father left one daughter his $3.2 million Maryland trust; after he died at 95, her two sisters found handwritten Farsi notes and challenged the inheritance, and a court has now ordered a new trial

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's October charity night raised a record $9.75 million for After-School All-Stars, which provides free programmes for nearly 150,000 students across the United States

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A Georgia company paid $220,000 at a tax auction for an Atlanta parcel it says does not exist; after demanding its money back, it lost an October 30 appeal because the county was protected by sovereign immunity

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Trump's planned 250-foot memorial arch near Arlington Cemetery could begin construction this week, but a federal judge has now ordered rapid court notifications and warned against work without proper approval

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Princess Catherine's sister Pippa Middleton and husband James Matthews ordered to demolish unauthorised car park at £15.5 million estate; neighbours raise concerns over construction without consultation

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A fourth-generation Utah rancher leased 1,100 acres of low-yield land for solar panels and says electricity now brings in more income than any agricultural use, helping him expand his family's cattle and horse ranch

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In 2017, a couple moved to a remote outback station in New South Wales, fenced off 4,000 hectares and cleared it of rabbits, cats, foxes; 10 years later, bilbies, bandicoots, bettongs, gone for over 100 years, are back and breeding

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'Ow, ow': NYC runner sends text to father from marathon, collapses and dies. Rachel Apa had a rare condition where muscles break down and release their contents into bloodstream

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Trump unveiled the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's latest repairs on November 2 after the blue coating failed and algae spread; a project once estimated below $2 million has drawn over $14 million in contracts

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A 57-year-old woman has been charged after police recovered dozens of keepsakes allegedly stolen from graves at a Milton cemetery; about 20 families reported missing lanterns, plants and memorial items

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Asim Munir flags growing Hindu-Jewish ties threat to Pakistan and Muslim world, reveals Iran

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Telugu-origin Aruna Miller re-elected as Maryland LG; Saritha Komatireddy loses NY AG race

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US election results: Amy Acton defeats Donald Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy to become Ohio's first woman governor

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'I wasn't on ballot': Trump shrugs of midterm drubbing, shares photo of what's to come

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US midterms: Democrats flip 4 Governor, 7 House & 6 Senate seats as blue wave surges

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US midterm results: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history as first Black woman governor, flips Georgia seat

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Indian-American Aruna Miller wins re-election as Maryland lieutenant governor

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US midterms: Indian-origin candidates script key wins; results awaited for Ro Khanna, Ami Bera & more

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US midterms: Indian-origin Democrat Pia Dandiya wins Florida House race

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US midterms: Indian-origin Suhas Subramanyam wins re-election to US House from Virginia

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Hila Klein takes major legal step against Ethan Klein after alleged six-month affair

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Watch: 400 km above Earth, Nasa astronaut Anil Menon shows how he voted from space

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'My approval rating there is 99%': Trump jokes he'll move to Israel and become PM if Americans get 'tired' of him

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'Largest monitoring effort in history': Trump's DOJ deploys 1,000 monitors; Democrats allege voter intimidation

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Asmongold blasts Dead by Daylight over TheBurntPeanut backlash, calls developer's response 'pathetic capitulation'

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'We will find you, hunt you down': Trump's DHS secretary warns illegal voters on Election Day; Newsom fights it out with ICE

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Kai Cenat's GTA 6 countdown marathon: Date, time, game order and the 14-day challenge explained

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Who protects those counting America's votes? US election workers face threats amid midterms

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