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Delhi must stay ahead of dengue this monsoon: Why rain, stagnant water and delayed diagnosis can turn a seasonal threat serious

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World - / Aug 8, 2026 - Indian man on death row in the US for killing wife, in-laws in 2019 seeks retrial, says his previous lawyers were bad - In 2019, Gurpreet Singh, an Indian-origin truck driver in Ohio, called 911 and reported that his wife and her family had been killed. When cops arrived, they found four bodies, all shot to death, and Singh had blood splatters and gunshot residue on

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World - / Aug 8, 2026 - ICE rolls out body cameras, but policy lets agency decide which footage goes public - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to equip its field officers nationwide with body-worn cameras by the end of September, following growing scrutiny over fatal shootings involving immigration enforcement officers. According to the

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Trump's Endless Applause Moment Leaves Marco Rubio's Reaction Under The Spotlight

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Iran's Hormuz Gambit Backfires? Gulf Neighbours UAE & Qatar Unite Against Tehran

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Marco Rubio 'CATCHES' Trump Snoozing? Viral Moment Sparks Awkward Questions | WATCH

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'Hormuz Opens On Iran's Terms': IRGC Rejects Washington's Control Of Oil Chokepoint

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'THE AUDACITY...': Abdul El-Sayed's FIERY WARNING In 2007 Commencement Speech At Michigan University

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Moscow Reports New Kharkiv Advance Following Claims Over Nearby Settlements

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From pig trotters to sprouting mushrooms: 5 bizarre luxury shoes breaking the internet

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10 UNIQUE BABY GIRL NAMES INSPIRED BY RARE AND LESSER-KNOWN FLOWERS

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Red or white patch in your mouth that won't go away? Doctor explains the warning signs you should not ignore

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From tiny forest jewels to giant river hunters: 12 kingfishers species to spot in India

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Utah girl Emma Meline was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia days before Christmas; her 2-year-old sister became her perfect bone marrow match

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Teen dressed as clown stabs 78-year-old man to death near St. Louis bus stop

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Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up

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China controls about 80% of the tungsten market; a Nevada company says it has found 1.78 million tonnes, but NASA is blocking mining on part of the site

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Trumpiana: Citius, altius, fortius, hyperboleus!

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In 1985, a Colorado hairdresser began rescuing entire beaver families; she later relocated more than 1,000 to streams where their dams could help rebuild wetlands

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In 2002, a Kansas landowner began restoring 320 neglected acres with winter burns; 20 years later, native tallgrass and wildflowers had returned

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Flesh-eating bacteria kill 5 in Louisiana, health officials warn beachgoers as all cases are linked to seawater

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In 1982, an Arizona couple began building what became about 20,000 small rock dams across their desert ranch; one study found stream water increased 28% and flowed four weeks longer

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US Democrats eye probes into Trump-linked firms over impeachment if they regain House control: Report

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'End this war': Senate Democrats turn up heat on Donald Trump, seek end to 'unauthorised' Iran hostilities

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Utah wildfire: Helicopter carrying 2 crashes while fighting massive blaze, sparks new fire

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American entrepreneur says 'I'm shocked but honestly not surprised' as US plans to remove 60-day grace period for H-1Bs

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56 decomposing bodies found at Chicago funeral home; owner's licence suspended

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'There needs to be accountability': UN warns Pakistan over crackdown on peaceful PoK protesters

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'Exercise restraint, act according to law': US urges Pakistan amid PoK crackdown

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Unknown gunmen kill Pakistani policeman, abduct another in separate incidents

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Pakistan's crackdown in PoK: How Islamabad is tightening information chokehold amid global scrutiny

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Imran Khan's three years in jail spark protests across Pakistan; over 100 held

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Peace talks abroad, protests at home: The many contradictions shaping Pakistan today

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Hand grenade explosion kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

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NOC to travel outside Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi - Pakistan restricts foreign journalists amid PoK crackdown

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Over 30 operatives killed by 'Indian agents' since 2020: LeT commander

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11:49 - 'How do you explain US, China?' Former India envoy counters Pakistan army's 'kaafir' remark

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'Long history of unlawful violence': Global watchdogs condemn Pakistan's crackdown in PoK

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Indian agents killed over 30 LeT operatives in Pakistan since 2020, claims Lashkar leader

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'They'll arrest us at hospitals': PoK protesters risk death over electricity, flour demands

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'15-year-olds shot, only asked for basic rights': Inside the deadly PoK crackdown

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'Do not befriend Kaafirs': Pakistani general levels terror allegations against India

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Pakistan restricts digital news websites reporting on PoK protests, crackdowns: Report

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Exiled Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib Al Hasan willing to return, face murder trial if safety assured

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Clarify Dhaka policy: Bangladesh to India after Hasina's presser

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B'desh student party leaders accuse Hasina of trying to create unrest from Indian soil

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Bangladesh Chalo: Defiant Hasina says will return, not afraid of jail or death

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'Why December? She should come now': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's aide challenges Sheikh Hasina

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Video shows petrol bomb attack on Shakib Al Hasan's home after Hasina's Delhi presser

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Jason Arday denies plagiarism and lying about his achievements; Cambridge is now reviewing the process that led to his appointment

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Who is Sunder Katwala? Indian-origin writer appointed to UK community funding body

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An English farming couple dug 11 forgotten 'Zombie' ponds out of their fields; the returning plants, newts, and dragonflies inspired nearby farmers to restore about 80 more

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny skies and warm temperatures expected August 8, 2026

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny skies and 27°C high on August 8, 2026

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunshine and 26°C high expected Saturday, August 8, 2026

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London weather today: Sunny skies and 28°C highs expected August 8

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny skies and warm temperatures expected August 8-14

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Newcastle weather forecast: Sunny skies and 21°C highs today, August 8

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Divers find 162-year-old Guinness bottle off UK coast, scientists hope to recreate historic beer

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In 2013, England loaded 2.8 million living moss capsules into a helicopter and then flew them over a peat bog too remote to restore by hand

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'Several soldires raped me, felt like meat': Grave allegations rock UK's teen army school

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, temperatures to climb next week

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 20°C today, warming trend ahead

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 21°C on August 7, 2026

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and warm temperatures expected Friday, August 7, 2026

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Greenland issues 'strong warning' as Trump-linked US oil firm pushes ahead with Arctic drilling

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Child among three killed as Russian missiles hit areas near Ukraine capital Kyiv

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Spain's blood-red Río Tinto river is as acidic as vinegar, and Nasa says it could help scientists find life on Mars

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'To test their resolve': Putin could launch limited attack on Nato, US intel warns

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Sanchez vs Meloni: Spain imposes Italy border checks as Ceuta migrant row escalates

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Quote of the day by Thomas Aquinas: 'Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others...' and the case for sharing what you know before it dies with you

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Quote of the day by Blaise Pascal: 'All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone' and the $100 billion industry built to keep you from doing it

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Why Europe is turning against immigration

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Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman structure near the Colosseum with mosaics resembling firefighters' barracks

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A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found off Greece is still carrying hundreds of ancient amphorae beneath the sea

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Germany's oldest known tree identified as a 1,100-year-old yew growing in the Bavarian Alps

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Italian woman accidentally throws away her $1.1 million winning lottery ticket, then waste workers find it after searching more than 6 tons of garbage

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The 'vampire woman' whose 17th-century grave is rewriting what historians know about burial fears in Poland

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The Danube River's water is dropping so low that World War II ships are emerging

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Italy, France, Germany battle extreme heat as Europe faces record temperatures

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Quote of the day by Michel Foucault: 'Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are but to refuse what we are' and how every self-help guru got it wrong

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Typhoon Dolphin nears China: Flights disrupted, ports shut as storm strengthens

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For centuries, China's hanging coffins had no known builders. Ancient DNA now points to the Bo people

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China planted trees the Taklamakan Desert for nearly 50 years. Satellites now show the landscape is capturing more carbon than it releases

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Patient dies in China biotech company's gene editing trial

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'Baseless accusations': Beijing protests Japan's assessment of China as 'greatest strategic challenge'

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Quote of the day by Jackie Chan: 'You don't get to do over parts or go back and change your path. Your life is decided by...' and how split-second choices reveal who you really are when there's no safety net

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China develops world's first tunnel boring and blasting machine

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World's oldest amber has been found in China, and it is 65 million years older than expected

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China spent decades moving water across a continent. The world's largest diversion project now serves 185 million people

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Chinese man didn't invite his mother to his wedding because he was ashamed of her looks; boss fired him and gave her the job

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'End this war': Senate Democrats turn up heat on Donald Trump, seek end to 'unauthorised' Iran hostilities

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Syrian spy chief accused of 2015 'Children's Massacre' hiding in Moscow: Report

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Iran hails Saudi-Pak-Turkey defence pact, calls for Muslim unity amid West Asia tensions

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Gravely injured, 'a voice in the dark', not in Iran: Where is Mojtaba Khamenei?

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'Airpower has its limits': Top US General looking for a way out from Iran

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Iran wants to bar US, Israeli ships from Hormuz in deal

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'Paper agreement will not bring security': Iranian lawmaker attacks Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan pact

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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan & Turkey sign 'Mecca' pact for mutual defence; India reacts

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10:17 - 30 Yemen troops killed in Houthi attacks as tensions rise amid Strait of Hormuz talks

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Trump's Gaza Board moves ahead with first project - military base for Moroccan troops

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Iran President met a 'voice in the dark', isn't sure it was Mojtaba Khamenei: Report

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Tell Trump to desist or we hit you hard: Iran warns Gulf countries

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'It will end pretty soon': Trump hints at peace in US-Iran war; Tehran mocks 'theatre diplomacy'

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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Saudi Arabia, pushes defence ties amid West Asia escalation

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30 Yemeni soldiers killed by Iran-backed Houthis amid heightened West Asia tensions

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Chinese grandmother Liu Defang, 71, learnt to swim only after retiring; years later, she rescued a man in his 30s from a river

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Korean proverb of the day and its lessons: 'If you don't walk today, you must run tomorrow'

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In 1998, a photographer and his wife returned to their family's barren cattle farm: 2.7 million native trees later, a 600-hectare forest had returned

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In the late 1960s, a Zimbabwean farmer transformed a dry hillside with rainwater-harvesting earthworks; his wells stayed productive through droughts

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In 2024, a Canadian study found salvaged boreal forest topsoil supported 61 plant species on reclaimed oil sands sites within three years

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Antarctica is covered in ice, yet its dry desert climate makes fire so dangerous that the US maintains a full-time professional fire department

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In 1969, an Australian pilot leased a coral island left barren by guano mining; he flew in drums of water for early plantings, helping begin a 50-year ecological recovery

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Kinshasa is growing faster than almost any city in Africa, but its population boom is not making people richer

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In 2008, Spain began filling a 300-metre-deep coal mine with 547 billion litres of water; four years later, it became one of the country's largest artificial lakes

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Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home & school

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Viva con Agua helping in funding global water, sanitation, hygiene projects through sustainable business models

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Indian-origin hiker found alive after 3 nights stranded on Vancouver Island

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Toronto gets its own 'Moo Deng'; pygmy hippo calf born to 20-year-old mother, took first steps within minutes of birth

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In 2018, Puerto Rico built a fake seabird colony from plastic birds, mirrors and recorded calls; real birds soon arrived and nested

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In 2013, China installed fake birds and loudspeakers on an empty island; thousands of terns arrived in the first breeding season

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In 2006, 84-year-old Seattle homeowner Edith Macefield reportedly rejected a $1 million offer, so developers built a five-story complex around three sides of her house

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One Houston man began clearing illegally dumped trash alone; his daily cleanups grew into a 100-volunteer movement

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In 1972, a millionaire built an artificial island in the Pacific to create a tax-free country, but it disappeared before becoming a nation

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In 1857, Napoleon III ordered French towns to drain a swamp and plant pine trees; the result became a 10,000-square-kilometre forest

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Billionaire Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman are offering up to $150 million for ideas that could make San Francisco a better place to live

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At nine, a Florida island girl rowed alone across St. Joseph Sound to school; decades later, her family's 156-acre homestead became part of a state park

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Quote of the day by Michael Jackson: "You never know how long you have with someone, so don't forget to say..." - a heartfelt lesson on love, gratitude and cherishing every moment

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North Carolina man worked 100-hour weeks for 58 years to save a bankrupt boat company, rejected a $400 million offer and gave it to charity

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Meet Jo Nagai: 10-year-old Japanese student who discovered butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars

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Beginning in 2003, Arizona biologists flew endangered humpback chub in a 55-gallon drum beneath a helicopter, moving them above a waterfall to warmer habitat beyond non-native trout

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Iran officials 'would not be surprised' if Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei dies soon: Report

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In 2012, South Africa began airlifting black rhinos upside down from remote terrain to expand their range; the conservation program has since helped establish 17 new populations

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In 1971, a Kenyan cement company tested 26 tree species in a barren limestone quarry; only three survived and became the foundation of a 200-hectare restoration project

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Quote of the day by Jackie Chan: "I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be..." - an inspiring lesson on finding your own path

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Senate confirms Trump's ex-lawyer Todd Blanche as US Attorney General

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Colorado teen Jude Kofie taught himself piano by ear at 10; a stranger bought him a $15,000 grand piano, and now he has released his debut album

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US Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown ahead of midterms

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In 2011, Mississippi sank a retired NASA hydrogen tank as an artificial reef during post-Katrina restoration efforts

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BirdReturns helped expand temporary wetland habitat for migrating shorebirds in California's Central Valley

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Inside the US town where cell phones barely work because scientists are listening to the universe

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In 1934, the U.S. Navy took over a California island and inherited a feral goat population; 73 years later, their DNA surprised scientists

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In 1910, a New York widow offered the state 10,000 acres and $1 million if it abandoned a planned prison and created a public park instead

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Colorado River officials face a fish-versus-power tradeoff as warmer water threatens native humpback chub and cool releases bypass dam turbines

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In the 1960s, the U.S. government acquired nearly an entire Connecticut village for a reservoir; one woman remained under a life-tenancy agreement

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In 1864, Virginia cadets charged across a muddy battlefield; the ground pulled off their shoes and gave the field its lasting name

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Americans are turning cremated remains into reef balls weighing up to 4,000 pounds; nearly 3,000 have already reached the seafloor

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In 1924, Hollywood brought 14 bison to Catalina Island for a movie; when the film crew left, the animals stayed and eventually multiplied beyond 500

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North Carolina sank two F-4 Phantoms and two A-4s in 1992; divers later found grouper hiding beneath their wings

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In 2023 and 2024, a Los Angeles homeless-services nonprofit paid its Hawaii-based CEO more than $1.6 million, including about $824,000 in unused vacation pay

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