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World - / Nov 8, 2026 - UK dad who won dead goldfish lands £4m mansion and £250,000 from £30 entry - For Malcolm Disson, a childhood fairground disappointment became an unlikely marker of a lifetime spent waiting for a lucky break. At 12, he won a goldfish at a fair in Hampstead Heath, only to discover that it was already dead when he opened the

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An elderly man fell while carrying breakfast and severed an artery; two Queensland carpenters used a dress and adhesive tape to save his life, leaving his wife overwhelmed with gratitude

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World - / Nov 8, 2026 - Weeks after flydubai incident, 'hostile aircraft' alert triggers panic in Israel - An alert regarding a potential hostile aircraft intrusion in northern Israel was issued but later clarified. The alert prompted heightened scrutiny following an attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Israel has introduced tighter screening protocols for airlines in response to security challenges faced. Separately, the Israel Defence Forces discovered over 340 Hezbollah weapons during operations in southern Lebanon.

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Poland Mass Shooting: Military-clad Gunman Storms Popular Polish Hotspot; Tourists Run To Save Lives

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Iran Fires Waves Of Interceptor Missiles At Us Aircraft; IRGC Denies Damage On Qeshm Island

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Poland Reels After Kraków Shooting; Three More Dead Found At Suspect's Home

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Kaitlan Collins Blows The Lid Off Trump's White House War; More Heads On The Chopping Block

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Iran Vows Chilling Revenge; US Fires On Cargo Ship; 'Precise Strike For Ignoring Warnings' | Watch

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Delhi plans 240-metre, four-arm pedestrian skywalk at Nirman Vihar metro junction, featuring lifts, weather-protected walkways and direct metro access; here's what to know about its design, accessibility features and traffic benefits

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Could pollution, chronic stress and long working hours silently affect your brain health? Neurologist explains the hidden risks to memory and focus

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7 Diwali quotes on life, happiness and hope that remind us to choose kindness, find light and value what truly matters

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Michigan evaluated centerline rumble strips across nearly 5,400 miles of rural roads; target crashes fell 47%, and target fatal crashes fell 51%

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Chained to bed, windows covered in foil: How ex-husband held US woman captive for 2 years

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In 1883, Harriet Strong was left with four daughters and a debt-ridden ranch after her husband's death; she later developed water-storage systems that anticipated major US projects

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'Deport all dot heads': Far-right activist Jake Lang targets Hindus at Seattle Diwali event

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In 2025, a Virginia grandmother won $150,000 in the Powerball after asking ChatGPT for lottery numbers, then donated the entire prize to three charities close to her heart

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NBA star Chris Paul backed Sour Patch Kids' $1 million HBCU scholarship programme, with 10 students eligible to receive up to $16,700 each

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'We need money for midterms': Ex-RFK Jr aide alleges corruption in Trump admin

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Dana White declines Trump's offer to become White House press secretary: Report

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NFL star Khalil Mack created a scholarship programme inspired by his No. 52 jersey; his foundation committed $270,400 to support 52 Florida students

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In 2003, Goldie Hawn started a programme to help children manage stress and understand emotions; 23 years later, MindUP reports reaching more than 7 million children across 48 countries through brain-based lessons

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'Extortion at the highest level': Trump directs DOJ to investigate Democratic lawmakers

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'Child with cancer' stopped trick-or-treaters: What neighbourhood children did next left a mother overwhelmed

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A former Las Vegas politician raised more than $70,000 to build a memorial for a slain police officer; prosecutors said she used the donations for rent and her daughter's wedding

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A 1953 Leonora Carrington painting bought from a Mexico City gallery the year it was made has stayed with one family for more than 70 years; now authenticated, Fil d'Or goes up for auction on November 10

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Cyberattack shuts down internet fan fiction library

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Balochistan Parties call statewide shutdown in mid-November as crisis deepens in troubled province

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'If he wishes to come': Pakistan open to considering visa for Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's Lahore visit

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Pak cracks down on protests in POK against rising cost of living, around 20 feared dead

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Pakistan's forex rises by record $ 110 million in just a week despite West Asia crisis

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How deep is Pakistan's debt dependence on China? The numbers tell the story

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11 dead, 33 injured in devastating bus-truck collision in eastern Pakistan

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

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

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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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Malaysia ex-PM Najib wins home detention after $12.3 million pardon payment

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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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A Hertfordshire couple used an inherited Chinese brush pot as a doorstop for 40 years; experts identified the late 18th- or early 19th-century carving, which sold for a £150,000 hammer price

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DNA evidence revealed one brother was not the biological son of a millionaire businessman; a High Court judge ruled he could still inherit from the family's £14.5 million trust

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Emma Watson donated $1 million to a UK fund fighting sexual harassment; its impact report later recorded 46,100 women and girls reached, over 20,000 professionals trained and 59 grants awarded

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A Dundee transport manager with 24 years at his company was fired after it questioned about £21,000 in pothole repair bills he had been told to arrange; a tribunal has ruled it unfair and awarded him £34,326

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A £1.8 million estate was left in dispute after a London property developer married two women in Las Vegas five years apart without divorcing his first wife; the legal battle began after his death

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In 2022, former British Army serviceman Ian Ferguson began stockpiling food after the Ukraine war began; now, at 71, he has 600 cans in his shed to prepare for a 100-day lockdown or national emergency

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UK bride's father was hospitalised with heart failure just days before her wedding; then she brought her wedding dress to his hospital room for a father-daughter dance

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How much does the British Royal Family cost taxpayers? King Charles' Sovereign Grant rises to £137.9 million as new bill proposes reduction; Prince William's £1.2 billion Duchy wealth also revealed

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Queen Elizabeth II's launched an environmental initiative in 2015; her contribution is protecting more than 12 million hectares of indigenous forests across commonwealth countries

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An NHS manager allegedly claimed her mother had died to obtain compassionate leave, then took another job 170 miles away, paying £550 a day

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Former village police station in Birch, Essex, transformed into a five-bedroom home with a gallery, studio and stunning countryside views, is listed for £900,000

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A chef's Facebook post seeking volunteers and a kitchen led to 5,000 daily meals at Wembley Stadium and more than 4.5 million free meals for Londoners

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Prince William once broke up with Princess Catherine in 2007; royal photographer reveals he wanted to be sure their marriage would last forever, recalls what William told him after their 2010 engagement

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Kate Winslet backs King Charles's charity behind a Scottish estate that teaches 10,000 students every year; how a historic property became an education hub

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Military cadet, far-right obsession: What we know about 25-year-old Poland shooter

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Russia may have lost up to 450,000 in Ukraine war, leaked death records claim

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Poland mass shooting: PM says footage shows 3 bodies at suspect's home; minister cites far-right influence

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Europe is rehearsing its next move in Ukraine, and Putin may not like what comes after the war

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At least 6 killed, 15 wounded in Poland shooting; gunman shot

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'My family, I face threat': Italy minister says his private data leaked on dark web

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'36 missiles, 172 drones': Russia to join US-Ukraine talks after massive overnight strikes on Kyiv energy sites

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09:09 - 'Don't leave Kyiv in dark': Zelenskyy seeks stronger US backing after Russia rains ballistic missiles

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Jo Nabuurs lost his wedding ring while threshing grain on his family's Dutch farm in the winter of 1942 or 1943; 83 years later, a man with a metal detector found it and returned it to his son, refusing a reward

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France deploys 70,000 security personnel ahead of fresh nationwide protests

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After hoaxes to flights, newsrooms in Bulgaria and Ireland get threats

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Paris built a 427-kilometre underground postal network powered by compressed air, delivering millions of letters and telegrams across the city in about two hours before maintenance problems led to its closure in 1984

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'Message to the West': TV channels across Europe receive bomb threats, suspend programming

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After dozens of flights, broadcasters across Europe get bomb threats - what's going on

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An 88-year-old German woman asked her notary to leave her €1.2 million estate to the Church, nuns and neighbours; instead, he named himself sole heir and has now been given a suspended sentence

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Climate activists storm Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam, several arrested

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China to release Japanese pharma employee jailed for espionage after 3.5 years

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Ahead of summit, Beijing tells Quad: Don't rake up South China sea row

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Chinese automaker's electric hypercar sets new speed record, whizzes past 500 kmph

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US intelligence believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had romantic ties with Chinese spy : Report

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Macau pro-democracy activist Au Kam San sentenced To 12.5 years in jail

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 jolts China's Xinjiang region

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong jailed for 10 more years

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Chinese genetic sequencing firm Novogene sues Pentagon over military blacklist

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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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Iran executes 3 men accused of carrying out operations for Israel, US during protests

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70,000 tents flooded in 12 hours as heavy rain batters displaced Palestinians in Gaza

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Is Netanyahu's time up? 10 things to know as rival Gadi Eisenkot gets shot at power in Israel

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'Enemy will no longer dare attack': Iran's navy issues warning to US forces

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UAE rescues 22 Arab nationals after fire breaks out aboard cargo ship

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At least 33 killed in Saudi airstrikes on Yemen village, most casualties women, children

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Saudi Arabia issues danger alerts for Dammam, Dhahran and Abqaiq amid Houthi threats

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Can Netanyahu stage a comeback in Israel? What if Eisenkot fails to form government

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Yemen urges Lebanon to act against Hezbollah's military support to Houthis

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Iran's IRGC claims self-imposed 2,000-km ballistic missile range limit 'has been lifted'

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US military looks to curb Iranian land commerce

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Israeli president Herzog picks Netanyahu's rival Gadi Eisenkot to form next government

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Airstrikes kill 27, mostly women and children, near Yemen's capital, Houthis say

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Syria rules out troop deployment to Yemen, says military ties with Saudi Arabia could expand

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'Iron Gate': US forms special task force to restrict Iran's land exports

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Archaeologists discover rare gold bear ornament in ancient Saka burial mound in Kazakhstan, alongside human remains and scattered artefacts

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Watch: Shattered glass, scattered books after strong earthquake rattles Japan

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Taiwan detects 4 Chinese military aircraft, 8 ships around island in 24 hours

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Falling birth rates, fading faith? Pope Leo's message to Uruguay's youth

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Who is Qiulae Wong? New Zealand's potential kingmaker after cliffhanger election

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Australia releases 6 captive-bred broad-headed snakes into the wild in a world first, after building a breeding population from just 17 wild-sourced adults

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Scientists release six captive-bred endangered snakes into the Australian wild; four survive a world-first conservation experiment using artificial rocks to give the reptiles a second chance

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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits central Japan, dozens injured

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A stolen car left him with devastating leg injuries at 18, and he spent six months in a wheelchair; decades later, he deadlifted 285 kg and became a world-record powerlifter

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New Zealand govt holds narrow lead in poll nailbiter

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10 years of the Paris Agreement, who are the top 10 carbon emitters of the world and where does India stand

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She became Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian and dedicated her career to saving mountain gorillas; Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka built a model that protects wildlife while supporting local communities

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Justin Trudeau gets new role at Oxford University; will join Blavatnik School of Government as a fellow

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100 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean: Nine family members leave Micronesia for a one-hour boat trip to collect supplies, but a storm carries them over 3,000 miles to Kiribati, where five survive and four die

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In 2026, Rachel Mansfield and Jordan Carpenter launched cadootz!, a kids' cracker brand that sold out in under two hours before securing more than $3 million in seed funding

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'Always found her way to the finish line': Family releases obituary for NYC Marathon runner Rachel Apa who died from rhabdomyolysis

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In 2015, an Arkansas couple began buying 111 acres on instalments, later handing over a truck and cows to catch up; when the seller resisted closing, an appeals court upheld their right to complete the sale

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Greenpeace placed boulders weighing up to 2 tonnes on England's North Sea seabed; it says the barrier blocks bottom trawling across 116 sq km

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A Florida landowner won $40,000 after a telecom company laid fibre cables outside an easement; the state's highest court has now ruled that an old legal-fees clause does not automatically bind later property owners

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What was Susie Wiles' Camp David plot to save her White House job: Turn all blame on Pete Hegseth; Dramatic account of Trump yelling emerges

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In 1983, an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet because fuel was calculated in pounds instead of kilograms; the pilots glided it onto a disused air base runway in Gimli, and all 69 on board survived

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'Dana, please take the job!': Trump offers UFC chief White House press secy post

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In 2025 a 98-year-old Australian man was billed nearly $6,000 for toilet repairs and quoted another $31,475 for further work; regulators later suspended the plumbing company's licence

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A Texas lawyer lost his licence in 2018 and later sued other law firms for fees from seven client cases; a November 5 appeals court reopened the dispute, finding insufficient evidence to support the firms' defence

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A North Carolina student went inside a convenience store after a gas pump failed to print his receipt; the $3 Powerball ticket he bought there won him $2 million

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Brooklyn tenants rented an apartment from someone falsely claiming to own it, then faced a $120,000 judgment sought by the former landlord; after the building was sold again, a New York court dismissed that claim

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In 2021, Ryan Reynolds took control of Wrexham as its historic Kop stand lay derelict; five years later, a £70 million rebuilding project has approval for up to 7,750 seats, with opening planned for 2027

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Former Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell and ex-Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner get approval to keep oak pergola at their £9.2 million Oxfordshire home despite neighbour complaints over fairy lights and construction noise

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In 2003, a New York mother transferred property to her son and daughter-in-law after he promised to return it when asked; 23 years later, an appeals court upheld cancellation of the deed when they refused to give it back

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In 2002, Ray Charles promised seven children $500,000 trusts in exchange for waiving further inheritance claims; 24 years later, his foundation's $3.5 million lawsuit over 51 songs resurfaces

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A Virginia restaurant received a $51,594 water bill after paying almost nothing for three years; a damaged meter transmitter had been recording zero consumption

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Trump was blindsided by Vance's analysis of GOP's midterm washout blaming war, claims Laura Loomer; says Trump was even angry

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