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Northern lights may return to US and Canada tonight: Where and when to watch the October 8-9 aurora sky show as CME nears Earth and triggers possible G1-G2 geomagnetic storm

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World - / Oct 8, 2026 - Rs 90 LPA in Bengaluru or $300k in San Jose: Redditor asks if it's wiser to move to US on an L1 visa - The dollar-rupee conversion is not always a straight calculation, especially when there are issues of lifestyle and career growth to be taken into account. $300k is more than Rs 90 lakh mathematically but a Redditor said he's unable to make up his

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World - / Oct 8, 2026 - FBI foils alleged ISIS-linked attack plot at Mall of America by 18-year-old - Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an 18-year-old, was arrested for planning an attack on the Mall of America. He agreed to buy an AK-47 and ammunition from an undercover FBI agent posing as an ISIS member. Mohamud expressed intentions to kill non-Muslims during a scheduled Hmong arts celebration. US authorities stated that his radicalization was identified well before his plan could be executed.

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'Obama, Clinton & Kamala...': Trump Vows Revenge Against Democrats; Big Action After Midterms

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Mamdani UNDER FIRE On Oct 7? NYC Mayor's 'DISRESPECTFUL' Move Leaves Critics FUMING

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'$40 Billion Deficit': Trump Threatens Switzerland With Tariff War After Canada Responds | Watch

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WATCH: Pete Hegseth Jokes About US Navy's Deal With Iran; 'Bottom Half Of The Ocean'

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'Does Putin Have A Bioweapon?': Trump Asked About Russia Plague Mystery Amid COVID Fears

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Christa Pike Speaks After FAILED Execution: What She Remembers Is SHOCKING | WATCH

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Exclusive - Rhiti Tiwari on Bigg Boss 20, father Manoj Tiwari's reaction to Salman Khan's WKV bashing and alleged ex-stepfather Ekam Bawa's claims

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu turns into a midnight muse in a black embellished two-piece set with a statement cape

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5 THINGS COUPLES QUIETLY STOP DOING WHEN THEY'RE GENUINELY HAPPY TOGETHER

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Loved the 80s AI photo trend? Now try the 1970s viral photo trend on Instagram with these 5 easy Bollywood-style prompts

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Taapsee Pannu's ivory saree look is what happens when an Apsara meets a fashionable corset

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FSSAI number on your food packet: What those 14 digits actually reveal, how to tell a licence from a registration and how consumers can verify the food business behind the product

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Chicago demolished LeClaire Courts in 2011 and left much of its 32-acre site vacant; 15 years later, a $127 million first phase is set to bring 183 homes as part of a plan for up to 700 units

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Meet 81-year-old billionaire John Poindexter, who is spending $67 million into reviving a Texas ghost town with just 25 residents

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In 1905, William and Elizabeth Kent paid $45,000 for 611 acres of California redwood forest; after a reservoir threat, they donated about 295 acres and the land became Muir Woods National Monument in 1908

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In 2018 or 2019, a thrift-store shopper paid just $1.50 for a purse because he thought it looked pretty; in a 2026 Antiques Roadshow episode, experts identified it as Cartier Art Deco and valued it at $35,000, with insurance above $100,000

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A Florida billionaire bought an 8.4-acre oceanfront estate for $80 million in 2021; five years later, the vacant property is asking $165 million, with 562 feet of Atlantic frontage

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Are H-1Bs in trouble? Immigration experts on why Cognizant, Infosys, Microsoft are not getting timely approvals on job visas

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Texas ranchers blocked well operators from a 1,604-acre tract in 2004; on October 1, an appeals court ruled an oil company may cross the land to plug a shut-in well 15 to 20 yards from the San Antonio River

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A Brooklyn elm grown from a rare Scottish mutation has weeping branches; poet Marianne Moore drew attention to the neglected tree in 1967, helping spark a campaign to protect Prospect Park

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Jason Scott Lee bought 25 acres of damaged Hawaiian land littered with car parts and paint cans; the Hollywood actor built a simple home, grew his own food and worked to bring back the rainforest

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Indiana sought part of Jeremy Willis's property for a State Road 11 project; after neither side challenged a $20,840 appraisal within 45 days, the state Supreme Court ordered that amount made final

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'Don't think it's bioweapon': Trump weighs in on mysterious Siberia lab death

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Zohran Mamdani faces backlash for calling Israel's Gaza war 'ongoing genocide' on Oct 7 anniversary

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In 2012, California rebuilt Malibu Lagoon to flush out its oxygen-starved dead zones; monitoring later found cleaner water and a diverse native ecosystem

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

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Pakistan forces accused of quadcopter blast that killed 2 children in Balochistan

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Nearly 3 in 4 Pakistan inmates await trial amid prison overcrowding in country: Report

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'Come to your senses': What is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's condition for talks with Imran's party

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Pakistan successfully test-fires extended version of Fatah-4 cruise missile

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Another showdown brewing in Pakistan? Imran Khan supporters hit streets after talks fail

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Pakistan braces for showdown as talks collapse, Imran Khan's party pushes ahead with march

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India slams Pakistan at UN, says 'so-called' civilian governments serve at army's mercy

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Pakistan kills 5 TTP militants as violence escalates on Afghanistan border

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Pakistan logs over 1.2k rebel attacks in 9 months of '26, security crisis deepens

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Shehbaz govt, Imran Khan's PTI hold talks as Pakistan braces for protests

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'Vague and broad': UN experts slam Pakistan's counter-terrorism laws, demand release of lawyer couple

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Policeman killed in gunmen attack in Pakistan's khyber pakhtunkhwa

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Pakistan forces kill 7 TTP militants in North Waziristan amid rising violence along Afghan border

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Jail, isolation, crackdown: Why Pakistan's establishment has failed to break Imran Khan

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BLF's newly-formed female unit 'KAAD' attacks military convoy in Balochistan; claims nine killed

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Antonio Guterres sidesteps Kashmir question, flags UN Security Council's 'crisis of legitimacy'

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'Tarique hasn't ruled out India visit': Dhaka

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Nepal ends flood search with over 5,000 still missing, including 189 Indians

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After 40 days, Nepal ends flood search with 5,285 still missing

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India's political will needed to extradite Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh

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US carrier George HW Bush arrives in Thailand after Middle East deployment: Key points

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Accepted her as she was still PM: Indian envoy on Hasina's flight

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Bangladesh extends official Durga Puja holidays to 3 days, steps up security

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Grimmest climbing year since '15 as bad weather, risky calls kill 40

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Nepal avalanche kills 15 workers at Himlung Himal camp, one still missing

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An Oxford professor ran the London Marathon dressed as an academic in 2 hours 55 minutes; he broke a Guinness record and raised money for a children's hospice

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Queen Elizabeth II opened London Zoo's Lion Terraces in 1976; 40 years later, she returned to open a new home for endangered Asiatic lions

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UK's oldest Indian restaurant in a soup, owner accuses Crown Estate of not valuing curry traditions

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Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman took up metal detecting after workers found a medieval jug at his Suffolk home; his searches later uncovered more than 200 Roman coins and a previously unknown farmstead

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Billionaire Chris Rokos gets Wiltshire Council green light for 40-acre solar farm at Savernake Estate after neighbour objections; panels to generate 794,600 kWh for 100-bedroom Tottenham House

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Two UK neighbours fought over whether a hedge boundary ran through the middle or outer edge; after losing her appeal, one must pay £108,402 upfront toward 70% of the other's costs

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A man ran 26.2 miles in a giant inflatable chicken costume; he broke a Guinness World Record while raising more than £2,200 for vulnerable children

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Queen Camilla's doctor murdered allegedly by husband while hosting sleepover for 3 kids. Who was Dr Hannah Terry?

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A couple rescued two discarded cat paintings from a skip while walking their dog and hung them at home for years; after discovering they were original Louis Wain works, the pair sold at auction for £16,000

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King Charles visited a project testing contraceptives on grey squirrels; the unusual plan aims to save Britain's rare red squirrels

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In the 1980s, British civil engineer Tony Deane began digging beneath his family home; 20 years later, the four-level tunnels had a railway and one-tonne lift and are heading to auction from £300,000

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A UK shopper paid just £1 for a small yellow vase at a Hertfordshire charity shop; after eBay bidders raised questions, experts identified it as an imperial Qianlong piece and it sold for £484,000

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A Welsh man climbed Snowdon 141 times in one year dressed as Spider-Man; he raised £6,188 for children with life-threatening illnesses

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British Indian peer Lord Ranger wins right to judicial review of CBE annulment

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Jeffrey Archer: The British author who made Indians fall in love with English writing

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Jeffrey Archer, British author and former conservative politician, dies at 86

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Trump as 'orange plague': Gold-covered naked statue of US president unveiled at European Parliament

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France suspends stun grenades after teen loses hand during student protest in Lille

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Knife attack at Polish school leaves 7 injured; 19-year-old student arrested

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'Russia pursuing deliberate strategy of terror': EU chief sends €1.24 billion to Ukraine

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'Birthday gift to Putin': Russia launches massive strikes on Ukraine; energy sites hit

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'Islam wanting to take over': Donald Trump reacts to France school protests

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Ukrainian drone attack sets fire to oil tanker carrying 23 Indians off Russia's Black Sea coast; crew rescued

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The Netherlands built two 210-metre gates to hold back the North Sea; they can close automatically when storm surges threaten Zuid-Holland

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Lithuania ready to cover cost if US establishes military base; parliament votes to host foreign arms

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Russia's Volgograd refinery halts operations following October 2 drone strike

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UK arrests seventh man over alleged RAF Fairford air base terror plot

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Burning cars, clashes and mass arrests: France's student protests spread across the country - videos

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Germany arrests former spy chief over treason and espionage allegations

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Drones strike two vessels in Bulgaria's economic zone; one ship sinks

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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for groundbreaking work on cosmic neutrinos

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Germany is turning abandoned coal mines into 23 lakes; the former mining landscape is becoming Europe's largest artificial wetland

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

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

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

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China's Zijinshan gold mine turned its own waste into haul-road material; test roads carried 100-ton trucks and resisted deformation

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Xi Jinping unwell? Chinese officials sought unusual long breaks during the US visit

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China's gold-copper mine built a road from mining waste; one section showed 97% lower deflection after 28 days

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China tests 800-passenger flying-wing aircraft model with 85-metre span, showing how new aerodynamics could improve range and efficiency

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Chinese hackers impersonate ex-White House official to target US AI experts, steal emails: Report

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Bombs without brakes? Why the US-China AI race may be harder to control than the nuclear one

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Chinese AI agents display 'concerning' behaviour in safety tests, mirroring US systems

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Iran sends Hezbollah $200 million to aid displaced Lebanese: Report

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Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz highest in a week since Iran war began: Report

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The backstory: From the 'Promised Land' to October 7 - the origin story of Israel-Palestine conflict

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Turkish opposition stronghold falls in Erdogan's hands as Izmir mayor defects

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F-35s, F-15s, Reapers: US loses 81 aircraft as Iran war bill hits $3.3 billion

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3 years after October 7 Hamas attack: A scarred Israel, a devastated Gaza and a Middle East no longer the same

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Houthis hit Yemen's Aden airport, claim attacks on Saudi Arabia

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Omani pilot had failed airline stints, flydubai hired him in post-pandemic spree: Report

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Netanyahu govt rejects flydubai bid to resume Israel flights after cockpit attack

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3 years after October 7, Israel remembers its dead amid election heat

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EU ready to send observers for first Palestinian parliamentary vote in nearly two decades

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Pak, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye agree to deploy forces in Gulf country amid Houthi attacks

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'Efforts underway to hide costs of Iran war': US senator alleges Pentagon denied him access to Al Udeid base in Qatar

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'Very deep cuts to his head': Dentist recalls crucial 45 minutes that helped save flydubai hero Captain Smit Machchhar

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Bab al-Mandab showdown: Saudi-backed Yemen forces claim key Red Sea strait secured

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Two Saudi airports in Jazan and Najran targeted as tensions with Yemen's Houthis escalates

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In 2025, Swiss startup installed 48 removable solar panels between active railway tracks; today, 11,000 trains have passed over the 100-metre plant, generating more than 16,000 kWh

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Monaco's Prince Albert II teamed up to protect the Solomon Islands; their expedition explored one of Earth's richest marine regions

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In 1962, South Africa built road sections from Kalahari sand instead of crushed rock; 55 years and 1.5 million truck-equivalent loads later, all remained in service without reported structural problems

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Russia pushes back on plague fears, says no epidemic risk after death of Siberian lab worker

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In 2023, an Ontario court banned backyard burning after neighbours complained of smoke; three years later, repeated incidents ended with a ban on barbecues and any fire-producing device

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Kremlin fires back after France tests nuclear-capable missile, calls strategy a 'dead end'

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Outlander actor Steven Cree opens bear sanctuary in Armenia; three rescued Syrian brown bears move from filthy cages to spacious habitats

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A ticketing company has sent US$13.8 million in profits to charity instead of shareholders; Hugh Jackman joined Humanitix in 2026 to help expand the model

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Przewalski's horses disappeared from Kazakhstan for 200 years; two foals have now been born as conservationists rebuild the wild population

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'Will call Putin over pneumonic plague,' says Trump - what is happening in Russia?

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This Canadian couple bought a retired school bus for $7,200; after a year and $30,000 in renovations, it became a full-sized home with a king bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and solar power

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In 2018, Dutch engineers replaced a bike path with hollow panels made from recycled plastic; after 1 million crossings, the trial reported 50–70% lower carbon emissions, and rain storage reached 48% capacity

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Namibia gave rural communities wildlife rights; elephant numbers rose from about 7,500 in 1995 to 22,800 in 2016 as communal conservancies expanded

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In 2019, Oregon rebuilt 7.5 miles of Juntura Cutoff Road with recycled pavement and foamed asphalt, saving more than $2.5 million

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In 2021, Sheba planted coral onto huge steel letters underwater; the reef campaign lifted in-store sales 10.4% and delivered 308% ROI

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In Nigeria's oil-hit Niger Delta, women planted more than 3 million mangroves; 190 hectares of bare swamp forest came back green

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Robert Redford bought 2 acres in Utah for his family in 1961; he later bought a canyon and turned it into Sundance, an arts and conservation retreat

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In 1984, Patrick Swayze bought a 4.5-acre ranch outside Los Angeles and built it into an Arabian-horse retreat with a 16-stall barn, two arenas and a dance studio; after his death, it sold for $2.9 million and later listed for $4.5 million

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Indian students' American dream hits a $ 70,000 toll

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In 1934, J.C. Hunter offered 43,200 Texas acres to the US for $237,600; 35 years later, his family's 72,071-acre ranch sold for $1.5 million, forming over 90% of Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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In 2021, Arnold Schwarzenegger donated $250,000 to help homeless veterans in Los Angeles; before Christmas, 25 tiny shelters were installed with beds, climate control and doors residents could lock

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A mining millionaire paid $50,000 for 4,071 acres of Los Angeles land in 1882; 14 years later he gave 3,015 acres to the city, creating Griffith Park and the ground for its famous observatory

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In 1976, Kirk and Anne Douglas paid $400,000 for a Beverly Hills home and turned its garden path into a private walk of fame with more than 40 celebrity autographs; 45 years later, the estate sold for $9.015 million

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California couple says county entered their property for road-safety work, they spent $300,000 fixing alleged damage and then received a $676,703 bill; fresh federal court order keeps part of fight alive

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A Maine woman recorded the weather almost every day for 60 years; at 96, she finally stopped sending her observations to NOAA

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An Ohio neighbour removed a 15-foot white spruce while installing a new boundary fence; four years later, an appeals court upheld the finding that the cutting was reckless and fixed the damages at $11,523.87

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A 103-year-old World War II veteran has been tending the same basement bar in Maryland since 1963; after 63 years behind the counter, Irv Koch still opens when the first customer arrives

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A Florida woman rode 7,000 miles through 48 states in six days, then donated $17,560 to the house that supported her when her 2-pound newborn spent nearly three months in intensive care

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A New Hampshire groundskeeper lived in an empty trailer and mowed lawns; after his death, town discovered he had donated $3.8 million to support education, health and recreation

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In 1970, Fullerton paved a 600-foot California street with crushed waste glass; 2 years later, the EPA found the unusual recycled road was still in good condition

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A storm cut off an Outer Banks couple from most of their wedding guests; they posted an open invitation online, and more than 400 strangers showed up with food, music and cameras to celebrate

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HasanAbi accuses Asmongold of 'white nationalism' after streamer's explosive comments on France protests

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Researchers coated a brick bungalow roof with a self-cleaning, heat-radiating material; the roof was 3.4°C below outdoor air and the room reached 10.2°C below the control

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Jim Belushi bought 13 acres beside Oregon's Rogue River and expanded his retreat to 93 acres; years later, the actor described a sanctuary with a sweat lodge, 50 cows and 50 newly born calves

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In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed a law protecting more than 104 million acres of Alaska, locking away 57 million acres as wilderness before large-scale development could reach them

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Trump admin sued over plan to deploy election monitors at US midterm polling stations

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'We want you home': Family of missing UMD student Dilan Ashar appeals for help as search enters 5th day

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In 2014, Massachusetts built State Route 7A's rail overpass with stacked soil-and-fabric walls, cutting the $1.1 million project cost by 49%

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In 2011, Iowa built US 6's Keg Creek bridge off-site and installed it in 16 days; the project cut total costs by $440,000

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In 2022, a forgotten filing cabinet inside an old North Carolina home revealed a rare 1787 Constitution copy; it later sold at auction for $9 million

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A South Dakota biofuels CEO and his family bought land near Great Bear about two years ago, then donated 20.5 acres to expand a 220-plus-acre park that now draws more than 200,000 visitors a year

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In 1994, Louisiana tested roads paved with crumb-rubber-modified asphalt beside conventional asphalt; after 5–7 years, the rubber sections had better rut depth, fatigue cracking and IRI performance

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Arizona tested highways made quieter with ground-up tyres; federal researchers measured before-and-after traffic noise at roads and nearly 95 nearby homes

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In North Carolina, engineers built a permeable parking lot with interlocking concrete blocks; during an 88 mm storm, it produced no measured runoff

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New OPT fee proposed: Colleges to pay $70,000 for first-time F-1 students, $30,000 for extensions; DHS says this was never meant to be a backdoor

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Meet Jameson Mallon-Echols, South Dakota engineering student who pulled a trapped teen from a burning car; now Rapid City has honoured the football captain with an Act of Heroism Award

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Michigan woman reported as little as $39,960 in income; prosecutors say she hid $1.66 million linked to gambling and embezzlement

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Detained immigrants at US ICE facility launch hunger strike over prolonged detention

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CPT restriction for international students: Universities challenge new ICE policy, says it was announced abruptly

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A musician collected 51 rare guitars worth $1.4 million over decades, then donated them to students at Arizona State University

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In 1974, Atlanta's Fox Theatre closed as Southern Bell planned to demolish it for a headquarters; residents raised $3 million to save it, and the landmark now hosts 250+ shows a year

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