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World - / Sep 29, 2026 - RaKai denies Reggie's childhood abuse allegations and breaks silence on the viral controversy - In a recent livestream, streamer RaKai vehemently denied allegations of childhood abuse made by fellow streamer Reggie. RaKai stated he has never experienced inappropriate touching or abuse during his formative years. While expressing solidarity for Reggie amid his emotional claims, RaKai reassured his fans about his mental well-being. This unfolding situation has sparked significant online discussion, yet other parties involved have remained silent.

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World - / Sep 29, 2026 - Minnesota picks 57-acre Lakeville site for $1 billion horticulture Expo 2031 - Minnesota has selected Lakeville as the planned host city for Expo 2031, a horticulture-focused international exhibition expected to attract millions of visitors. Organisers have secured a purchase agreement for 57 acres, while more land is expected to be assembled for the six-month event. Plans include pavilions, gardens, an amphitheatre and developments intended to remain after the Expo.

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From 1912 to 1945, a New York landowner planted up to 55,000 trees a year; the experiments helped shape America's tree-planting programmes

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Camp Mystic owners seek to sell the century-old Texas girls' camp after the 2025 flood; the bankruptcy plan puts its entire 749-acre riverfront property up for auction while families of victims fight over its future

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Germany Stunned As Russia Takes Control Of German Firm In Tit-For-Tat Action Over Ukraine War

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'Wars Make No Sense': Pope Blasts Europe's Military Spending; Calls For Russia-Ukraine Talks

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Quote on love by Franklin P. Jones: "Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile;" why having the right person beside you can make life's journey more meaningful

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In 2020, a goldfish weighing as much as a human baby was found in Oak Grove Lake, South Carolina; the giant fishleft experts wondering who dumped it there

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In 1907, Frank O. Lowden began planting trees on bare land; over several decades, 500,000 trees grew into today's 2,291-acre Lowden-Miller State Forest

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In the early 1900s, a United States plant explorer tested Japanese kudzu near Washington, D.C.; later promoted for soil protection, the "wonder plant" spread across millions of acres of the South

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In 1914, a Connecticut writer opened one of America's first private songbird sanctuaries; her work helped shape a statewide bird-protection movement that still operates

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Over 50 years, a model maker built a 3,800-square-foot miniature circus by hand; it now anchors Florida's Ringling Circus Museum

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California thieves steal Nvidia-branded trailers expecting expensive AI hardware; find 40,000 pounds of sand instead

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Over 20 years, a New York painter hand-dug a lake and planted thousands of native trees; the private landscape survives as Olana State Historic Site

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In 1977, a Canadian student lost his class ring in the Barbados surf; 47 years later, a metal detectorist recovered it from the ocean and traced him down

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In 1939, a Superman comic was tucked away in a family attic; eight decades later, three brothers found it and it sold for a record $9.12 million

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A Wisconsin family will keep owning and logging nearly 1,800 forest acres while a $1.6 million deal permanently blocks development and opens almost 1,500 acres to hikers, hunters and anglers

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Florida teen sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing mother and her boyfriend in planned ambush

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In 1997, two young scientists bought 116 acres beside New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park; 25 years later, they placed the entire farm under conservation protection for wetlands, forests and wildlife

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In 1995, an Illinois recreation manager bought 100 acres near a major lake; decades later, his conservation work is protecting a creek that supplies drinking water to about 30,000 people

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8 US Marines hurt in previously unreported Iranian strikes; possible traumatic brain injuries: Report

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Child, forced marriages of minority girls in Pakistan flagged at UN event

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Motorcycle-borne gunmen kill 3 cops in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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20-year-old Azerbaijani woman allegedly drugged, gang-raped in Pakistan's Lahore

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At least 13 dead in suicide bomb blast near police post in northwestern Pakistan

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Pakistan govt puts Islamabad on lockdown as Imran Khan's party pushes ahead with march

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'No Muslim can even dare': Pakistan PM at UN condemns Houthi attacks, draws red line over Mecca

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Pakistan goes bananas over giant gorillas dancing to Bollywood songs

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Pakistan govt crackdown forces PTI retreat? Imran's party likely to postpone Sept 27 Islamabad march

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'Could endanger his life': Imran Khan's son warns against Adiala jail protest

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Fresh clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border: Report

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Kabul-Islamabad tensions soar: Pakistan strikes 10 sites in Afghanistan after drone attacks

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Pakistan appoints former army general Nauman Mahmood as first head of Mecca alliance

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Pakistan wants to be the Muslim world's security guard. Can its economy pay the bill?

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Pakistan's hidden health crisis: Children contract HIV after routine hospital care

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Watch: Government building collapses into river as heavy rains trigger fresh landslide in Nepal

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Two bodies recovered after deadly Himlung Himal avalanche; 10 remain missing in Nepal

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Nepal: 16 feared dead after avalanche buries Himlung Himal base camp under 15ft snow

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Nepal battered by severe rain: 21 dead, 5 missing as floods, landslides worsen

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28 'fighters', mostly former Afghan security personnel, killed after crossing from Pakistan: Kabul

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Avalanche strikes Nepal's Himlung Himal base camp, 10 missing

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Bangladesh to replace planned sculptures at historic sites

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Awami members celebrating Hasina's birthday under lens

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Bangladesh jewellery shop owner's body found inside floating drum; Hindu credit union token in pocket

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'Ask India, Pakistan, Bangladesh': Nepal PM Balen Shah flags broken world order at UNGA

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Since 1989, a Birmingham artist has spent 30-plus years turning a half-acre beside a cemetery into a walk-through history of Black America

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Who was behind RAF Fairford terror plot? 'Foreign actor' claim puts Iran link in focus

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At 17, British student Alex Chui scores a perfect 42/42 at the Maths Olympiad, winning his fifth gold medal in seven appearances

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UK to reopen refugee resettlement scheme as home secretary Shabana Mahmood promises capped, controlled routes

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Australian court rejects indigenous activist's bid to prosecute King Charles over genocide; says 'will take fight to ICC after exhausting domestic options'

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Plot 'exposed' by 999 call, 5 suspects out on bail: What happened near US-run RAF base in UK

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Watch: UK police robot targets vans near airbase used by US forces

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Tensions in Northern Ireland: Why the 30-year-old Garvaghy Road parade row is back

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British author once faced a struggling 3,500-acre farm in Sussex before abandoning conventional farming; turned an estate into a wilding experiment

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5 held in UK for suspected plot to attack air base used by US

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5 arrested on suspicion of preparing terror attack near UK airbase used by US forces

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5 arrested near UK's RAF Fairford in explosives probe, US base on highest alert: Key details

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British woman shot dead by father after argument over Donald Trump; grand jury ruled death accidental, mother seeks fresh probe

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UK PM Burnham unveils 'Your First Home' scheme for first-time buyers

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Heathrow expansion faces fresh hurdle as UK PM Burnham withholds third runway backing

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'Bomb' alert: Homes evacuated near UK military base as army squad called in

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Russia warns Nato of 'direct confrontation' if Kaliningrad is cut off from Russia

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Archaeologists uncover rare Roman-era workshop in Germany with pottery kiln and furnaces used to recycle Roman metal

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EU welcomes PM's peace message to Putin, says not against oil import but India's ties with Moscow may hinder defence collaboration

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In 1901, Germany opened a "flying train" above the Wupper valley; 125 years later, it carries over 80,000 passengers daily

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People jump from building windows to escape as Russian jet-powered drone hits Kyiv science academy - video

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Russian strikes on Kyiv kills 3 as Ukraine targets oil, military sites

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Seoul summons Ukraine envoy, demands apology after Zelenskyy reveals North Korean POW transfer

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Le Pen hails 'historic victory' as far-right secures senate group ahead of 2027 presidential polls

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70% Swiss say no: Switzerland rejects push for tighter neutrality amid Russia tensions

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Hotter seas, vanishing kelp, booming octopus: How Europe's marine life is changing

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'We will die': Oleshky civilians eat weed to survive in Russian-held Ukrainian city

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European buildings are collecting human urine and turning it into fertiliser, with systems processing 3 million litres a year

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John George Adair built Glenveagh estate in 1857; 118 years later, its vast lands became Ireland's Glenveagh National Park

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Ancient Gallo-Roman wall found beneath Paris's Île de la Cité could confirm site of Lutetia, city's first settlement, ministry says

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Switzerland's neutrality test puts Nato ties, Russia sanctions at stake

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AfD, party that pulled off stunner in German polls, backs probe into Nord pipelines

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Section of China's Great Wall damaged by two decades of illegal coal slag dumping

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In 1999, Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky donated $5,000 to farmer Yin Yuzhen to fund her tree-planting efforts in Inner Mongolia; 27 years later, his contribution helped transform China's Maowusu Desert into a forest of 50,000 trees

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'Xi understands how I feel': Trump says Taiwan not a major point of friction

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'Stop using threats': China takes veiled shot at US over Cuba & Iran in sharply critical UN speech

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$30bn tariff cut, Iran and AI dialogue: Key points from Xi-Trump talks

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Trump-Xi bonhomie set to continue, leaders announce two more meetings

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China's coal mines generate billions of cubic metres of water; researchers say it could help cool data centres

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China's panda diplomacy: How Beijing uses exclusive animal to reinforce soft power

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Panda diplomacy: Xi announces 2 giant pandas for Atlanta zoo in US

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'US and China should coexist in peace': Xi meets Trump at White House on second state visit

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'Very soon': Trump predicts US victory in Iran war, says gas prices will tumble

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Qatar to mediate separate talks with the US and Iran, renew negotiations

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'Arabian Sea will soon be purged of enemy presence': Mojtaba Khamenei warns US

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Netanyahu secretly visited UAE over weekend, asked Sheikh Mohamed to deny pre-Oct 7 attack warning: Report

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Netanyahu, holding ICC arrest warrant, wants to build case against Turkey's Erdogan; demands probe

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'Unacceptable cynical attempt': Why US rejected Iran's ceasefire proposal

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'I want to kill you': Israel minister Ben-Gvir threatens to execute jailed Hamas figure

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Netanyahu secretly visited UAE, met Emirati leader in Abu Dhabi: Israeli official

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Iran claims second US drone seized in Strait of Hormuz, identifies it as Mk 18 Kingfish

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Saudi strikes on Yemen's Taiz kill dozens: Houthis

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4 Iranian experts killed in Taiz as Yemen army unleashes 756-operation offensive against Houthis

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'Shake the prisons': Israel was warned by Hamas before October 7 attack, says ex-defence minister Gallant

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'Doomsday' war with US? Iran foreign minister says Tehran is 'prepared'

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US rejects Iran's claim of capturing underwater drone, calls move 'clearly desperate'

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'Will never bow our head': Iran embassy invokes Baahubali to echo Pezeshkian's defiant UN speech

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$26,000 to fight for Russia: How Moscow recruits Americans via TikTok and Telegram

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His father earned around $7 a month; decades later, Lei Jun built a tech company and a $20 billion-plus fortune: The story of the man behind a Chinese tech giant

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49 killed in Myanmar as junta carries out airstrike at rebel-controlled Rakhine region

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Australian students went scuba diving to rebuild an oyster reef; 28 underwater structures quickly attracted oysters and marine life

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14 dead in massive blaze at Russian fireworks factory

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Namibia spent decades building community conservancies; in 2026, a new plan aims to secure more than 20 million hectares

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5,500 Dorper sheep worth more than $1.7 million stolen from Queensland property; police seek information months later

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North Korean mines likely behind blasts that injured 3 South Korean personnel, Seoul says

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In 2015, a man saw two children drinking from a puddle in Ghana and built a solar water kiosk; 10 years later, his project supplies 126M litres

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Since 2006, the African Water Facility has backed 148 projects; its programmes have improved water access for 23.2 million people

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Thailand floods: Over 545,000 affected across 25 provinces, Bangkok remains waterlogged

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Watch: Nepal hillside collapses in seconds, sweeps away houses in Baglung; 10 killed

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South Africa's degraded Eastern Cape is getting 180 million spekboom plants; the restoration project is expected to create 11,000 jobs

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In 2006, Muhammad Ali, Mia Hamm and other elite athletes founded Athletes for Hope to help fellow athletes give back

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Pakistanis turned to rooftop solar as power bills soared; it has now saved $12 billion in fuel imports

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Over 30 killed in 3 separate attacks overnight in South Africa shootings; manhunt launched

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Father left $21 million in a charitable fund; son sought a $1 million donation but his access was cut off by the foundation

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A 14-year-old Georgia student scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT after taking college-level courses; Ashrit Talluri of Fulton County achieved the maximum score while still in an age group far younger than typical SAT test-takers

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US 81-year-old viral delivery driver's $700K fundraiser for wife's cancer treatment pulled after discovering daughter posed as neighbour to raise money

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A Maryland couple bought 116 acres as a hunting property; 20 years later, they had replaced crops with native grasses, wildflowers and trees and permanently protected the land for wildlife

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'Took turns shooting': Trans NYT executive killed by in-laws amid anti-LGBTQ+ allegations

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In 1930, former Maine governor Percival Baxter bought nearly 6,000 acres around Mount Katahdin; 32 years later, his final acquisition brought his gifted parkland to 201,018 acres, now part of a 209,644-acre park

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In 1982, Paul Newman started selling homemade salad dressing and gave away the profits; 40 years later, his company has donated over $600 million

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A Texas oil geologist first saw McKittrick Canyon in 1921, later bought the land for a private retreat; 38 years later he donated 4,942 acres and his home, helping create Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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A Seattle shipbuilder sold his company for a reported $3.5 million in 1906 and built an Orcas Island estate; 15 years later he donated more than 2,700 acres to Washington to create Moran State Park

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$1.04 billion Powerball winner remained anonymous for nearly a month; finally claimed the prize in Illinois

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Indian Green Card applicants see mysterious USCIS status change, immigration lawyer says it must be a 'system glitch'

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UAE confirms Netanyahu's secret visit, says talks focused on Iran, bilateral ties

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In 2002, engineers began placing up to 1.8 million cubic yards of dredged sediment near Horseshoe Bend, Louisiana, helping form a 35-hectare island

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US military to guard midterms after Donald Trump gutted agency that protects elections

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In 2024, 75-year-old Iowa farmer Evie Haupt said three wind turbines on her 160 acres were bringing in about $35,000 a year while using under 3 acres and had helped reduce $350,000 in farm debt to $67,000

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"I can't believe my baby is gone": Pokimane breaks down in tears after beloved cat Mimi dies in tragic balcony fall

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Meet Captain Sully Sullenberger: He landed a plane on Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, saving all 155 lives; 17 years later, he gets aviation's highest honour

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United Airlines jet makes emergency return after cockpit windshield shatters

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Pentagon data hack exposes 3 million people's information as FBI probes another data leak

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School was tricked into sending $6.5 million to a stranger; he spent $513,000 on two luxury watches before the money was frozen

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'I offered them nothing': Trump denies sanctions relief to Iran, bashes Axios report

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Candace Owens faces growing pressure as family voices 'safety' fears amid Charlie Kirk controversy and lawsuits

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In 2003, Sean and Melodye Rooney bought Montana land beside the Stillwater River; 23 years later, their 57-acre property with nearly a mile of river frontage became permanently protected from development

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Trump questions UK release of five suspects held over alleged attack on US airbase

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In 2005, a Minnesota couple bought 20 acres beside Montana's Stillwater River; 17 years later, they had assembled 655 acres and placed the entire property under conservation protection for bears, wolves and elk

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Trump denies offering US arms to China's Xi, contradicts his own envoy

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FBI co-deputy director Andrew Bailey resigns after just over a year, says 'returning to family in Missouri'

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NYT tech executive shot dead allegedly by Chinese in-laws at California sports complex; shooters took turns to spray bullets

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