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Trump tightens Iran squeeze, hurting China and India in the process

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World - / Aug 25, 2026 - Hawk Fire burns more than 15,000 acres, forcing mass evacuations in Nevada - Wildfires across the western United States are forcing mass evacuations, destroying homes and raising fresh questions over who pays for the damage and whether some burned forests will ever return.

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World - / Aug 25, 2026 - Owens Rebukes TPUSA Post: Candace Owens slams Tyler Bowyer; dispute over Erika Kirk - Candace Owens has pushed back against TPUSA chief operating officer Tyler Bowyer after he compared the backlash faced by Erika Kirk with financial support for Lindsay Clancy. Owens criticized Turning Point USA's handling of events following Charlie Kirk's death, arguing that people can oppose fundraisers for Clancy while also believing TPUSA should stay out of the case. Her latest comments add another chapter to her ongoing public feud with Erika and TPUSA.

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'Iran Can't Be Defeated': Israelis Admit Tehran's Military Dominance; Slam Netanyahu's Policies

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Iran Asserts Power In Hormuz; Oil Vessel Hit Near Oman After U.S. Unleashes Economic Onslaught

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Trump's Economic War Ignites Iran Revenge Threat; Tehran Fires Back With Explosive Warning

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Donald Trump wins US Supreme Court nod to tighten mail voting rules before midterms

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In 2017, Indiana's Wolf Run Golf Course closed; after plans for 560 homes and 100,000 sq ft of shops and offices stalled, a couple paid $5.5 million for its 215 acres and helped turn it into Boone County's largest nature preserve

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In 1988, a retired Ohio minister received two tiny pencil sharpeners as a gift; over the next 20 years, he collected more than 3,400 and created a museum

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In 1908, an unschooled Indiana widow began a 20-year fight to defend 120 acres of Lake Michigan dunes from a steel giant; 72 years later, 212 acres including part of her tract joined Indiana Dunes to remain open space forever

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In 1862, heirs sold Colorado's Baca land for 30 cents an acre; 140 years later its 97,000-acre ranch sold for $31.28 million and helped create a national park nearly four times the monument's original size

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The Oval Obese: Trump's junk food habit crashes into Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) crusade

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Albany Police Department issues BOLO for a man who picked $30 from the floor while shopping at Walmart; faces backlash, says no charges will be filed

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In 1988, Arthur creator Marc Brown bought a Martha's Vineyard estate for $700,000; after 37 years and writing half the books there, he sold it for $6.4 million

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Pakistan army officer pulls gun, fires in air amid student protest at Peshawar university- video

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'CTA intentionally prevented': PTI alleges negligence over Imran Khan's hospital visit

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'You are powerful, but remember 1971?' Pakistani politician takes fresh swipe at Army

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Pakistan: Security official killed by unidentified gunmen; 5 cops injured in separate grenade blast

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Destroyed in Operation Sindoor, JeM's Bahawalpur terror base fully operational again

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Pakistan power crisis: Karachi residents riot amid outages lasting hours, block major roads

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'India could use water as weapon': Pakistan minister as Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance

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'In contempt for gathering people': Pak blames ex PM Imran Khan's party for hospital transfer

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Big crisis brewing in Rawalpindi? Pakistan deploys army for 'sensitive duties'

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'Repeatedly tortured': Imran Khan's sister alleges abuse in jail as ex-Pakistan PM returns to prison

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Imran Khan's kin say Pak govt violated court order for not taking ex-PM to private hospital

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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan returns to Adiala Jail after medical examination at Islamabad hospital

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Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan moved to private hospital from prison after SC order

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Red-faced Pakistan summons top diplomat over US envoy Gor's J&K remark in Srinagar

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Pakistan govt to challenge SC order to move jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to hospital

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Imran Khan's sister meets him after 9 months as Pakistan SC orders hospital transfer for jailed ex-PM

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From Gen Z wave to heat in 150 days: Nepal PM Balen faces street anger, parliament pressure and party unease

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'Their faces burnt': Disturbing details emerge in Bangladesh Hindu family murder

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Will not compromise national interest for PM's India visit: Bangladesh

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'Attackers took bath, ate dates': Chilling details in Bangladesh Hindu family case

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Hindu family of four found dead in locked home in Bangladesh's Rangpur; strangulation suspected

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'Positive approach': Bangladesh ministers on possibility of joining Mecca pact

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Gas runs dry: Bangladesh factories shut, homes go dark

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Angry at fireworks in mountains, China shuts down its 8000-ders to foreign climbers

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Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir sworn in as Bangladesh's 23rd President

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BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir wins Bangladesh presidential election with 255 votes

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A West Sussex widow transformed £57,000 fly-tipped wasteland into a dream mini-farm with pigs, chickens and 2,000 plants; now she has been ordered to tear it down after losing a planning battle

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Prince Harry steps down from African Wildlife Charity Board following human rights abuse probe

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12 people arrested in connection with UK A66 crash that killed 7, including 2 police officers

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A British metal detectorist thought he'd found a bull's nose ring; it was actually a Bronze Age gold bracelet, and then two more appeared

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'I was living paycheck to paychek': Woman says coming back to India from UK after 4 years not happiest decision but right one for nervous system

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UK woman whose life was 'saved' by a cancer trial cycles 186 miles to thank the hospital that gave her hope

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A 20-year-old archaeology student found gold just 90 minutes into her first dig, the 1,200-year-old discovery is raising new questions about medieval Britain

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and light showers expected August 24

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, showers expected later in the week

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures today, August 24, 2026

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, chance of showers later in the week

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny skies and 24°C on August 24

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A British artist collected more than 100,000 plastic bottles and built an artificial island with a house, ponds and a waterfall

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UK PM Burnham to visit Kyiv as Ukraine turns 35, Britain to boost long-range strike capability

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A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced

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'UK participating in Ukraine war': What triggered Russia's 'outrageous threat' to Britain

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The Danube has fallen so low that a 1,600-year-old Roman bridge is emerging from the river, revealing a piece of history hidden underwater for centuries

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Hungarian Gripen fighter jet crashes: Pilot ejects safely, probe launched

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Quote of the day by Plato: "Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in..."

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Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season

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Pay €25,000 for Schengen visa: Indian company BLS under probe after Spain's Algerian migration crisis

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Ukraine drone attack kills 2 children in Russia's Krasnodar, sets logistics hub ablaze

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'Misguided actions', Trump episode: Zelenskyy breaks silence on rift with sacked defence minister

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Despite contactless payments, euro banknotes in circulation have risen from about €1 trillion in 2016 to €1.6 trillion as Europeans keep emergency cash ready for crises and cyber outages

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'Could destroy Ukraine': Zelenskyy's big warning as calls grow for fresh elections amid ongoing war

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A tiny owl flew 70 miles out to sea and collapsed on a yacht, exhausted and too weak to fly, she found an unlikely group of rescuers who refused to leave her behind

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'Wrong-side' driving trend: 12 deaths in Britain, Ireland linked to social media buzz

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Sweden probes cyber networks after girl dies in school sword attack

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Slow boat to Amsterdam ships cargo using sail power

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'Opened Pandora's box': Putin's big warning after Ukraine hits Russian economic infrastructure

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10 dead as Russia, Ukraine trade fresh strikes after Moscow's deadly shopping centre attack

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'Did not meet launch conditions': China's unmanned moon mission delayed last minute

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In 1953, a Hong Kong imam brought eight date palms from Mecca; one survived and later officials changed a road route rather than cut it down

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NSA Doval to visit Beijing for 25th round of India-China border talks

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Before Xi-Trump talks, US Navy flies through Taiwan Strait, puts China on notice

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China's 16.18-km undersea high-speed rail tunnel completes 21-day cutter replacement under extreme pressure

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In China's Nizhuhe village, a 945-foot cliffside elevator has cut a dangerous 3-hour school journey to about 30 minutes

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China puts AI 'robocops' on traffic duty; one 'Superman' robot claims to be faster than Usain Bolt

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China sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life in prison for financial crimes

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10 dead as torrential rain lashes southwest China; over 21,000 evacuated

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'Must correct its tone': Iran's Pezeshkian warns US against 'coercion and bullying' in Munir meet

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'Iran tried to murder my son': Netanyahu makes big claim against Tehran

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Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir spoke to Donald Trump ahead of Tehran visit: Report

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Israel accuses Gaza of launching drones, balloons and kites; responds with two airstrikes killing four-year old

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'Entering endgame': US turns to 'economic D-Day' against Iran; Tehran raises Gulf oil blockade threat

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Iran invited to join Mecca pact by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan: Report

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Cafes, shops shut over 'violation of norms': Iran's hijab crackdown returns as women defy veiling rules

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Iran discovers over 7.5 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves as US blockade squeezes energy sector

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Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to visit Iran amid push to revive stalled US talks

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Trump's 'D-Day' economic war on Iran: Why Gulf states are most worried

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Pezeshkian admits 'many problems', says Iran is in 'full-scale war' as US sanctions loom

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'Will target their interests': Iran warns neighbours against supporting US economic pressure tactics

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'Conveyed our concerns to US': Israel on Trump's proposed Hamas disarmament plan

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'From defence to offence': Iran warns of pre-emptive strikes as Trump ramps up threats

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'Antisemitic dictator': Netanyahu slams Turkey's Erdogan, vows not to tolerate aggression in Syria

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In 2025, Mowi launched Chile's first floating solar salmon farm; now it supplies 57% of its power and saving 36,750 gallons of diesel a year

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He lived alone in the wild with wolves for 12 years; Spain's famous 'wolf boy' Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja dies at 80

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A goat herder searching for his missing animal uncovers gold worth $280 in Kenya; now 10,000 prospectors have arrived chasing the same discovery

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In 1998, Justin Trudeau's younger brother was swept away in an avalanche in BC. His body was never found

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Mexico is turning corn waste and tortilla-making wastewater into building material; the strange recipe can even be 3D-printed

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A blind Egyptian entrepreneur built an AI app that describes the world through audio, helping visually impaired users experience wildlife, objects and surrounding scenes through their phones

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Tons of fish die in Polish canal as toxic golden algae bloom sparks fears of another major ecological disaster

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Quote of the Day by Benjamin Franklin: "Well done is better than well said"

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In 1998, Costa Rica spread 12,000 tonnes of orange waste over degraded pasture; 16 years later, tree diversity had tripled and forest biomass was 176% higher

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In 1999, an American teacher donated $5,000 to a Chinese woman fighting desertification; with his support, she planted a 50,000-tree forest, and 27 years later, they reunited in tears

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Ecuador's Indigenous women are planting trees for birds, growing cacao for their families and protecting the forest for their children to save the Amazon

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After Australia, New Zealand proposes social media ban for under 16

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In 2005, French crews eradicated rats from Tromelin Island; by 2013, booby populations had more than doubled, and five seabird species later returned to breed

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In 1993, a Bahamas artist began covering his home with shells, bottles, coins and tiles; decades later it became a giant dolphin-themed museum

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An Australian family noticed snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile; snake catchers found 102 venomous snakes underneath

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Taiwan braces for Typhoon Saudel as torrential rains lash southern regions

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In 1900, JP Morgan bought 117 acres including Maine's Sand Beach as a wedding gift; his granddaughter later donated about 100 acres to Acadia National Park

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US universities pausing CPT program after new ICE memo: Indian students in a fix

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Canada lowered a retired Boeing 737 onto the seabed off Vancouver Island; the 100-foot jet now sits nearly 90 feet underwater as an artificial reef for marine life

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In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling koala habitat, then planted 44,000 eucalyptus trees and added 1,630 more acres

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Meet Iris Shen, the 17-year-old Texas student who tested potential blood-cancer drugs in clams; one treatment behaved similarly to human-cell tests and her research won $150,000

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Meet Luca McGill, the Arizona eighth-grader who flew a drone 120 metres into the sky expecting cities to have the most ground-level CO2; rural areas did instead

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Scottish athlete won her country a medal at the Commonwealth Games, but had to return to her McDonald's job days later

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In 1964, a 27-year-old woman bought an abandoned 18 acre island off Maine and built a small house to live there alone; 22 years later the island was donated to become a wildlife sanctuary

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Residents in China found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs

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"Charlie didn't allow Candace Owens around his kids": Candace hit by fresh Charlie Kirk bombshell as viral post questions her relationship with his kids

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"Another r***st being excused and celebrated": Clavicular's Binghamton visit erupts into controversy as students protest his appearance and demand a boycott

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What happened to Alyshia Rushing? Mama A's Alabama car crash death leaves four children, fans 'heartbroken'

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"What method of execution to use": Matt Walsh makes shocking Lindsay Clancy call as postpartum psychosis defense continues

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A California family once refused to sell land needed for the 1960 Winter Olympics; the state offered $103,000, but the owner demanded $440,000

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H-1B visa shock: Trump admin proposes hiking fee to over $100,000

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In 1982, Larry Walters floated in the sky for 45 minutes in his lawn chair tied to 42 balloons; 11 years later, he shot himself to death

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Harvard urges international students to return to US before September 15 as F-1, J-1 visa rules change

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Cops used electrocution gloves to subdue high school students in Omaha, now the school district and parents are pleading with police to stop: 'Supposed to be a safe space for students'

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An abandoned Mississippi shed was covered in snake skins; cameras revealed why gray ratsnakes kept returning

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