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Two Washington sisters sued over fence lines on both sides of their home after a survey exposed a boundary dispute; the courts backed their neighbours, ordered one fence removed and upheld legal-fee awards
The dispute began after the sisters bought their home in 2019 (AI image) Two sisters in Washington, US, who went…
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Edouard Mendy becomes patron of Senegal school that inspired a project providing free education, digital learning and clean water to local communities | World News
In May 2025, Edouard Mendy was named patron of ADE School, a new role supporting education in Senegal. A 2015…
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‘Ow, ow’: NYC runner sends text to father from marathon, collapses and dies. Rachel Apa had a rare condition where muscles break down and release their contents into bloodstream
A 24-year-old woman died after collapsing during the final stages of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, with her…
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Houston’s 132-year-old Kirby Mansion demolished despite preservation protest; the former 36-room Tudor Revival home could become a gas station
Pic credit: Kyle McClenagan/Houston Public Media Houston’s historic Kirby Mansion has been demolished after city inspectors briefly halted the work…
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Quincy Jones died in 2024, but his estate topped Forbes’ 2026 highest-paid dead celebrities list at an estimated $150 million after selling music and media rights to HarbourView; Michael Jackson’s estate ranked second
Quincy JonesPhoto: Wikimedia Commons Quincy Jones spent more than seven decades shaping American music, film and television, and his influence…
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Random Musing | US Midterms 2026: Why neither MAGA nor Democrats are particularly bothered about Indian-Americans | World News
US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speak to reporters during a press conference following their…
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Every autumn, residents of Portugal’s tiny Corvo Island switch off public lights for five nights to help young seabirds find the ocean; the wider Azores rescue campaign has saved more than 30,000 fledglings since 2015
Residents patrol Corvo’s darkened streets, rescuing stranded shearwaters and releasing them safely towards the Atlantic Ocean. Imagine an entire island…
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In 2012, a US student was forgotten in a DEA cell for five days without food or water; he drank his own urine to survive, and the government later paid him $4.1 million in a settlement | World News
A 23-year-old university student in the US was left inside a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) holding cell for nearly…
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An Essex couple spent eight years building a miniature railway in their quarter-acre garden. It now has 400 metres of track and five locomotives, all outside their home
After they married in 2017, Dave Walker came up with an unusual project. He had a unique proposal for his…
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Europe on alert after bomb threats target at least four passenger flights
File photo: Bomb scares hit four European flights in a day; counter-terror units deployed At least four passenger flights across…
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