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While surveying a California creek for threatened red-legged frogs, a scientist spotted what looked like a rock; it was an intact mastodon molar estimated to be 10,000 years old
Scientist finds 10,000-year-old mastodon molar while surveying California creek for threatened frogs (Image Credit: Balance Hydrologics) A routine field survey...
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Indian man on student visa in US sentenced to 30 months for defrauding Vietnam veteran
Venkateswara Chagamreddy, an Indian man living in Texas on a student visa. An Indian citizen living in the US on...
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In 2002, San Antonio turned a 1,308-acre Air Force base over to Brooks for redevelopment; 24 years later, after 3,000+ jobs, it is expanding beyond the base with 243 acres
The Brooks Development Authority was created in 2002 to redevelop the former 1,308-acre Brooks Air Force Base In 2002, San...
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From 1947 to 1970, uranium mines supplied America’s defense program; decades later, Montana sealed 20 hazards at five abandoned sites while bat gates preserved wildlife access
BCI surveys an abandoned uranium mine for bat habitat. Photo: Bat Conservation International. Several abandoned uranium mine sites in the...
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Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire
Reform’s fundraising has been under scrutiny with police announcing an investigation over allegations it broke foreign funding laws, following a...
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A San Francisco house worth about $4.4 million changed hands through 8 disputed deeds in little over a year; the city has now sued to cancel them all and restore the property record
San Francisco legal authorities have filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel eight disputed deeds tied to a $4.4 million house...
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Virginia teacher and her husband feared their farms could become subdivisions or data centres; then he died, but she protected 215 acres with limits that bind future owners
Becky Shelton could have cashed in, just like many other landowners in her neighbourhood. But she knew that wasn’t what...
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Indian-origin investor’s H-1B prediction: If 10% of Indians stuck in US Green Card backlog return, India’s GDP could rise 1%
Indian-American entrepreneur says US’s loss would be India’s gain if even 10% of those stuck in Green Card backlog go...
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Elon Musk reacts to Irish man’s discovery that he would have to wait for 14 years to get Indian citizenship
Elon Musk reacts to a viral post about getting Indian citizenship. Aidan Joyce, a social media account that claimed to...
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US federal court rules residents of a Mississippi town with a population of 150,000, don’t have a constitutional right to lead-free water
For residents of Jackson, Mississippi, the question is simple yet difficult to answer: can people expect the water flowing from...
