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As the 9/11 attacks collapsed his office, a blind man’s guide dog helped him down 78 flights to safety and saved his life
September 11, 2026, will mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which collapsed the World Trade Centre and led...
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Lightning struck an 1890 Georgia mansion; its owners drove away unaware the turret was burning until passersby spotted flames, and firefighters kept the main floor undamaged
A lightning strike set fire to the turret of a historic Georgia mansion Saturday night, damaging its distinctive steeple and...
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Police seek to identify protesters behind Portsmouth anti-migrant disorder
Council leader Steve Pitt said the decision had caused “needless disruption”. Around 200 people, some wearing masks, confronted police in...
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UK government expected to announce restrictions on trade with West Bank settlements
The UK government is to set out new restrictions on buying goods made in Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West...
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In 1895, lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky as crowds gathered to witness one of America’s most extraordinary fires
Lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky (Image Credit: West Virginia Explorer)...
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Since 2007, New York’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been milled into lumber after the holidays; the wood has helped build Habitat homes from New York to Mississippi
Rockefeller Center Christmas trees has been used in Habitat homes in several communities, including locations in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,...
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49ers broadcaster Greg Papa spent 78 days in intensive care after a bone marrow transplant; six months later his ‘impossible dream’ comeback begins
The damage to his lungs became so severe that he required supplemental oxygen simply to stand and walk short distances....
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70-year-old Texas woman used $150,000 from her retirement savings to create an all-women tiny-home community spread across five acres for rent of $450 monthly
Be it a divorce, a breakup, widowhood or single parenting, women are often left in situations where they have nowhere...
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California’s Paradise High lost its town to fire in 2018 and Lahainaluna endured the Lahaina fire in 2023; their football teams have now met in Hawaii for the first ‘Unity Bowl’
High school football brings Lahaina and Paradise, Calif., together in “Unity Bowl.” Two football teams separated by thousands of miles...
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A San Antonio library book checked out in 1943 travelled with one family for generations; 82 years later, it came back from Oregon with a note about the late fee
Some library books disappear for a few months. Others never make it back. But one copy of Your Child, His...
