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Meet Claire Jiang, 18-year-old NJ student diagnosed with arthritis who built a lab model of the disease
In a remarkable achievement, eighteen-year-old student Claire Jiang claimed seventh place and a generous seventy thousand dollars for her outstanding research. Motivated by her own struggle with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Jiang developed an innovative laboratory cell model that promises to enhance the testing of new treatments. Her success underscores the vital role of personal experiences…
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Highway 141 takes Missouri family’s 15 acres; how $238,000 offer became $2.1 million
A Missouri family’s 15-acre property, bought in 1904, became the centre of a long eminent domain dispute after St. Louis County acquired it for a highway project. A jury valued the land at $1.3 million, while the court added $650,000 in heritage value and interest, taking the judgment to about $2.1 million. The Missouri Supreme…
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Colorado man challenges drilling rights beneath his mountain as 400,000 acres head to lease sales
A Colorado landowner and Desert Storm veteran is continuing his legal fight against oil and gas drilling rights beneath Baker’s Peak after the Bureau of Land Management rejected his protest. His appeal comes as the BLM prepares to offer more than 400,000 acres of Colorado land for drilling across six lease sales through December 2026.
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IT giants’ PERM filings suspended: What does this mean for Green Card applicants?
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Meet 22-year-old Utah woman with Down syndrome who became a certified fitness instructor
Aubry Allbridge, 22, has become a certified UpBeat Barre fitness instructor and led her first class with 60 people. She hopes to make everyone feel included while turning her passion for fitness into a full-time job.
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10,000 homes were demolished to build world’s heaviest building in Romania; the story behind it
Bucharest’s grand Palace of the Parliament, commissioned by dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, looms large as a testament to an ambitious and controversial regime. The construction, initiated in 1984, involved the demolition of historic districts, displacing tens of thousands of citizens. Notably, it is the heaviest administrative building worldwide, although much of it remains unoccupied. The colossal…
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Indian-origin couple donates $20 million to US university to set up AI, advanced analytics college; institute to be named after them
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Paramount’s 2,700-acre film ranch rebuilt after 2018 wildfire destroyed most of it
Paramount Ranch in California, a historic Hollywood filming site, is being rebuilt nearly eight years after the 2018 Woolsey Fire destroyed most of its buildings and sets. The National Park Service is spending $26 million on the project, with new fire-safe structures being built in the footprints of historic Paramount-era buildings. The ranch is expected…
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UK police shooting: Officers open fire on knife-wielding suspect after woman stabbed in Luton
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Retired 40-metre dredger sunk off Adelaide to create new artificial reef
South Australia has sunk the 40-metre MV Andrew Wilson six kilometres off Brighton to create an artificial reef. The vessel now rests 20 metres underwater and forms part of a $165 million algal-bloom recovery effort. Fishing is banned within 200 metres of the wreck for 12 months to help local fish stocks recover.