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A ghost town disappeared beneath 60 feet of water after Hoover Dam was built; Lake Mead’s decline is bringing it back to lifeA submerged ghost town named St. Thomas is reappearing as Lake Mead's water levels drop. This former Mormon settlement was flooded after th...- The rise and fall of 'Bodie': How California’s gold rush boomtown turned into an eerie ghost townBodie, once a thriving gold-mining town in California, emerged as a vibrant hub following the gold rush. This remote location drew thousand...
- In 1948 US industrialist Henry J Kaise founded a town for about 4,000 people in California. Then it emptied almost overnight but still stands frozen in timeEagle Mountain was a company town built for a large iron mine in California's desert. The town housed thousands of residents and provided a...
- A look at some of the deadliest fires in bars, nightclubs and music venuesA Bangkok music bar fire killed at least thirty people and injured dozens. This incident prompts investigations into the cause and contribu...
- One house, no neighbors: Authorities demolished an entire Welsh town, leaving one home listed for £1A solitary three-bedroom house, the sole survivor of a Welsh village once home to 600 people, has been sold for £49,050. The ex-mining vill...
- A giant lake vanished for 130 years, then returned and flooded 120,000 acres overnightA massive lake in California, Tulare Lake, vanished over a century ago. Recent extreme storms brought it back, submerging farmland. This ev...
- 40,000 people under evacuation orders for a chemical tank leak in Southern CaliforniaAuthorities are racing to prevent the explosion of a leaking storage tank containing hazardous chemicals in Garden Grove, California, promp...
- Elon Musk's X is leaving San Francisco; city officials say 'good riddance'Elon Musk is shuttering his social media company's headquarters in the coming weeks and will move its last employees based there south to o...
- Halloween 2023: 10 best places to spend Halloween in U.SThere are numerous towns and cities in the United States that take Halloween quite seriously. Here are some places to celebrate all things ...
- In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robotsThe Australian Navy is investing in two different submarine technologies to counter the rising power of China. One approach involves buildi...
- Without Hollywood, What happens to Los Angeles?The ongoing actors' strike in Southern California has raised concerns about its potential cascading economic impacts on the region. Despite...
- Without Hollywood, what happens to Los Angeles?The impact of the actors' and writers' strikes on Hollywood, Los Angeles, appears to be a critical local issue; however, economists disagre...
- Pandemic set off a deadly rise in the 'need to speed', a worrisome trend as roads get busierTraffic data indicates the higher death toll was related to higher average speeds in conjunction.
- Christmas Watchlist: Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney Hotstar bet big on Xmas films and showsThe festival season is here and it is time to embrace Yuletide spirits. With cinemas yet to draw audience confidence fully, OTT platforms a...
- 1.29 mn Indians travelled to the USA in 2017: Here are the best places to visit according to expertsIndia ranked sixth in terms of visitor spends to the US.
- California dreaming: Stuck indoors due to the wildfire, can the magic of children's books rescue adults?Looking at the apocalyptic weather, one finds comfort in a world of taco-eating dragons & dinosaurs.
- Why flat-earth believer Mike Hughes is making newsHughes has plans to head into space because he wants to prove to all his critics that they are wrong about planet earth.
- Bleak Beauty: Route 50, the loneliest road in America, a black ribbon in a desolate landscapeOn either side of the road, the landscape was flat, bare and desolate with scattered clumps of greenery and an occasional tree, but bereft ...
- A look at the most interesting and intriguing items on eBayTwenty years after eBay went live, a look at the most interesting and intriguing items to go on auction on the website.
- Not right time for protectionism or ending stimulus, PM tells westPrime Minister Manmohan Singh listed out a series of measures that he felt would ensure the quickest possible return to normalcy in the glo...
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