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For 16 months, America wasn't called the United States — it was the 'United Colonies'. Some even wanted to call it the “United States of Alleghania”

The United States was once known as the United Colonies during its revolution. Official documents began using 'United States' in September 1776. Alternative names like Columbia and Appalachia were also considered. The Articles of Confederation emphasized state sovereignty over national unity. The Constitution later shifted this balance towards a unified…

The Economic Times

In 2021, Missouri added just 1% waste plastic to a two-mile road, that tiny share consumed 10 tons, equal to 750,000 soda bottles

In 2021, Missouri transportation officials discussed a road project that tested recycled plastic in asphalt pavement. Engineers from the University of Missouri, Dow and MoDOT worked together to determine how single-use, polyethylene-based plastic waste could be incorporated into pavement mixtures. The real-world test took place on a two-mile section of…

The Economic Times

In 2008, Allen University paid $116,000 to move a historic 1903 house two blocks and promised restoration; 18 years later, the work never came and the house is being demolished

A historic 1903 house in Columbia, South Carolina, is being demolished nearly 18 years after Allen University moved it two blocks and promised to restore it. The Robert Weston Mance House was linked to generations of Black community and civil rights leaders. After years of neglect, a legal fight over…

The Times of India

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A Missouri man bought the 1914 mansion his late wife had always loved to save it from redevelopment; restoration later revealed $150,000 worth of hidden damage

When Fred Parry’s late wife, Mary, first saw the stately 1914 mansion on West Broadway in Columbia, Missouri, she fell in love. Years later, after her death, Parry found himself facing a choice: let the historic home be redeveloped or step in to save it. He chose the latter, buying…

The Times of India

'I wish him nothing but suffering': Nikitha Godishala's friend knew murder accused Arjun Sharma but didn't think he was capable of this crime

Indian woman Nikitha Godhishala was found dead in an apartment in Columbia on January 3 after a person believed to be her boyfriend, Arjun Sharma, filed a missing person report and told the police that he last saw her on December 31. Hours after filing the complaint, Sharma took a…

The Times of India

Police officer killed in ‘gunfight’ at South Carolina park

The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, also died

The Independent UK

Police officer killed, another wounded in South Carolina park shooting; suspect dead

Two people, including the suspect, and a police officer were killed, while another officer was wounded in a gunfight at a park in Columbia, South Carolina, the city’s police chief said Saturday (local time).

The Times of India

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$21-year-old Corbin Rodenberg in critical condition, suffers multiple skull fractures and fractured pelvis after falling from Harpo’s rooftop bar in Missouri$