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To avoid my mistake, instead head left on Northside Drive toward Fenton Parkway, which will take you up to the trailhead, located on the northern side of Pompeii Lane.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026 -
The past day has seen the sun unleash a series of powerful solar flares, including two X-class flares and corresponding eruptions from a sunspot region located on the western limb that caused radio blackouts on Earth, while casting masses of plasma into space known as coronal mass ejections.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The statue is situated close to those of King Edward VII, who reigned between 1901 and 1910, and legendary nurse Florence Nightingale, as well as the Crimean War Memorial.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The property is situated on a lot spanning 5,132 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The company has long positioned itself as the more cautious player in the AI race.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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The next day, as Shirley positioned himself outside the Capitol, Democrats killed the Republican’s special session motion without a debate.—
Andrew Graham
April 26,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Van Dyke, who is stationed at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, was charged Thursday with the unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction.—
Gary D. Robertson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Van Dyke, a 38-year-old North Carolina resident stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, has been an active-duty soldier since 2008 and a master sergeant with US Army Special Forces since 2023, according to the indictment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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To comply with the federal consent decree, the city of Chicago is required to complete an analysis of whether officers are deployed efficiently and effectively in neighborhoods across Chicago.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Withholding federal funding from hospitals is one of the most extreme enforcement tools available to regulators, one the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has seldom deployed.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Once established, however, the picture changes as California sycamores are drought-tolerant, not long after being planted in the garden.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah’s military chief, is killed when a bomb planted in his car exploded in Damascus.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The focus narrows in on the remaining passengers and crew in the main sections of the aircraft not blown to bits, the cockpit and a stretch of the main cabin (finally, a reward for flying coach), precariously perched on a reef outcrop.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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Junior suite 2201 has perhaps the best views of all, perched right above a rocky spot where the waves constantly pound the coastline.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Parked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parked. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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