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Recent Examples of subdivisionsBut the roadway is already the primary street for several subdivisions, including the Brookstone Apartments, which has over 220 units, and the Mallard Grove housing subdivision, which has 114 homes.—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Armed with subpoenas, the Secret Service and other agencies are intensively focusing on what might have caused the suspect to book a room at the Washington Hilton, less than two miles north of the White House, on the night of the annual dinner.
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Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
The president has not been as candid with his administration’s own controversies, but watchdogs in executive agencies have scrutinized some of his members.
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Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Homelessness continues to rise, basic infrastructure needs to be fixed or replaced and public safety departments need more resources.
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Rebecca Jones,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Measles crept into Utah and Arizona in June, with reports trickling into local health departments of patients coming to doctors and saying their children had just recovered from full-body rashes, and parents telling pediatricians that their whole family had just recovered from measles.
The new special protective services unit would fall under the State Patrol and act as a clearinghouse for security for the Legislature, from coordinating the personnel to assessing threats.
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Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Quixote’s fleet, lighting and grip, production supplies and communications rental services will continue in New York and Los Angeles.
But Latinos also are underrepresented as a demographic across elective offices.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
The second floor will include offices for village, police, and community development administrators, as well as staff break rooms and conference spaces.
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Elizabeth Owens-Schiele,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
With bureaus established in all Australian capital cities, AAP’s domestic news coverage was taken up by regional newspapers and radio stations that could not sustain their own dedicated newsrooms.
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Kevin Patrick,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Tomkins began his career editing news summaries for Radio Free Europe’s foreign bureaus before joining Newsweek in 1957 as a foreign news editor.