From Minnesota and Indiana to California and Florida, people across the nation who killed others while speeding are now facing charges that carry life sentences.
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Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2026
Two people were killed, along with the suspect, and five were injured in a Minnesota shooting.
Cut marks and scrapes made by flint knives at consistent locations on the bones indicate local humans butchered many of them for meals.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
20 Aug. 2026
At the site, excavators found stone tools alongside bones of ancient elephants — and the recent paper, written by archaeologists and paleoanthropologists, suggests the remains were likely deliberately butchered by early human ancestors.
If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
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Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
The fire started in the 2300 block of Pickett Road and destroyed five structures, according to Cal Fire.
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Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Aug. 2026
Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.
Also on Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces downed or neutralized almost 500 Ukrainian drones launched overnight.
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Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Aug. 2026
Although both helped mitigate the effects of the gas, urine offered some degree of chemical protection because its ammonia partially neutralized the chlorine, reducing the gas’s damaging and potentially lethal effects on the lungs.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Aug. 2026
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