The conflict has curtailed ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway for a fifth of the world’s oil.
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Rio Yamat,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
The immersive, motion-simulation experience — which is located in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade land at Universal’s Islands of Adventure park — first brings guests through the familiar castle gates and passageways of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The incident happened in an alley near the 6200 block of Van Buren Avenue.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
Assistant District Attorney Grant Huebner guided McCray through video from McCray’s bodycam footage that captured the tense moments leading up to the June 26 shooting in a North 24th Street alley that left him injured and led to Corder dying three days later.
Police determined Curtis was on a 2026 Yamaha Vino Moped and headed northbound on Carter Drive when a 2014 Nissan Sentra attempted to turn from an alleyway onto the road.
The new focus on the canals was rehabilitation by master plan, with every planter positioned, every café table in conformity with rules of access, every bypath checked for liability, every inspiration — however lovely — thrashed out by committee.
The Creole Nature Trail is a 180-mile scenic byway that cuts through Louisiana’s Cajun Country, also known as Acadiana.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
Guanella Pass, a popular fall destination for leaf peepers, is a 24-mile scenic byway that climbs above the treeline near Georgetown, about 45 miles west of Denver.
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