News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness.
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Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
Urban skyglow has robbed many of us of our night skies and the vast majority of the population of the United States now lives in regions where the stars are mostly blotted out by excessive lighting.
Monster bamboo, bougainvillea, and banana plants crashed in from the roadside; a tin roof sagged under the weight of a gaggle of marabou storks; baboons plundered trash cans at a highway intersection.
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Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
The Scandinavian Vikings were a seafaring people who plundered both north and west Europe for centuries — a pretty tough group.
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Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
The item belongs to a rare collection of French crown jewels still held by the nation, after most were looted during the French Revolution beginning in 1789.
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Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement officers were injured, autonomous vehicles were set on fire and stores were looted.
Born in Shady Side in Anne Arundel County, Leatherbury took out his trainer’s license in 1958 and won his first race the next year at Sunland Park, now known as Tampa Bay Downs.
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Beth Harris,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2026
At the table sat Holloway, his wife, and Youngblood, who took out a 19th-century gold coin from a velvet pouch.
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