Svetlana Petriychuk wrote the play Finist, the Brave Falcon, based on real events, about Russian women deceived into marrying ISIS fighters and traveling to Syria.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Veteran Vietnam correspondent Neil Sheehan broke the story of the Pentagon Papers, which showed how government officials deceived the public about the Vietnam war.
Their investigation used digital maps, citizen archives, and new forensic technologies to reconstruct what has been concealed and kept behind a curtain of silence.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
Authorities said the tank had been deliberately concealed, and an autopsy determined Dee Warner's death was a homicide caused by strangulation and blunt force trauma.
Ask whether the hypothesis, at least in principle, can be falsified.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
After Mario left, the school was hit with NCAA sanctions in 1995 following a Pell Grant scandal in which an academic advisor falsified financial aid for more than 50 players.
Richins, wearing a white blouse with pale blue and peach-colored flowers on it, looked down and began breathing heavily when the verdict was announced.
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Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Females build large webs, often golden or yellow colored, to capture food.
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