Things escalated to the point Alexander Stephenson allegedly bit the left thumb of the one driving, and tried to scratch or gouge the other child's eyes.
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Dennis Valera,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Not wanting to fuel the opposition, the podcaster bit her tongue but has since become more overtly critical of the Democratic Party, pushing back against the influence of corporate money and candidates who refuse to condemn the war in Gaza or who don’t defend trans kids.
One pocket of tech that has faced a lot of pressure have been software firms, with the shares of companies like SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow all stung the last six months, as Reuters reports, because of rising fears that AI could disrupt their business models.
With something like military zeal, the former soldier who once itched to be on the front lines now talks up saving the world’s dwindling varieties of tomato seeds, as well as books about social inequality.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
The skin around Hatchet’s eyes swelled and itched and bled.
Haynam’s lawsuit came as scrutiny of Kersten’s leadership swelled in the wake of the Dexter Reed shooting in March 2024.
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Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
The scandal swelled after British media reported a trove of emails between Mandelson and Epstein, in which the veteran Labour politician expressed support for his friend, despite the financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
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