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Court records show Aherne, whose last known address was in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, has a long history of struggling with mental illness.
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Landon Mion , Cb Cotton , Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Fumes or smoke entering aircraft cabins is a known problem in aviation.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
An Idaho man who died of rabies passed the virus to another man through a kidney transplant, marking the fourth known instance in the country in nearly half a century where rabies was transmitted from an organ donor to a recipient.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Dec. 2025
The opposition later rallied behind Edmundo González Urrutia, a former diplomat then little known to the public.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025
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Landon Mion , Cb Cotton , Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Fumes or smoke entering aircraft cabins is a known problem in aviation.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
An Idaho man who died of rabies passed the virus to another man through a kidney transplant, marking the fourth known instance in the country in nearly half a century where rabies was transmitted from an organ donor to a recipient.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Dec. 2025
The opposition later rallied behind Edmundo González Urrutia, a former diplomat then little known to the public.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/known. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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known
adjective
: generally recognized
a known expert on art
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