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Recent Examples of bridgesMilwaukee's older bridges, though, are in better shape than the average Wisconsin bridge built the same decade, the report says.—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
But Hurricane Melissa has upended that expectation, leaving thousands stranded across Jamaica and neighboring islands as airports shut down and evacuation routes vanish.
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Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
These areas include southern Thailand and the southern islands of Indonesia.
The phenomenon, known as granular jamming, has long fascinated physicists who study how materials like sand and coffee grounds can switch from flowing freely to becoming rigid under pressure.
North Country National Scenic Trail spans eight states, including more than 1,100 miles in Michigan through urban and rural areas in the upper and lower peninsulas.
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Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
24 Oct. 2025
On the remote Yamal and Gydan peninsulas of western Siberia, the landscape is marked by massive craters that look as though the Earth has blown holes in itself.
To put this into perspective, while CORONA photographed approximately 590 million square miles of the earth’s surface during its entire multiyear run, Planet photographs 186 million square miles every day.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Trump signed a rare-earths deal with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.
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