How to protect yourself from mosquitoes Residents are advised to remove standing water from gutters, planters, toys, wheelbarrows and old tires at least once a week.
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CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
18 Aug. 2026
Within hours, over 30 people showed up to help, armed with gloves, shovels and wheelbarrows.
The Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, was surrounded by piles of debris after it was stripped of roofing materials during a heavy hit from the hurricane last night.
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Erika Angulo,
NBC news,
11 Oct. 2026
Pictures show divers working among piles of ancient pottery, with ceramic plates and bowls scattered across the sandy seabed.
Those changes take the pressure off automakers that have tended to produce less-efficient vehicles — such as SUVs, pickup trucks or high-performance sports cars.
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Robert Ferris,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2026
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office arrested four men who allegedly drove around siphoning hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel from semi-trucks over the past few months.
Bogs tend to keep their secrets low to the ground, where colors shift by inches and boundaries blur in gradients of tiny mounds of moss and sedges emerging from pools.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2026
In 1900, an archaeologist documented 51 Native American mounds at what’s now Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve, 5 miles outside Galena.
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Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
14 Oct. 2026
The same thing can happen here where SpaceX will sell something that’ll probably rely on other assets that are out there, even if the telcos themselves are circling the wagons.
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Nilay Patel,
The Verge,
17 Oct. 2026
Admission includes access to the park’s rides and attractions, including the replica steam-engine train, hay wagons, carousel and ponies.
Every few feet were cairns of glass swept away from shattered storefronts.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
The Park Service recommends that people not disturb, knock down or add to cairns, though some parks caution visitors not to rely on them as official pathways.
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Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
Carousel music mixed with the thunderous roar of roller coaster carts exploding through dizzying loops and heart-stopping drops.
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Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2026
On a recent Sunday afternoon, shoppers crowded the aisles at Tri Ocean Seafood Market on South Federal Boulevard, weaving around carts piled high with dragon fruit, Thai bananas and bundles of fresh herbs.
The symbolic funeral pyres were surrounded by offerings to Hindu deities as relatives gathered to perform the final rites.
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Shristi Kafle,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Sep. 2026
In a tradition dating back more than 300 years, towering pyres have been lit every July in Northern Ireland to mark the Battle of the Boyne, which effectively cemented Protestant rule.
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