The southern Portuguese city of Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles from Lisbon, was battling rising waters from the river Sado, with downtown areas flooded and water levels measuring roughly 7 feet high in some places.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
For people that are not tracking what that actually means, that means that ICE can do almost no arrests in the entire country … If a court rules that there’s a final order of removal, they’re removed actually by an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.
For the entire 15-minute show, they’ve been contorted into pieces of furniture Lawson fabricated, pieces befitting something between an asylum and BDSM dungeon, and reminiscent of Allen Jones’s 1960s Pop sculpture series, which depicts fiberglass women in fetishware as home objects.
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Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
All these eccentric titles befit their elusive nature.
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Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
Paired with stronger workforce-training and credential programs, such a system could help steer students into the pathways best suited to their abilities and goals.
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Neetu Arnold,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
An exceptional culinary experience likewise extends to the beauty of the cutlery, crystal, and fine china set the meal is served with, ideally in a space likewise suited to the elegance of such a tablescape.
Denver Water officials encouraged households to reduce indoor water use by installing low-flow showerheads and toilets, checking for leaks, and planning landscape changes that fit Colorado's dry climate.
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Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
The project, planned for the Knott-Cowen Tract near Rattlesnake Key, aims to accommodate large cruise ships that can’t fit under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
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