In 2025, the US State Department removed its multi-million-dollar bounties for several key Taliban leaders who had transitionally assumed top positions within the Afghan government.
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Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2026
With Boone removed from the contest and the Blue Jays already up a run, Kirk spoiled Bradley Hanner’s major league debut with a solo homer in the eighth inning.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2026
Their efforts have successfully erased half the population from public life and made Afghanistan one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a woman.
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Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2026
But what frightened me most was not death alone, but the idea of dying before my writings reached the world—that my story would disappear with me, and that my feelings, my memories, my identity, and my human experience would be erased.
The Drive can confirm the Ford Mustang GTD Competition that obliterated the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X’s Nurburgring lap record was in fact rolling on street-legal tires.
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Joel Feder,
The Drive,
13 Aug. 2026
Walter’s agreement to purchase a controlling stake in the Lakers at the $10 billion valuation last summer obliterated that mark, and now Iger and Kushner have pushed the bar even higher.
Mehidy then produced a superb delivery that straightened past the bat of Beau Webster (5) and clipped the top of off stump to have Australia at 6-193, still trailing by 35 runs and with the tail exposed.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Aug. 2026
The most clipped of Drake’s dates on social media was with famous goth streamer, Pinkchyu, who got the rapper to comply with her request to bark like a dog on camera.
The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.
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Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.
In the early 20th century, a massive national mosquito-eradication effort, which led to the CDC’s creation, ultimately expunged the disease from the country.
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Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
3 Aug. 2026
Five students were charged after the incident, but all of them have entered diversionary programs to have the charges expunged.
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