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Gary Bedore
June 25,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
While advanced games offer realistic simulations at the cost of pricey purchases and steep learning curves, simpler titles have won over players looking to kill a few minutes—or return to their youths.
This is particularly true since Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government was accused of violence against religious minorities in Syria, including the Alawites – a religious sect close to Shia Islam – and the Druze.
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Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Like many public pools across the United States during the first half of the twentieth century, the Brookside Plunge operated under discriminatory practices that effectively excluded African Americans and other minorities from equal access.
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