The competing narratives — that rich people are hoarding homes or conversely that the tax measure is government overreach — are being promulgated by campaigns with war chests that have grown substantially in recent days.
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Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
But the 2023 decision promulgated the racist myth that the plaintiffs had been rejected in favor of less qualified Black and Brown applicants.
Days later, Knoblock announced that the school commencement would go on as planned that week, with additional security.
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DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Trudeau, who announced his resignation as prime minister amid political pressure in January 2025, and his wife Sophie Grégoire announced their separation in August 2023.
The condition affects roughly 60 million people worldwide, according to a study published in BMC Public Health, with another one million new cases reported every year.
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Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
In many cases, phone-free parties emerge in the form of novelty pop-ups, advertised as a chance to escape the pressures of an ever-demanding online universe.
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Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
The question of whether blue light glasses work as advertised has moved from a niche eye-care discussion to a mainstream consumer concern, especially as screen time climbs and shoppers spend money on lenses that promise better sleep, less eye strain and sharper focus.
Its independence from the French was proclaimed in 1804, just two decades after the American colonies signed the Treaty of Paris.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
There was salt-and-pepper squid that split the difference between a Cantonese seafood palace and the state legislature, where calamari was proclaimed Rhode Island’s official appetizer in 2014.
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