Lewison speculated that there could be issues with the coaster’s cement footers.
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Claire Harutunian,
Charlotte Observer,
16 July 2026
Numerous press reports in recent months have speculated that the company could license third-party programming or use its existing library to launch FAST channels, which could potentially boost advertising revenue and subscriber levels.
The governor’s September 2020 order directed the state to require all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state after 2035 be zero-emission vehicles.
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Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
16 July 2026
This auction at Sotheby’s set a record for most valuable fossil ever sold.
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Kristi Curry Rogers,
Washington Post,
16 July 2026
Jurors found that Live Nation had illegally monopolized the live concert industry.
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Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
13 July 2026
In a geopolitical environment where spread-out global supply lines are regularly interrupted, and some key materials are monopolized by certain countries (such as speaker magnets), a local source of recycled alternatives provides security.
Small drones were smuggled into Russia’s Bryansk region using air balloons and bigger transport drones, then taken by car near the air bases by Ukrainian agents, who were arrested, the security service said.
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Emma Carmichael,
Los Angeles Times,
13 July 2026
According to New York investigators, the vase was smuggled out of Italy by Fritz Burki and consigned for sale at Christie’s London before entering the museum’s collection.
In a statement, historic preservation group Historic KC said the building once served as the headquarters of the Western Newspaper Union, whose services supplied thousands of weekly newspapers through the country in the early 1900s.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2026
Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement on Saturday that the fuel depot in Noginsk that was targeted overnight supplied the Russian armed forces.
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