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In August 2009, 72-year-old William Wilkie died at his home after Heider performed an emergency appendix removal on him but discharged him from Lake Norman Regional Medical Center without prescribing antibiotics, says a wrongful death lawsuit filed in June 2010 by Wilkie’s widow, Brenda.—
Amber Gaudet
Updated February 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Some offer handles or Velcro closures for easy removal, while many are simply large versions of a basic rubber band.—
Jenessa Connor,
Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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Born on June 25, 1972, in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was the second son of Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya from 1969 until his overthrow and death in 2011.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Smith Act, passed in 1940, curbed speech that advocated the violent overthrow of the government.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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In December, Fine called for the mass expulsion of Muslims from the United States.—
MARIANA ALFARO THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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The legislation would prohibit schools from enforcing their cell phone bans through fines, fees, suspensions, expulsions, ticketing, or deployment of police officers or school resource officers.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The soccer humiliation coincided with an economic crisis that halted years of growth, and with a political crisis that resulted in the impeachment of Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff, in 2016.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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But its domestic political scene remains deeply polarized and fractious, with presidents on both sides of the political divide often facing calls for impeachment, criminal investigations and prosecution.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Supreme Court is sending the case back to the lower court for dismissal.—
Melissa Repko,Sara Salinas,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Justice Department has appealed the dismissal of those prosecutions.—
JESSICA HILL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Jean Roger Noelcius also admitted under oath during a deposition in Miami federal court that neither private nor foreign individuals can execute arrest warrants in Haiti, which is the purview of the Haitian national police.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
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Democrats on the Oversight panel, who had traveled to Ohio for the deposition, said that no Republican committee members attended.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2026
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Scott compiled a 46–120 overall record and 15–84 mark in conference play before his suspension.—
Tobias Bass,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Still, Supermicro has had to battle back from a previous trading suspension from the Nasdaq stock exchange in 2018 and a panel decision to delist the stock.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Two years before Tony Clark’s sudden resignation made Bruce Meyer the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, Meyer composed a letter to quiet the union members calling for his ouster.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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News of Butler’s ouster appeared to have the effect that Hegseth desired as word spread across the military’s public-affairs community.—
Missy Ryan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Dethronement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethronement. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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