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New Jersey won its second straight to improve to 6-4-0, while the Ducks dropped their fifth in a row to fall to 4-6-0.—Los Angeles Times,
23 Oct. 2026 California’s homicide rate dropped to its lowest-ever level on record in 2025, as the number of violent crimes and homicides has dropped in recent decades, both statewide and nationally.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2026 Bam Adebayo scored 15 for Miami, which has dropped three consecutive season-openers — the third time in franchise history that's happened.—CBS News,
22 Oct. 2026 Lam Research — The semiconductor manufacturing equipment company dropped more than 7%.—
Darla Mercado, Cfp®,fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2026 At one elementary school, the share of children on public assistance dropped 9 percent between this school year and last.—
Lauren Lumpkin,
Washington Post,
22 Oct. 2026 Sunday’s shocking loss to the Arizona Cardinals dropped Los Angeles to 2-4, and, suddenly, a team that entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations is fighting to stay in the playoff picture.—
Andy Scholes,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2026 Seckler explains that young people’s trust in institutions and companies has dropped.—
Muskaan Arshad,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2026 Fallon followed up by asking if McRae had dropped easter eggs hinting at the song’s release.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2026
Some of these studies even suggest a decreased risk of breast cancer with certain formulations of menopausal hormone therapy.
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Versha Pleasant,
The Conversation,
30 July 2026
He was slowed early in his recovery from a knee injury and then saw a decreased role in the rotation in the last month, playing only seven minutes in three tournament games.
Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
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Annika Hammerschlag,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Sep. 2026
Its shares plunged 32% on their market debut Tuesday, before rebounding by nearly 30% Wednesday.
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Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2026
In a fresh sign of doubts about whether the billions flowing to AI companies can be justified, AI data center company Elice Group plunged 32% on its trading debut in South Korea Tuesday.
Those changes seem to be linked to metabolic shifts, among them reductions in the load of glucose, the body’s standard fuel, which is produced mostly from carbohydrates.
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