More synagogues in Canada in the past 28 months have been desecrated, burned, shot at, or threatened with bombings than in any other country.
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Jesse Brown,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
Officials determined that a total of 26 underground vaults and mausoleums were broken into or desecrated from November 2025 until the day Gerlach was caught.
Wielding an axe, the 26-year-old Englewood resident damaged the hoods and windows of a dozen cars parked in the lot, causing more than $75,000 in damage, prosecutors said.
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Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
This is the 24th Cygnus spacecraft built, but 23rd to launch after the NG-22 mission was canceled when its spacecraft was damaged.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
One very analog cost robotics companies are now dealing with as their products proliferate in the wild is repair fees for robots who have been kicked, ridden on, or otherwise defaced, Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani tells Semafor.
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Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Internet users are obsessed with how a realtor responded in the best way to his advertisement getting defaced.
Twenty-two of those flags were vandalized in March 2025, prompting the department to replace them — and consider a more permanent memorial, the Idaho Statesman reported at the time.
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Rose Evans
April 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
Ungrateful humans vandalized his black cement statue.
No tougher penalties for driving impaired by pot, which public safety officials say has become a major problem.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
Woods, prone in recent years to appearing in unfortunate headlines, is of course Woods seeking treatment following his March 27 arrest for suspicion of driving while impaired during a rollover car crash.
But her career has been marred by high-profile incidents — including being photographed in 2007 with a freshly shaven head hitting a car with an umbrella.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
Sunday’s vote was marred by delays in distributing electoral materials in several districts of Lima, forcing authorities to extend voting into Monday.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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