Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive.
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Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Dozens of homes stood abandoned until they were razed and replaced with signs saying to keep out.
Working with thousands of patients or 126 hospices is not against California law, but hospice industry leaders say the numbers associated with Bhuva's workload are difficult to explain.
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Grace Manthey,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
The counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura account for nearly a quarter of the hospices in the country.
Three lawsuits opposing the caps were immediately filed by state attorneys general and organizations representing private and public universities, hospitals, and academic medical centers.
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Megan Molteni,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
Israel has increasingly targeted Lebanese first responders and medical centers, forcing several hospitals to evacuate.
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