News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness.
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Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
Urban skyglow has robbed many of us of our night skies and the vast majority of the population of the United States now lives in regions where the stars are mostly blotted out by excessive lighting.
Several people were being treated at the scene after being knocked to the ground and trampled as those in the crowd ran for cover, CNN affiliate KYW reported, citing officials.
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Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Some inmates beat and trampled a young corrections officer, Bill Quinn, and grabbed his keys.
Families in the region were already hurting before the shutdown due to the Dragon Bravo Fire that ravaged the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for nearly three months, Amos said.
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Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
The San Francisco 49ers have been hanging tough despite being ravaged by the injury bug for the second year in a row.
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Disney content, including channels like ABC and ESPN, was removed from Google’s YouTube TV overnight after the two companies failed to renew a streaming contract.
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Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
The left rear seat, on the other hand, is somewhat different; the designers have removed the traditional front passenger seat, giving the passenger lots of space to stretch out in first-class aircraft style.
California museum’s collection looted Police are investigating the theft of more than 1,000 items taken from the Oakland Museum of California.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Criminality has shot up across the territory during the war; some of it is attributable to Israeli military support for clan gangs that have systematically looted aid convoys.
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