Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.
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Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
An 85-year-old man from Vienna died after he and his 82-year-old wife were reportedly trampled by a herd of cows while hiking in Austria.
The towns of Harrisonville, Butler and Osceola were plundered during Bleeding Kansas.
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Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
These will hold a particular interest for the Bloomsbury enthusiast because the majority of them are previously unpublished (an impressive feat, given how often the various archives have been plundered by other biographers).
The latest aftershocks follow two earthquakes that ravaged a nation already crushed by war, poverty and shrinking aid.
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
City officials hired a company to knock down the brick behemoth months after a late-night fire ravaged the building in June 2024, but what to do with the city real estate has remained unclear.
Witt — who started at shortstop — was removed from the game with low-back spasms.
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Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
An ugly sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates sunk their struggling offense to new depths and at least temporarily removed Will Smith from the equation.
Argentine prosecutors have charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer with attempting to hide an 18th-century Italian painting that was looted during World War II and had not been seen publicly in 80 years.
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Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Across the Southeast Asian archipelago, demonstrators have torched government buildings, riot police have hurled tear gas and fired water cannons at protesters in city streets, and some people have looted politicians’ houses and burned vehicles.
Consumer goods company Dabur, valued at $11 billion, took out a front-page newspaper advertisement this week carrying photos of unbranded toothpaste packs that resemble Colgate packaging.
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CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Before ever encountering the Warrens, Valak took out a convent, murdered some priests, and possessed a very hot Frenchman.
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