Kuwaiti state media reported that two power generation units were knocked out after Iran targeted two power and water desalination plants, citing its Ministry of Electricity.
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Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Apr. 2026
Floorboards were milled from walnut trees felled at a construction site in North Carolina.
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Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Apr. 2026
Sliced from a tree felled by loggers in 1891, the cross-section was annotated with historical events that marked its 13 centuries of life, from the beginning of Chinese book printing to the Crusades to the invention of the telescope.
Martha Raddatz details the dramatic special forces operation to recover the F-15 fighter crew downed in Iran, as the president issues a new ultimatum and new threats.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
The jet's pilot had been rescued soon after the aircraft was downed.
Parks turned into deserts, great skyscrapers leveled by blows from the tails of the monsters, and the entire population threatened in the panic and pestilence that followed the invasion.
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Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
The attack was traumatizing, and the windows cracked by the barrage of bullets the gunman leveled at the agency have still not been replaced, nearly eight months later.
The country plunged into chaos after a 2011 uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
Three people were killed, including a 10-month-old girl, after high winds toppled a tree in Germany during an Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning, according to authorities.
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