For 32 years, Cruz Monroy has walked the streets of a small town on the fringes of Mexico's capital with a tower of small cages filled with a rainbow of birds.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Tanks have been retrofitted with cages and mesh to deflect drone strikes.
For most of the year, the animals roam the island’s northern pastures, hills and cliffs, but in the days before Christmas, they’re rounded up and brought to the shearing pens.
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NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
White seabass hatched in Carlsbad are distributed to 10 coastal holding pens operated by volunteers from San Diego to Ventura, including a large site at Santa Catalina Island.
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Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
The boundaries of the necropolis are not clearly defined, scientists said, noting modern planting pits, ditches and agricultural work have obliterated several tombs.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
The sweet steam mixed with the sour smell of leaves in ditches and marshy places along the creek.
Nico Hoerner, batting leadoff for the first time this season, was 3-for-5 with two doubles while Matt Shaw had two hits and drove in two runs for the Cubs (3-3).
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Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
Jonathan India hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, powering the Kansas City Royals to a 13-9 victory over Joe Ryan and the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
Clinical trial results showed that the highest doses of the oral medication, which will be marketed as Foundayo, caused people to lose an average of 27 pounds after 72 weeks of treatment.
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Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
With massive, deep-V hulls and ballast systems that add thousands of pounds, these boats are designed to displace large amounts of water and generate huge waves for wakeboarders and wakesurfers.
At its heart is a magnificent wooden lodge—the second-largest west of the Mississippi—with a sprawling wraparound deck overlooking horse pastures and corrals.
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Julie Bielenberg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Volunteers can help with cleaning and refilling animals’ water, feeding animals and cleaning corrals.
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Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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