Spohr died after being shot once in the head during the burglary at the couple’s Homewood residence on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, the victims’ family has said.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
If pulled out within 15 minutes, the Utah Avalanche Center says, 93% of avalanche victims live.
Rio Tinto lost almost 2% after the multinational mining company suspended work at its Simandou iron-ore mine in Guinea following a fatality at the SimFer project late Sunday.
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Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
This marks the eighth traffic fatality this year compared to five this time last year, according to data tracked by KCPD.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee
February 15,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
Official casualty figures are kept strictly out of the public gaze, although estimates from multiple sources indicate losses that are eye-wateringly high.
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Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
The bill drew immediate criticism from the Personal Insurance Federation of California, a trade group representing major property and casualty insurers.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
This matter will need to be investigated in order to bring Justice to all who are responsible for human and animal sacrifices intended for a ceremonial sacrifice by shipping five Texas red heifers for construction of a Third Temple in Jerusalem.
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Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
Expect mild redness and a sandpaper-like texture for several days; small sacrifices for a complexion that steals the spotlight.
Those market jitters saw over $1 trillion wiped from the market caps of big tech firms, though some stocks have since recovered some of their losses.
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Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
That was Wembanyama, who had 14 points, six rebounds and three blocks in the World’s first loss and 19 points – including a pair of clutch 3-pointers – in its second.
For Rebillard, the fossil is also proof that all three prey species not only lived together in the same geologic time but also died together in the same week or even day.
And the church has an American martyr, seminary student Jonathan Daniels, who traveled from New Hampshire to Alabama in 1965 to support integration and voting rights.
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Ernesto Burden,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
The character is a decrepit monster, hundreds of years old, feeding off the blood of young women — and Besson presents him as a romantic martyr for love.
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