Now, the government shutdown has put him and thousands of other contract employees in the awkward position of having to sign on remotely for work, but without many of their coworkers and resources needed to do their jobs.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
The council received at least a dozen letters and public comments to support naming the sign on Lafayette Boulevard and Cass Avenue — the intersection near the former Detroit Free Press building, 321 Lafayette — after Spina, who died in 1995.
The man scribbled what looked to Qing Yuan like a chicken’s clawprint in the sand.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
During the festival, thousands of people gather to scribble their wishes or prayers directly onto colorful paper lanterns with ink brushes before lighting a small flame inside.
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