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The club finished second in attendance last year, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, despite steep increases in ticket prices in recent years.
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Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
21 Apr. 2026
While tariff pain was partially contained to specific categories of food, rising fuel and fertilizer prices promise across-the-board increases, Volpe said.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has repeatedly said that Mexico has a security plan in place for the soccer matches, despite continued outbreaks of violence in the country.
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Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois have been hit the hardest by multiple outbreaks of severe weather over the week.
In California, with its history of wildfires often caused by arson or negligence, prosecutors have not shied away from filing criminal charges, including murder, against people suspected of starting blazes or explosions, Taylor said.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
11 Apr. 2026
If such rockets could be launched at sea, then explosions would be less of an issue for neighbouring population centers.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
Because ulcerative colitis is a relapsing–remitting disease, many people go through quiet periods and then experience flares when inflammation ramps up again.
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Mark Marino,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
That came despite flares and emergency lights being activated.