Beginning in Anchorage and finishing in Nome, competitors race through blizzards, sub-zero temperatures and gale force winds in a racing event that crosses through a rugged landscape of tundra and spruce forests, over hills and mountain passes, across rivers and even over sea ice.
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Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
The idea gained steam when a national commission warned the nation was falling behind its competitors in educating the youth and the educator's theory was promoted in 1988 by the president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Meanwhile, Grace is done in the first-person and echoes the recent entries, starring Ethan Winters.
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Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
Now in its 24th year, the Travel Photographer of the Year awards continue to set the benchmark for excellence in contemporary travel photography, attracting an outstanding collection of entries.
The fun of The Mole is in putting yourself in the contestants' shoes; like them (well, all but one of them), the audience is not informed of who the mole actually is until the very end.
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
The menu goes beyond basic survival food and leans into the show's reward challenges, giving fans a literal taste of what contestants eat in Fiji.
In case there are more applicants than funds, a lottery system will classify qualifications based on household income.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
With Michael Selig confirmed as chairman, Sporttrade has now taken its place in line alongside at least eight other pending applicants seeking CFTC approval as a prediction market exchange.
Former Fed governor Kevin Warsh, BlackRock executive Rick Rieder, Fed governor Christopher Waller, and White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett are among the top contenders for the position.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
Fans will want to keep tabs on whom title contenders and district title favorites — such as Aledo, Southlake Carroll and North Crowley — choose to face.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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