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Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2026
On that ground the United States can not properly be put in the position of countenancing a wrong after its commission any more than in that of consenting to it in advance.
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Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 Aug. 2026
The Philadelphia 76ers had plans last year to build a Center City arena before agreeing to a new arena with the Philadelphia Flyers across the street from their current site in the stadium complex.
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Zach Berman,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2026
The board had scheduled a vote on Alston’s fate last week, but a judge intervened, agreeing that Alston was legally entitled to mediation.
Despite all of this potential economic turmoil on the Canadian side, Carney still concluded that at the end of the day, the cost of acceding to Washington’s extravagant demands was higher than the cost of job losses and strain on a key industry.
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Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2026
Bradley is also charged with one count of acceding to corruption by a public servant, one count of stealing $25,000 or more and one count of first-degree property damage.
The bridge’s 22 piers were seismically retrofitted from the water upward in 2002, but the underwater infrastructure supporting the piers hasn’t been renovated or upgraded since the bridge opened to traffic in 1969.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Aug. 2026
Fewer workers are splitting the cost of supporting a larger, longer-living retired population.
Switzerland voted to enshrine the availability of cash in its constitution, assenting to a push designed to guard against the demise of physical money.
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