From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
Certain signs, such as the recent decree by the municipal authorities of Damascus confining the sale of alcohol to Christian neighborhoods, are ominous.
Local and regional agencies have been building security and emergency-response plans since Kansas City was selected as a host, pulling in agencies from across the metro and beyond to prepare for the crowds.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
Diversion program 8 years old California’s mental health diversion program was enacted in 2018 under the argument that jailing the mentally ill only makes their condition worse and does not prevent them from committing more crimes upon their release.
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Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
No such rules appear to exist for Saudi Arabia, whose leaders have been accused of arbitrarily arresting, jailing and torturing people who speak out against the government.
Meanwhile, the Iranian regime’s very recent and brutal crackdown on its own people — imprisoning and killing thousands of citizens for dissent — has not been met with the same outrage by these voices.
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Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Noem seemed to relish cruelty, and treated her job like a costume party, constantly mugging for cameras with guns and faux toughness as if the dismantling of lives and imprisoning even children was a game.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.
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Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
The security team and members of the church assisted the guard in restraining Mbwavi.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
In the rush by corporations to monetize AI investment by increasing efficiency and reducing workforce costs, restraining a surge of AI takeovers is a concern.
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