The Gulf War left Saddam Hussein in power, but weakened and dangerous, a source of regional instability for another decade—a pattern that some fear might be playing out in Iran, if the regime emerges from the war battered but no less entrenched.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
But Ukraine’s drone attacks are also forcing Moscow to deprioritize some exports and protect consumers, who have been battered by high inflation.
The storm lifted the roof of a boathouse and damaged a dock, garage, and fence.
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Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
Four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, a volunteer organization that provides emergency medical response, were damaged, according to the London Fire Brigade.
In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.
When Iowa State's best player got injured in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Nate Heise stepped up.
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Ren Clayton,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
One resident was injured and about 150 others were displaced after a motel fire in White Settlement on Thursday afternoon, officials said in a Facebook post.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
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CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
Some other countries — including Spain, France and the United Kingdom — are also taking or considering measures to restrict children's access to social media amid growing concern that they are being harmed by exposure to unregulated social media content.
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