The private sector’s growing role in security functions can deliver real value when properly bounded.
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David Niccolini,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2026
In simple terms, the company is developing something that receives a photon and then uses an optical switch to direct it into a path bounded by highly reflective mirrors.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 July 2026
Lundgren got out from the driver’s side of the vehicle, stumbled across the opposing lane of traffic, and leaped over the side of the bridge into Table Rock Lake below, the sheriff said.
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Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
22 July 2026
Gavi’s teammates then leapt to the defense of the 21-year-old, per the outlet.
Ohtani trotted home on his bad knee – which will prevent him from pitching indefinitely but not hitting – when Freddie Freeman dumped a two-out, two-strike RBI single into center field.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
20 July 2026
Joe Biden famously trotted across the road shaking hands and kissing babies during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade in 2015.
As millions of visitors flocked to the coast for a reprieve from the heat, lifeguards across California have sprung into action, making thousands of rescues over the last few days, some of which have gone viral on social media.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
28 July 2026
None of these qualify as blockbusters, but with the trade deadline next Monday, the first cracks in the dam have sprung leaks.
After feeding coins into a meter, Darien Wharton, 21, of west Orlando, jogged across West Robinson Street to drop something at a friend’s apartment.
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Sara-James Ranta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 July 2026
Jason Melara ran out of the hospital and jogged through traffic on Culver Boulevard with two men, whom police later identified as Daymonee Johnson and Mahki Taylor.
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Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2026
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