The small village is world-renowned for its excellent oysters, a delicacy that has been harvested here since Roman times.
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Tia Lovisa Moreira,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
According to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, cannabis flower harvested in the 1990s averaged around 5% THC; by 2022, the state’s average flower potency had climbed to roughly 21%, with some strains tested as high as 35%.
So many of those parcels had been seized, stolen, or abandoned, or else were ticking away into the high season, cash millions worth of cannabis sown and soon to be reaped.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Year after year, his former (although now very distant) billionaires club has reaped a growing number of members — from tech titans to celebrities.
Dirt dike riders surround Baltimore police Police said large groups of dirt bike riders traveled through city parks in North and South Baltimore and gathered near Druid Hill Park.
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Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
On June 13, hundreds of true believers gathered at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California dressed in colorful, reflective, space-age outfits to watch a film and celebrate the existence of aliens.
Historians are in broad agreement that this year’s celebration has garnered far less attention than the bicentennial, marked in 1976, which generated blanket media coverage and widespread national excitement.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
The previous version of the bill had garnered strong bipartisan support in the 80-person Assembly, passing out of the chamber with 76 votes in favor of it.
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