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Chappelle explained that, between sets, comedians constantly discuss their different points of view and how comedy can be filtered through different cultural lenses.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
6 May 2026 -
Rain that once filtered into soil could instead run off into surrounding areas, increasing the risk of flooding and putting pressure on nearby waterways.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Minor damage to the aircraft was observed, airport staff inspected the runway for debris and normal operations were quickly resumed, according to the port authority.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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The boat, now being inspected in the Canary Islands, had left Sierra Leone's capital Freetown for Benghazi in Libya.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Rest assured that the career assistant United States attorneys in North Carolina, the career FBI agents, the career secret service agents that investigated this case didn't just look at the Instagram post and walk away.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The Sunday morning death of a gunshot victim at a University City hospital is being investigated as a homicide, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.—
Mark Price
May 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 May 2026
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People with a family history of colon cancer cases that appeared under the age of 55 should get screened 10 years before their family member’s case appeared.—
Eva Flowe
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Here’s What Experts Say Whatever your age, the most important thing is that you’re being screened.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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That could be a concern, agrees Steven Beissinger, a conservation biologist at the University of California, Berkeley who has researched the use of captive populations in managing wild, endangered ones.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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The series, researched and written by editorial writer Jane Healy, earned the Sentinel the first Pulitzer Prize in the newspaper’s long history.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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The geological formation has been studied for decades, and that long record of scientific interest shapes how the company describes its role.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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For years, researchers have studied endocasts of Neanderthal skulls, trying to piece together how their brains were different or similar to ours.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Sifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sifted. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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