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Cassidy, a medical doctor, has broken with the HHS secretary on multiple occasions, including slamming a change to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants and calling for the postponement of key vaccine advisory panel meetings.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
17 May 2026 -
According to Korean outlet Dealsite, Apple held emergency meetings with Samsung’s semiconductor division to lock down memory for iPhone 17 production.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada have traditionally been among the first states to hold presidential primaries or caucuses, although neither party has set its formal presidential primary and caucus calendar yet.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
23 Dec. 2025
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In 16th-century Italy, gamblers could wager on the election of civic magistrates and the outcome of papal conclaves.—
Parker Bach,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Behind the large wooden door, its frescoed walls closed to the general public reveal details of the compound's dramatic history, including papal conclaves and the Inquisition interrogation of Galileo Galilei.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Wake up to panoramic city-to-sea views from the primary bedroom’s private terrace, then step into a kitchen designed with rich, dark sapphire cabinets.—
Kristin Braswell,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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Soon doctors and others will snatch fire axes to crack through the cabinets’ Plexiglas fronts and pry open the doors.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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He was eventually acquitted on the grounds that the real-life incident that inspired the film, which a student in one of his film workshops turned into a documentary, was in the pubic domain.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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Mornings include movement, journaling and wellness rituals, followed by workshops on focus and online income streams.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
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During Muharram’s mourning period, Shiʿis gather in assemblies to hear preachers offer sermons, relate the life of Ḥusayn, and recount the events of the Battle of Karbala.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 May 2026
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This project is pretty typical in scale for us, and consistent with our approach of prioritizing structure as architecture across a range of materials and construction assemblies.—
Fred Albert,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Contestants must strategize with each other over messaging platforms like Discord, while tribal councils take place in a separate Discord channel or on Zoom.—
Charlotte Walsh,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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Cañete also serves on several boards and advisory councils supporting small business, economic development, and diversity initiatives across California.—
Javier Palomarez,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Synods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synods. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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