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Fall foliage appears when leaves change from green to yellow, orange, and red, then falls from the trees, said Brandon Fuller, a doctoral candidate and lecturer in the biology department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
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If the neighbor is smoking weed on private property doesn’t belong to them or their neighbor, Rosenthal said the responsibility to take action falls on the landlord.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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If the Supreme Court declines review, Hernandez would face retrial unless prosecutors decide not to pursue the case further.—
Adeola Adeosun
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Times’ proprietor, Patrick Soon-Shiong, now declines to support political candidates, a decision that conflicts with his community’s liberal constituency.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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For the live finale on September 25, Kim Jae Joong returns as Planet Master after previously mentoring the participants during the show’s early episodes.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cynthia Erivo returns as Elphaba with the kind of voice that fills a room and a presence that anchors a world.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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This means that damaging workplace behaviors reduce productivity directly as well as create emotional exhaustion that worsens the decline.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The company travels to Rome, where Blackshirts march in the piazzas, but Duse’s health worsens.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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The deduction and the phase-out levels will increase by 1% a year until 2029, when the cap reverts back to the original $10,000.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Over the coming months, key product drops, collection launches, new platform offering and in-store experiences, will be revealed.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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This image captured through a submarine periscope shows a hit on a sea target after a United States B-2 bomber drops a QUICKSINK bomb over the Norwegian Sea on September 3, 2025.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Throws back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throws%20back. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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