In the 1830s the American inventor Samuel Colt filed patents for a new kind of handgun, one in which multiple firing chambers rotated around a single barrel.
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Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
Though most of the hundreds of historic items are held and preserved by the Center for Sacramento History, a small handful are regularly rotated out in the museum’s highly popular exhibit.
The team's lease at the American Airlines Center is set to expire in 2031, and while speculation has swirled about a potential relocation, Mavericks CEO Rick Welts made clear during a recent sports economic panel that the organization intends to remain in the city.
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Erin Jones,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
New York City has denied another request for data about the toxins that swirled above Ground Zero after 9/11 — claiming nothing could be found — despite the discovery of 68 boxes worth of information on the subject just four months ago, the Daily News has learned.
After each song ended, another woman looked to him eagerly, hoping for her turn to be twirled on the floor.
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Natalia Favre,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
During rehearsals, members of the cast, which also includes Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis, and Rachel Dratch, had held a séance in the mezzanine, trying to contact some of those who had twirled under the room’s giant disco ball in times past—Prince, the drag queen Divine.
Takaoka played a long arcing ball-ahead to Ocampo, who avoided goalkeeper James Pantemis — who had charged off his line — and rolled a shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the back post and into a wide-open net.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Pereira had rolled the ankle jumping into the right-field wall while trying to go after a fly ball during the March 30 game in Miami.
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