The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman smacked a 463-foot whopper late last month.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 July 2026
Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.
As thousands of professors at in the University of California system say the students entering their classrooms are increasingly under-prepared for university-level math, the university’s timely graduation rates just hit all-time highs.
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Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
22 July 2026
Average daily rates in Miami hit $302 for both game nights and eves, according to AirDNA.
And then, suddenly, a male orca soared into view, belly up, and smashed his head into the dead fish.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
23 July 2026
Beyond shooting incidents, a recent American Civil Liberties Union report found dozens of incidents across eight states since January 2025 where immigration officers rammed into people's cars, smashed vehicle windows and struck people with cars.
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