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The experiment involved 40 pet dogs divided into three categories (young, adult, and senior) and two groups (eavesdropping and control).—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
21 July 2025 -
After Durkin challenged the government’s eavesdropping methods in the case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in 2013 held a highly unusual closed-door session with government officials over whether Durkin should be allowed to view confidential surveillance documents.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Drummond, who was considered armed and dangerous, was recently captured on surveillance footage amid the high-profile search to track him down.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Combs was physically violent on numerous occasions with Ventura, and photographic and video evidence of her being assaulted was shown to the jury throughout the trial, including 2016 hotel surveillance footage of Combs beating Ventura, which was first published by CNN in May 2024.—
Elizabeth Wagmeister,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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Last month, the United States Air Force carried out a far from routine flight of a variant of the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Ukraine's exploitation of Starlink connectivity has been instrumental in directing military operations, supporting battlefield communications, and controlling drones engaged in reconnaissance and offensive strikes.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Cold Atom Lab — Yui, working inside NASA's Destiny Laboratory, swapped out computer components for this apparatus which lowers atoms below the mean temperature of the universe, enabling the observation of atomic wave functions and quantum characteristics that cannot be reproduced on the ground.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Pritzker responded to Colbert’s observation by joking that Illinois Democrats had asked kindergarten students to draw the map.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Wiretapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretapping. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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