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Back at The Old Windmill, Murphy merch is raising money for a good cause.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
"Speculation helps no one and can cause enormous additional distress to a family at an already incredibly difficult time."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The Ojai Raptor Center reported a dip in Big Bear bald eagle Jackie’s blood values, leaving the livestream star in intensive care as experts work to find a cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Handling wild game can pose food-safety risks: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that raw or undercooked wild game, including bear meat, can carry trichinella parasites, which cause trichinellosis.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
“It’s obvious that Gladys Herdman got that poor little boy to knock himself silly and cause a big commotion, and then she went to the cafeteria and walked off with every last cookie!”
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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At ordinary temperatures, heat causes atoms to vibrate constantly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Still, the billions of taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent; lawmakers have insisted the government continue to fund humanitarian aid, global health and pro-democracy causes around the world.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids and causes a haemorrhagic fever.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
He advised each of the last seven U.S. presidents on new viral epidemics faced by the world, including multiple recurrences of Ebola, HIV/AIDS, Sars-CoV-1, H1N1 Influenza, Zika and then Sars-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was generally acknowledged that there was a limited range of possible causes of a change in the relationship between earth and water.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The other category is medical costs and liability, or losses from an accident you caused, including damage to the other car and its driver and passengers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Falling debris from the attacks damaged houses and vehicles and caused a fire in a non-residential building, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Because the research was observational, it cannot establish that higher levels of exercise directly caused the lower cardiovascular risk.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
She loaded boxes of evidence into a White House meeting with Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to prove to the president that it was Burgum who had caused this problem for the president.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
The highly contagious illness is caused by bacteria growing in the body, usually the lungs, and is spread through the air when people cough, sneeze, or spit.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Despite extensive testing and bloodwork, experts still have not figured out exactly what’s causing her symptoms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The government wants to raise awareness that daily life could be interrupted, but without causing significant disruption, said Kuo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
"For every dollar the government is spending on positive biodiversity conservation action, there's A$26 being spent on subsidies that are causing harm to nature," he tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It also makes it possible to form the desired ordered intermetallic structure at much higher temperatures without causing the nanoparticles to clump together.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Every now and then a kite would swoop down over the waterfowls’ nests, causing a commotion as the parents tried to protect their hatchlings.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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