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Politicians and public opinion rallied to the cause in the 2010s partly due to fierce campaigning by families and former inmates.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

A common cause of temporary lactose intolerance arises when someone is recovering from a stomach virus or bug.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Another one did not result in above-average rain, but did cause record coastal erosion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

The discovery challenges long-standing assumptions about how the eye functions and could eventually lead to new approaches for treating serious conditions that cause blindness.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Daisy,” I said, “is there really an old man of the mountains, and can he cause people to have bad luck?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“The paleocons were concerned less with keeping the government small,” she writes, “than with ensuring it be used to promote the right causes and help the right people.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf also stressed the urgent need to "address the root causes of irregular migration, combat migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons, and promote safe, orderly and regular migration".

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Ordinarily, cooling a metal causes its electrical resistance to fall steadily, allowing current to flow more easily.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

The condition, called malignant hyperthermia, causes a potentially life-threatening reaction to certain drugs used during anaesthesia.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

‘Even our Experimental Philosophers and Physicians find, that an experiment that hits ofttimes, quite misseth afterwards on other Subjects, and they know not why. A course of effects may oft come from unknown causes.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The report said a mattress in a lower flat bedroom ignited, and a lithium battery then caused the fire to spread rapidly.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

This comparison allowed the researchers to separate the benefits of changing walking mechanics from improvements caused by expectations, attention from researchers, or participation in a structured walking program.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

As Florida was assessing the damage caused by Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Mexico was bracing for Simon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Yet many estrangements are caused by communication or boundary issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The mere mention of peas caused the children to voice heartfelt objections, but Miss Mortimer smiled and assured them that something much tastier was on its way.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Some say a landslide may have blocked the river or its tributary for some time, causing the dammed water to burst out, while others say locals upstream saw an ice-avalanche.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Meanwhile in Florida, mosquitoes are reportedly causing the largest dengue fever outbreak in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Panama on Friday, unleashing panic in the high-rise capital city and causing buildings to collapse in the center of the country but produced no immediate reports of casualties.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“If this hurricane ends up causing refinery flooding, it would exacerbate an already tight market for refined products, further pushing up prices at the pump,” Molchanov told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Jack stopped dead in his tracks, causing May to plow straight into him.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley