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He was transported to the Hunt County dentention center and booked on the Southlake warrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Artificial intelligence was front and center at Robinhood’s annual event for its most-active users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The check NorthPoint Development offered to send each of the 4,500 households in Hazle Township, Pa., if it was allowed to build a data center in the Pocono foothills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Scientists at APC Microbiome Ireland, a research center at University College Cork, investigated in detail how coffee may influence communication between the digestive system and the brain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
When we get to the community center, there’s a girl sitting in the lobby writing in a notebook.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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The multibillion dollar investment in the Pacific coast facility will enable Shell to sell more gas to Asia, where growing populations and power hungry data centers are fueling rising demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
For the most recent quarter ending June 30, Alphabet recorded negative free cash flow, meaning that the company’s spending on AI infrastructure and data centers outpaced the cash generated by its core business.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
And when you’re talking about third places, it’s worth remembering we’ve systematically defunded after-school programs, orchestras, art programs, senior centers.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Another new law requires local agencies to disclose 911 calls made from immigration detention centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Stores, shopping centers, garages, furniture outlets, restaurants, quick-food stands: the cement procession marched on, broken only by traffic lights dangling from heavy wires over the roadway.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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The continuing divergence between the two economic powers suggests investment in China has to be centered on earnings streams supported by government policy and specific areas of local demand, Eastspring adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Poindexter has centered his campaign on strengthening unions, retaining healthcare benefits for retirees and injured workers and raising wages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
It centered on South Carolina, one of the states Navatek eyed for a rapid expansion.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Much of the previous research has centered on inflammation in the brain and changes in immune activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Her body weight is centered in first position, her legs and feet shift, slide, independent of her trunk.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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City were accused of a wide range of rule breaches, centering around claims they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent financial regulations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Her manager told her that people would probably be more interested in her memoir before a series centering on magic and dragons, so she started writing her own story two years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“My job is to always be centering folks in the work.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Following the runaway success of “Reacher” with this spinoff centering that hero’s sister-in-arms Frances Neagley is killer timing.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Much of the centering was also in place.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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