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“These records really confirm what advocates, providers and lawmakers have been warning about since WISeR was launched. It’s troubling that CMS knew about much of this and didn’t communicate it to the public,” Cohen said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Shortly after, a current Anthropic researcher took to X to confirm the sentiment, adding he believes the risk the human race will go extinct in the next 10 years is higher than 10%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
This would not mean "halting model training or technical progress, but ensuring companies take adequate time to align and safeguard their models, and for third party evaluators to confirm this".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Yee expects the budget to confirm, rather than defer, planned energy-transition spendings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
And because Alyce hasn’t been able to confirm that he’s been safely evacuated, she finds herself pulled slightly off-route and flying in the direction of his nursing home.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Macklemore confirms ‘Ed Sheeran and his team’ decided to remove him from the latter’s tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The story mostly confirms what we already knew: Things aren’t going well.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Chavez-DeRemer’s attorney told the Washington Post: “The moot report confirms that Secretary Chavez-DeRemer did not violate any laws.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The book confirms the connection between Atzerodt and Booth.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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We do have one confirmed patient that seemed to be outside of the helicopter when it crashed.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Anchor Colleen Williams later confirmed on air that News Chopper 4 had crashed shortly before 7 p.m. local time Tuesday in Chatsworth, roughly 25 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Then, during sometimes emotional live coverage on NBC4, veteran news anchor Colleen Williams confirmed it was the local news station's helicopter that crashed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Newport Beach police confirmed to The Times that Wehr was stopped by an officer on Saturday night, roughly five hours before the crash in Irvine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The evidence already collected by April 15 confirmed that it was Booth who had shot Lincoln, and that he seemed to have several accomplices.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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They then found an oyster bed that had not been previously documented, as well as confirming oysters could have been present at other sites on Mull and Islay.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Currently, we are focused on the retrieval, and after that we will proceed with the investigation," she said, confirming the bodies had been found in the ship's economy accommodation area.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Last week’s payroll numbers were stronger than expected, confirming markets’ hawkish bias for the upcoming Fed meeting,” ING senior rates strategists Benjamin Schroeder and Michiel Tukker say in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Scientists have found high levels of air pollution near the sewage-filled Tijuana River, confirming the complaints of long-suffering residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Only a day had been required to get the crucial photograph confirming Pauling’s prediction.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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