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The first trial in the Mississippi welfare scandal is set to begin this week, nearly six years after it erupted in one of America’s poorest states.

From The Wall Street Journal

Limón’s own interest in environmentalism was sparked, she said, by the wildfires that erupted in the nearby Santa Ynez Mountains and forced school classes to stay indoors, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Millions of Venezuelan expat communities around the world erupted in celebration.

From The Wall Street Journal

Protests erupted in Iran last Sunday over inflation and currency devaluation, after the Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar.

From BBC

By Tuesday, student protests erupted at universities in the capital Tehran and the central cities of Isfahan and Yazd.

From Barron's