eastern

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Fear has gripped Ebola-hit areas in eastern DR Congo as the suspected number of deaths continues to rise.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The district is located in rural eastern Kentucky and had roughly 1,700 students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Data on the eastern and central Pacific meanwhile shows a 70 percent chance of "above normal" activity.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The government has begun airlifting meat and vegetables from the eastern agricultural heartland of Santa Cruz and central city of Cochabamba to try alleviate the shortages.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield