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The 351-mile-long Amtrack Pacific Surfliner route links San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo and carries an estimated 2 million riders a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

The country of 35 million people enjoys relative proximity to China, friendly relations with Beijing and a government that makes building and operating data centers easy, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

The departure of DR Congo -- the second most Francophone country after France with 57.3 million speakers, according to the OIF -- would be a major blow.

From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026

These brilliant galactic centers, powered by enormous black holes, were already radiating as much light as a trillion Suns when the Universe was only 670 million years old, about 5% of its present age.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

One hundred million metric tons of plastic were being produced in the mid.1980s.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Kim said a comparison to the earthquake authority is not valid, since it’s a voluntary program with a smaller risk pool, while wildfire coverage would be mandatory for California’s millions of homeowners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually maintaining its antiquated telecom systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

These findings provide the first evidence of marine subsidization in prehistoric ecosystems, indicating that nutrients originating in the ocean were entering food chains on land millions of years ago.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the UN Office for Project Services, told the COP31 climate talks in the Turkish resort city of Antalya that the lack of fertilisers could push millions into poverty.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

His mom couldn't stop talking about the millions.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty