arrested
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A woman was arrested early Saturday for allegedly starting a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest during a red-flag alert that had forecasters warning of critical fire weather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
A 41-year-old man, from Llansamlet, and a 16-year-old boy, also from Llansamlet, were arrested in the aftermath on Friday and remain in custody.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Dutch news agency ANP reported that police arrested between 150 and 200 protesters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
The Soviet Red Army arrested him in 1945, and Puyi spent the next 14 years of his life in prison, first in the Soviet Union and then in the newly founded People’s Republic of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The four men were arrested and held in a Nashville Jail to await trial.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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