northern

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Nearly half a century ago, a small earthquake beneath northern Utah left seismologists puzzled.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

"We were sound asleep when that thing came ripping through our neighbourhood," recalls Cantey, an aerospace engineer and consultant based in northern California.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

She has decried revelations of the recent participation of CIA officials in a raid on a drug lab in northern Chihuahua state, saying it was a breach of sovereignty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

During the northern hemisphere summer, warm waters associated with El Nino can fuel hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific, while hindering their development in the Atlantic Ocean.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

One stack represented all the people who crossed the northern border out of Chattana province that day; the other stack was for all of the people who had come in.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat