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The tribe expects its state funding will be gone by the end of June, and is already laying off personnel from work that tribal leaders hoped would help employ tribal members long term.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Bath held off a brave effort from Saracens to book their place in the Champions Cup quarter-finals with a thrilling 31-22 win at The Rec.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The effort involved C-130 refueling and cargo planes and H-60 helicopters that took off and began flying low and slow over the brush-covered hills of Iran, according to videos verified by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Cut off from historic higher elevation cold-water spawning grounds by the Shasta and Keswick dams, the fish have been stranded for decades in the Sacramento River — where warm water routinely cooks their eggs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

I’d been way off course, theorizing jealous secrets, when Sela’s actual truth was another thing I’d always sucked at: self-love.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith