persons

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“When sufficient admissible evidence exists to charge persons involved in public corruption, as required by the Justice Manual, the Puerto Rico U.S. Attorney’s Office will aggressively pursue such charges,” she wrote.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

According to the ICRC, there are at least 11,000 missing persons in Sudan.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

All the grasping at straws by the intel firms led nowhere, according to persons familiar with the operation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Callan’s school and the family had at one point last year filed missing persons reports for them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The city of Winchester, Virginia, ordered “a guard at every avenue of the town leading from the Potomac, to stop all suspected persons, packages, etc., coming from Philadelphia.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy