northern

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An "extremely intelligent" bear that injured four people in northern Japan remains at large as of Friday, after apparently unlatching a window while evading capture and turning on a water tap, officials said.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

J. André Lavoie moved to northern Italy five years ago, and bought a hotel in Pontebba, which he has been renovating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A British soldier who was killed in a training exercise in northern Iraq has been remembered as "a lover of the outdoors" and "a devoted family-man".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

By the time Equiano published his book, slave ships had carried more than 160,000 Africans to America’s Chesapeake colonies, 140,000 to the Carolinas and Georgia, and 30,000 to the northern colonies.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis