western

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At least 11 people have been killed after a Bolivian air force cargo plane crashed in the western city of El Alto, according to media reports.

From BBC

The western state with the most severe snow drought is Oregon.

From Los Angeles Times

As in their previous investigations, the researchers examined Ediacaran age rocks collected from drill cores and outcrops in Oman, western India, and Siberia.

From Science Daily

Just after sunset on Saturday, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Neptune will appear low in the western sky, close to the horizon.

From BBC

One of the most disseminated was an aerial image -- made with artificial intelligence -- of Puerto Vallarta, the tourist paradise on the Pacific coast of the western state of Jalisco, that showed multiple buildings in flames.

From Barron's