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Apart from a handful of local journalists, almost no-one was outside.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Jim McIngvale, owner of the Gallery Furniture chain in Houston, has repeatedly caught the attention of the national press for his bold bets, placed via Las Vegas sportsbooks, on local teams, including the Houston Astros.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
They put me in a local theater program when I was 7.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The technique could be used both in large centralized facilities and in smaller local systems that take advantage of waste heat from major industrial operations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Though the entire country was witnessing the military enforcing integration in Little Rock, state and local authorities in Virginia pushed back nevertheless.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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