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The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025 -
This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
13 Jan. 2025
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With no lifeboats, limited provisions, and no immediate hope of rescue, they were left adrift in the vast expanse of the Pacific.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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The weather was good, none of the crew in the lifeboat were injured and there was no imminent danger to them.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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California Governor Gavin Newsom said on X, formerly Twitter, late Wednesday morning that more than 1,400 firefighters have been deployed, 267 fire engines, 16 crews, nine water tenders and nine helicopters are all fighting the fires across the region.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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In this week’s batch of new releases, Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper Morgan Wallen issues a tender ballad, while crooner Brett Eldredge releases a new, non-holiday track.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
6 Jan. 2025
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Colonial pilots would unload their cargo onto smaller longboats so it could be carried 100 miles upstream to New Orleans, to avoid getting stuck in the mud.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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From medieval sailors buried beneath the cobblestone streets in Visby to the ruins of Norse shipyards where longboats were built 1,000 years ago, ancient maritime lore suffuses the island.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2024
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Here’s to the week ahead, and don’t hesitate to reach out with comments, questions, feedback, joy, or news of a rocket launch in your future.—
Peter Green,
Quartz,
19 Jan. 2025
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The meme coin’s developers have limited the supply of $TRUMP to 200 million coins at launch before expanding the overall supply to 1 billion over the next three years, according to the coin’s website.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The station, an auxiliary of Sacramento State, in a civil lawsuit filed last month is seeking $900,000 in damages from former general manager Jun Reina and for his 4,500-square-foot West Sacramento home to be placed in a trust.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the US Air Force and nonprofit organization.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
23 Nov. 2024
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Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
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Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.—
Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
24 May 2024
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Blue Origin will attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a barge in the ocean 10 minutes after liftoff while its second stage heads into orbit.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
13 Jan. 2025
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This month, construction crews on barges, drills, cranes, tugs and service vessels will begin drilling to collect soil samples and map subsurface waterways.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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