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William Kanellis said a former assistant U.S. attorney was supposed to have turned over the discovery to the defense.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
He joined the Journal in 1996 as an assistant editorial features editor after spending five years as an editor at City Journal, the Manhattan Institute's quarterly of urban public policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The study's first authors are Stanford Medicine's Chiraag Kulkarni, MD, an instructor in gastroenterology and hepatology, and assistant clinical research coordinator Touran Fardeen.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
"I know she's always wanted to go travelling and this was like the perfect opportunity for her to go and do it," says the 24-year-old finance assistant.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Friendly faces came into view, some familiar—Gran; my favorite teacher, Miss Kirker; the vet assistant with a tower of pumpkin-orange curls—along with gobs of strangers gathered in the parking lot.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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