investigating

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The California Highway Patrol is investigating the deaths of a couple whose bodies were found in a running vehicle on the side of the 5 Freeway near Redding earlier this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

And if they don’t know how that happens, why bother investigating the reason?

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

Law-enforcement officials began investigating the Gilgo Beach killings more than 15 years ago, eventually uncovering at least 10 bodies across Long Island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

To keep making electronics smaller and more powerful, researchers are investigating ways to combine silicon with new ultrathin materials.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

Because ratios were the keys to understanding nature, the Pythagoreans and later Greek mathematicians spent much of their energy investigating their properties.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife