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Balloon fragments are the marine debris most likely to kill seabirds that eat it, according to a recent study, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Euthanasia data showed that 2025 was a year of improvement for the shelter system’s kill rate, but so far this year numbers have returned to 2024 levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I'm innocent. I ain't killed nobody. Never did ever kill nobody," Davis said in March 2025 in an interview from prison with ABC News.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Replimune’s drug, marketed as Tudriqev, is a genetically modified virus that doctors inject directly into tumors, where it is designed to kill cancer cells and trigger an immune response against tumors elsewhere in the body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The last time they’d shouted at each other, it was over Molly’s failed attempts to catch and kill the Son of Sam, and that had been in the ’70s.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Air pollution from fires kills roughly 20,000 times as many people as the fires themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

He’s got a super-soaker “Goonies”-meets-early-Peter Jackson mindset and a list of clever kills to execute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The virus that sparked a global pandemic still regularly infects, disables and kills hundreds of people per week.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

It’s a big issue: The flu kills tens of thousands of Americans each year.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“I would never tear us apart. We were a family once, and we will be a family again. If it kills me, I will never again leave your side.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

A total of 2,325 people have been killed by the virus since it was declared on 15 May, surpassing the death toll of the country's 2018-2020 outbreak.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Yemen's years-long civil conflict killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and drove the country to the brink of famine before a 2022 truce restored relative calm.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

According to the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System, 18 U.S. service members have been killed and hundreds have been wounded since the start of operations against Iran.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Young adults respond rationally to inflation and stagnant wages” doesn’t inspire quite the same existential panic as “Gen Z killed nightlife,” but it’s probably closer to the truth.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Too many men from our community were killed in the Turkish War of Independence—husbands, fathers, uncles, brothers, sons, cousins.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

This week: The Treasury Department announced it’s killing an anti-corruption measure that requires shell companies to identify their beneficiaries.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

His adult co-defendant in Jackson’s killing was sentenced to 29 years, but juveniles, even those convicted of murder, cannot be held in custody in California beyond their 20s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The killing of Thompson, 50, came as other top executives at UnitedHealth Group, parent of the largest U.S. health insurer, were getting ready for an investor presentation inside Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York in 2024, are meeting federal prosecutors on Friday amid US media reports about a potential plea agreement.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

It's hard to believe that this tamping iron shot through the skull without killing Phineas Gage.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman