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A wildfire sparked by the flare of a shipwrecked mariner has burned around one-fourth of Santa Rosa Island and marks what officials called the largest blaze recorded on the island in modern history.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
While older generations may not always understand activism expressed through hashtags, online campaigns and viral trends, these are modern forms of political participation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
It doesn’t lose its way, yet doesn’t feel entirely confined to one place — a critical component that allows “Is God Is” to play like a modern biblical fable.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier underwent an astonishing collapse between early 2022 and spring 2023, retreating at a pace rarely seen in modern observations.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The opposite side of the document once had verbiage, but the image has faded with age and is impossible to decipher, despite numerous attempts by modern science.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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