northern

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Nearly half a century ago, a small earthquake beneath northern Utah left seismologists puzzled.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

"We were sound asleep when that thing came ripping through our neighbourhood," recalls Cantey, an aerospace engineer and consultant based in northern California.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

She has decried revelations of the recent participation of CIA officials in a raid on a drug lab in northern Chihuahua state, saying it was a breach of sovereignty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Regional climate centres are predicting "below-normal" rainfall during the critical June-September rainy season in the northern Greater Horn of Africa; below-average monsoon rainfall in south Asia; and drier and warmer summer conditions in central America.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

I decided to cut straight through the Levee on foot until I reached the river’s northern bend.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros