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A burn ban was ordered for 91 counties, essentially the entire southern half of the state, for at least 30 days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Riverside County has been ordered to pay $2.25 million to a former sergeant who said he was pressured into early retirement in retaliation for reporting workplace harassment by a superior.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

In an anti-ferromagnetic state, neighboring ions point in opposite directions, creating a different kind of ordered pattern.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ordered an investigation into the role played by two US officials in a counter-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“Sit down now, Eben McAllister, and pay attention to what I have to say,” she ordered me.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney