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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

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers threatened that moneymaker when she ordered Apple in 2021 to stop prohibiting developers from linking out of their apps to provide an alternative way to pay for digital content.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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

Workers were ordered to stay out of the reactor building.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland