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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

"Instead, hydrogen moves preferentially along well-defined helical pathways embedded within an ordered carbon structure."

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Jones declared bankruptcy in 2022 as the Sandy Hook case made its way to court, and in June 2024, a judge ordered the liquidation of his personal assets.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

We were ordered to grab hold at the end of the nearest plank.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman