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Amodei urged policymakers to crack down on “industrial-scale distillation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
As robotaxis scale, cities and law-enforcement agencies are cracking down on bad behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Beer’s post announcing the engagement features several photos of the couple, including one of Herbert down on one knee and another of him carrying his smiling bride-to-be over his shoulder with her ring on display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“People chase me down on the street whenever I wear it and ask me where I got it,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
And I told him about Papi, about Uncle Manfred and Aunt Lotti, and all the good times we had had down on the farm, and about the argument that had split the family.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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