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The results were in line with company expectations, but shares fell 23% in after-hours trading following the announcement on Wednesday evening, and the company is lowering its full-year outlook from a slight increase to a slight decrease.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
4 June 2026 -
The range increase didn’t require something like a decrease in power—in fact, the standard Solterra got a few extra horsepower, taking it to 233 hp (174 kW) from a pair of identical front and rear motors.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Close the restrooms and the city will be forced to spend more on sidewalk sanitation, environmental cleanup, emergency medical care, policing, complaint response and preventable disease mitigation.—
Francesca Torriani,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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He’s called for expanding the state’s wildfire mitigation efforts, including grant programs to help homeowners clear vegetation and make their properties more insurable.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Chinese diplomats and the foreign ministry say that their outreach in the region is aimed at building friendship and assisting countries with poverty alleviation, agricultural and economic development, and law and order.—
Didi Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.—
Patrick Smith,
STAT,
27 Jan. 2026
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Use your smartphone in moderation, or even better, treat yourself to a few days of digital detox—experience things firsthand and admire nature or a work of art with your own eyes rather than through a smartphone screen.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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Starchy vegetables like potatoes, corn, parsnips and rutabaga also have a high glycemic load and should be eaten in moderation, according to GoodRx.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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There are tons of spa treatments, all on the affordable side, ranging from an abdominal relaxation ritual for digestive lightness to cranial drainage for migraine relief.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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But the Bears’ fate was left unclear — perhaps to be decided only by the team — when state lawmakers adjourned without agreeing on a property-tax relief plan for the team.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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After a brief burst of good ratings results, CBS News is once against under a dark cloud of allegations of MAGA appeasement and corporate-overlord overreach.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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So was the England of 1939, which horrified Forster with its antisemitism and politics of Nazi appeasement.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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