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August 27, 2026
‘I Need to Go to the Hospital,’ Delta Pilot Tells Air Traffic Control
A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Boston safely diverted to Detroit after the captain of a Boeing 757 became ill.
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August 26, 2026
He Thought He Destroyed a Flock Camera, but It Was a Decoy, Police Say
A Florida man is facing three felony charges over the Aug. 20 vandalism of a plastic reproduction of one of the automated license plate readers, the authorities said.
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August 14, 2026
Two Billy Goats Boarded a Bus in Portland. They Did Not Have Passes.
Security camera footage showed the goats entering the TriMet bus in Portland, Ore., through the middle doors before some passengers shooed them off. They have since been reunited with their owner.
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August 10, 2026
Takeaways From Jason Arday’s Memoir
The British scholar resigned from Cambridge after the university, which made him its youngest Black professor in 2023, began investigating his academic qualifications.
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August 10, 2026
Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?
Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.
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August 5, 2026
Star Scholar Jason Arday Resigns From Cambridge
Jason Arday was hired by the University of Cambridge in 2023 as the youngest Black professor in its history. Doubt has since been cast on his academic qualifications and claims about his life.
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July 31, 2026
Emily Wilson’s Pan of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignites a Debate Among Classicists and Commenters
Wilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Greek classic influenced the director Christopher Nolan, panned his screenplay for the movie version in an essay for The London Review of Books.
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July 30, 2026
Mistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds
An appeals court in Canada acquitted Brandon Klayme of child pornography-related charges. His Kik username had one less underscore than another account that was involved.
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July 21, 2026
Pan Am Clipper Endeavor Is Found After Over 70 Years Lost at Sea
Fifty-two of the 69 people aboard the plane died when it crashed off Puerto Rico and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
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July 15, 2026
From Twitter to X: 20 Years of Memes, Movements and Hot Takes
The first tweets from the public appeared on July 15, 2006, several months after a soft launch. It was rebranded as X after being acquired by Elon Musk.
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July 10, 2026
Historian Kerri K. Greenidge and Her Book ‘The Grimkes’ Come Under Fire
Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.
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June 12, 2026
National Mall Grass Vandalized with ’86 47’ Stains
The vandalism was the latest in a spate of apparent demonstrations involving the slang term, which the Trump administration says is a reference to assassinating the president.
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June 10, 2026
Judge Punishes 4 Lawyers After Catching Both Sides Using A.I. in Lawsuit
The federal judge in Mississippi also imposed fines and canceled the civil trial, removing all four lawyers from the case.
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