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Back-to-back earthquakes have hit Venezuela, leaving at least 160 people dead, the country's acting President Delcy Rodríguez has said.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

One dead squirrel has been recovered and it is being tested in Edinburgh to establish if it was a case of squirrelpox - a disease carried by greys but deadly to reds.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

After nine months of campaigning on the Eastern Front, Mr. Hargreaves calculates, the German forces had suffered one million casualties, “a quarter of them dead or captured.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The vote came nearly 18 months after the outbreak of the Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes in Pacific Palisades, Malibu and other coastal areas, leaving 12 people dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

You can pick it up on a stick, and it’ll still play dead.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck