But as the damage fades and the years march on, toppled trees and downed branches create gaps in the canopy that let light penetrate to the forest floor.
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Marina Wang,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
The deadly blast toppled American notions of safety, exposed anti-government rage and unified a grieving city.
If no one indeed is above the law, why did the Trump administration work so diligently to pardon, excuse, or minimize the actions of the January 6th insurrectionists—individuals who violently sought to overthrow constitutional governance?
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Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
In the early years of the Syrian civil war, Fidan and Erdogan labored to overthrow and install a Sunni regime aligned with Ankara.
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Sinan Ciddi and Jonathan Schanzer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Still to be determined is Vessel’s plan in Glastonbury; the town rejected it, and Vessel won a Superior Court lawsuit to overturn that decision.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
The case had long been viewed by Palin and other conservatives as a possible vehicle to overturn the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court landmark New York Times v. Sullivan.
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