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northeast

Intercardinal direction between north and east

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Nov 26, 2025
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How many votes did Kamala Harris get in the 2024 election (if she ran) and what were the official totals?

Available reporting shows Kamala Harris was the Democratic nominee in 2024 and lost the election to Donald Trump; most sources report vote totals in the high tens of millions — for example, one outlet...

Oct 24, 2025
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What would happen if Canada cut off electricity to the USA

A sudden Canadian cutoff of electricity to the United States would cause , because U.S. power systems are large, decentralized, and equipped with backup generation and interconnections beyond Canada. ...

Nov 7, 2025
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What is Candace Owens's family and upbringing background?

Candace Owens was born in the late 1980s and is widely reported to have been raised in Connecticut after an early family disruption; accounts converge on a childhood shaped by parental divorce, time l...

Nov 8, 2025

Did any state gain or lose seats after the 2020 Census and which ones changed for 2022 and 2024?

After the 2020 Census, the official apportionment shifted the 435 House seats: and . Those reapportionment changes were implemented beginning with the 2022 congressional elections and continued to sha...

Nov 20, 2025

How do state-run grocery stores compare to private ones in terms of pricing and availability?

State-run (public) grocery stores are an emergent policy proposal but remain rare in the U.S.; most reporting frames them as a response to sharply higher grocery bills (national grocery inflation ~2.7...

Dec 16, 2025

who long has thelone star tick been around

The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) was observed by naturalists in eastern North America as early as the mid‑18th century and was first scientifically named by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 . Its histor...

Dec 14, 2025

Which states had the highest and lowest auto fatality rates in 2024?

NHTSA’s early 2024 estimates show U.S. traffic fatalities fell to 39,345 and the national fatality rate dropped to about 1.20 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled—both cited as the lowest sin...

Dec 7, 2025

How many millionaires per capita live in california compared to other US states?

California contains the largest absolute number of millionaire households in the U.S.—over 1.1 million—yet its share of households that are millionaires is smaller than several smaller states and the ...

Nov 7, 2025

How does the electoral college system affect the outcome of presidential elections?

The Electoral College can change who wins the presidency by translating nationwide votes into state-by-state electoral votes, enabling outcomes where the and concentrating power in a subset of states ...

Oct 11, 2025

What are the top 5 states with the lowest crime rates in 2024?

The answer to “top 5 states with the lowest crime rates in 2024” depends on which metric is used: that weight road, workplace, financial, and emergency-preparedness measures. Different 2024 sources po...

Jan 13, 2026

How are migration and population shifts changing the electoral balance between red and blue states?

Population flows since 2020—accelerated by remote work, housing costs and the pandemic—have moved many residents from dense, traditionally Democratic metros toward Sun Belt and suburban destinations, ...

Dec 16, 2025

How do El Niño and La Niña interact with Arctic warming and the polar vortex to modify U.S. winters?

A persistent La Niña is expected to influence U.S. winter 2025–26 by favoring a warmer southern tier and cooler, snowier northern areas while an unusually early and strong polar vortex disruption — a ...

Nov 8, 2025

How has the proportion of non-white population in the UK changed since 2011?

The proportion of the UK population identifying as non‑white has increased since 2011: census and secondary analyses show a measurable decline in the White British/White share and growth in Asian, Bla...

Nov 2, 2025

Nigerian Christian Genocide

Claims that a “Christian genocide” is occurring in Nigeria rest on multiple reports of large numbers of Christian casualties and targeted attacks on farming communities, but official Nigerian response...

Jan 26, 2026

Which U.S. states have historically suffered the most infrastructure damage from ice storms?

have historically inflicted their heaviest infrastructure damage in parts of the and —states such as , and repeatedly rank among the worst-hit because heavy ice accumulations there collapse trees and ...

Jan 15, 2026

How have detention-bed minimums in ICE contracts influenced arrest and detention practices in specific states?

Detention-bed minimums in ICE contracts—guaranteed payments for a set number of beds—have shaped where and whom ICE arrests and detains by creating financial and operational incentives to fill capacit...

Dec 11, 2025

Which states initially objected to the 16th Amendment and what were their arguments?

Several states and prominent political actors opposed the Sixteenth Amendment during its 1909–1913 adoption campaign, with opposition concentrated in the Northeast and among “establishment” Republican...

Nov 6, 2025

How long does it take for residential solar panels to pay for themselves?

Residential solar payback periods commonly fall in a broad band centered near , with published estimates across the supplied analyses ranging from roughly depending on location, incentives, system cos...

Oct 31, 2025

What roles do Fulani herder–farmer conflicts and Boko Haram/ISWAP play in attacks on Christian communities in 2024–2025?

Fulani herder–farmer clashes and Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgency both contributed to attacks on Christian communities in 2024–2025, but they operate in different theatres and with different motives: . Pol...

Feb 7, 2026

How have Nigerian government and independent human-rights groups assessed the role of Fulani militias compared with jihadist groups in violence against Christians in 2025?

In 2025 the publicly framed as a cross‑cutting security crisis affecting “people across faiths and regions,” rejecting characterizations of a state‑led campaign against Christians and emphasizing jiha...