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Israel won decisively, capturing a swath of territory including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and the Old City of Jerusalem.

According to Greenwald, the previous definition prevented acts like cutting down swaths of old-growth forests in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest where federally threatened northern spotted owls nest and roost.

No earthquake in modern times has been this powerful, or triggered such substantial, damaging shaking across such a wide swath of California.

The study reports that the regions contain large swaths of protected, high-quality habitat, but does not advocate for any or all of them to actually be used.

Beyond filling up newspapers with wire stories for nearly 180 years, the AP also distributes a widely used style guide for American newspapers, meaning that their decision held sway across a wide swath of publications.