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ALLDATA
ALLDATA is an American provider of OEM automotive repair and collision information for professional shops, founded in 1986 in Elk Grove, California, and owned by AutoZone since 1996.
AllDay Project
AllDay Project (올데이 프로젝트, ADP) is a five-member co-ed K-pop group under The Black Label, debuting June 23, 2025 with Famous. Members Annie, Tarzzan, Bailey, Woochan, Youngseo; first co-ed group since KARD; EPs ALLDAY PROJECT and CRASH.
Allecto (crater on Dione)
Allecto is a 106 km impact crater on Dione, Saturn's fourth-largest moon, at 7.73°S, 224.56°W, IAU-approved March 17, 2008, named for one of the Furies; inferred age 340 ± 150 Ma.
Allee Willis
Allee Willis (Alta Sherral Willis, 1947–2019), American songwriter and art director behind "September," "Boogie Wonderland," "Neutron Dance," and the Friends theme; co-writer of The Color Purple; Grammy winner for Beverly Hills Cop.
Allegan County
Allegan County, Michigan: southwestern Lower Peninsula county on Lake Michigan, county seat Allegan, set off 1831, organized 1835, population about 123,188 (2025), 24 townships, 9 cities, farm and tourist economy.
Allegations of CIA assistance to Osama bin Laden
Allegations that the CIA funded or trained Osama bin Laden (أسامة بن لادن) in the 1980s Afghan war. No declassified record documents a direct link; the CIA and al-Qaeda's own leadership, including Zawahiri, deny it.
Allegations of genocide in the October 7 attacks
Claims that the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel (about 1,200 killed, 251 hostages) constituted genocide; bodies found war crimes and crimes against humanity, with genocide contested on specific intent.
Alleged connections between Jeffrey Epstein and intelligence agencies
Claims that Jeffrey Epstein worked for the CIA, Mossad, or Russian intelligence; official reviews, court records, and released files show documented contacts but no corroborated evidence of intelligence employment.
Alleged doubles of Vladimir Putin
Alleged body doubles of Vladimir Putin: unproven claims that lookalikes stand in for the Russian president, asserted by Ukrainian intelligence (up to three) and a 2023 Japanese AI study, denied by the Kremlin, and contradicted by Meduza's 99.6–99.9% facial-recognition results.
Alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate Donald Trump
Alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate Donald Trump: IRGC-linked retaliation plots after Soleimani's 2020 killing, including the 2024 Merchant and Shakeri murder-for-hire cases, distinct from the unrelated Butler and West Palm Beach assassination attempts.
Alleged military use of al-Shifa hospital
Alleged military use of al-Shifa hospital: Israeli and US claims that Hamas used Gaza's largest hospital as a command center; Hamas denied; raids in November 2023 and March 2024; evidence disputed.
Allegheny Airlines
Allegheny Airlines, also known as Allegheny Air, was an American local-service airline based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1939 as All American Aviation, it became USAir in 1979.
Allegheny and Monongahela River locks and dams
The Allegheny and Monongahela River locks and dams are U.S. Corps of Engineers structures that allow deep nine-foot barge navigation, making Pittsburgh the second busiest inland port.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: southwestern Pennsylvania county with county seat Pittsburgh; created 1788 from Westmoreland and Washington; home rule since 2000 with county executive and 15-member council; 130 municipalities; 2020 population 1,250,578.
Allegheny Front
The Allegheny Front is a sharp, east-facing escarpment in the Appalachian Mountains, extending about 174 miles from northern Pennsylvania into eastern West Virginia and separating the Appalachian Plateaus from the Valley and Ridge.
Allegheny Mountains
Allegheny Mountains: Appalachian subrange running from Pennsylvania through western Maryland and eastern West Virginia into Virginia; bounded by the Allegheny Front, topping 4,840 feet at Back Allegheny Mountain, with heavy snowfall and the Allegheny National Forest.
Allegheny National Forest
Allegheny National Forest, northwestern Pennsylvania's only national forest: 513,325 acres established 1923 under the Weeks Act, with hardwood forest, extensive trails, and a privately owned split-estate mineral rights pattern.
Allegheny Plateau
The Allegheny Plateau is a deeply dissected upland in the Appalachian region, covering much of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, rising to more than 4,000 feet.
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River (La Belle Riviere) is a 315-mile tributary forming the Ohio River at Pittsburgh with the Monongahela, draining 11,747 square miles in New York and Pennsylvania, with eight locks and dams and a 1992 Wild and Scenic designation.
Allegheny Vallis
Allegheny Vallis is a 171-km-long valley on Mars near 9°S, 306°E, IAU-approved in 2003 and named after the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania; a Hesperian outflow system east of Valles Marineris.
Allegiance (Canadian TV series)
Allegiance is a Canadian CBC police procedural drama created by Anar Ali, premiering February 7, 2024. It stars Supinder Wraich as rookie officer Sabrina Sohal in Surrey, BC, whose father, the Minister of Public Safety, is arrested on terror charges.
Allegiant (novel)
Allegiant (2013) by Veronica Roth, the final Divergent trilogy book, follows Tris and Tobias beyond Chicago's wall to the Bureau of Genetic Welfare and ends with Tris's sacrificial death; dual POV, record HarperCollins first-day sales, 2016 film split.
Allegiant Air
Allegiant Air, also known as Allegiant Airlines, is an American low-cost airline headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, founded in 1997, flying nonstop routes between under-served cities and leisure destinations.
Allegiant Stadium
Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV home NFL stadium near the Strip; 65,000 seats, $1.97 billion, opened 2020, retractable grass field tray, ETFE roof, Super Bowl LVIII host.
Allegion
Allegion plc is an Irish-incorporated manufacturer of door security products, spun off from Ingersoll Rand in 2013 and known for the Schlage, Von Duprin, and LCN brands.
Allegory
Allegory: a mode of saying one thing and meaning another through sustained figuration, from Greek allos + agoreuein. Covers composition (Roman de la Rose, Pilgrim's Progress, Animal Farm) and allegoresis, personification, visual allegory, Fletcher and de Man's theory.
Allegory in English literature
Allegory in English literature is the practice of writing narratives whose surface story sustains a continuous parallel with a moral, spiritual, or political meaning beneath it.
Allegory of the cave
Plato's allegory of the cave (Republic Book VII, 514a–520a), also called Plato's Cave, depicts chained prisoners mistaking shadows for reality; it illustrates education as the soul's turning toward the Good, alongside the Sun and Divided Line analogies.
Allegra Byron
Allegra Byron (Clara Allegra Byron) was the illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont, who died of fever at Bagnacavallo, Italy, in 1822, aged five.
Allegra Clark
Allegra Clark (born 1988, New York City) is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles, known for Bloodhound in Apex Legends, Beidou in Genshin Impact, Marisa in Street Fighter 6, and Maki in Jujutsu Kaisen; Northwestern University theatre graduate.