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Ryerson’s long-dreamed-about World Cup debut will come June 16, when Norway meets Iraq in Foxborough, Mass., though it could have come years earlier if he had chosen to play for the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Instead, the Galway poet was about to discover that a poem she had written seven years earlier, and which was inspired by him, had appeared on the paper.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Bloomberg News earlier reported on some details of the school’s SpaceX investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Imports rose 1.2 percent in April from a month earlier, and the trade surplus stood at 14.5 billion euros.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

I think back to earlier this summer when Camille somehow knew Mom was on a beach.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller