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In March, the Police Commission asked the department to report back on what information the company’s scanners collect and share.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

In Japan, Antonelli was on pole, and dropped back only because of a poor start.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Oracle’s shares have surged higher in recent weeks on the back of “strong investor appetite to be long compute names,” Wood wrote.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

His relationship with Xi dates back to when both were sent down as teenage youth to a remote rural area during the Cultural Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A blacksmith opens a barn door, then quickly steps back inside, shutting it.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes