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Trump, who had been at his New Jersey golf club earlier in the day, flew to downtown Manhattan by taking the Marine One helicopter.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Oil prices, which had spiked more than five percent earlier Monday, pare earlier gains, and on Tuesday they were down.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Amazon was poised to issue Canadian-dollar bonds on Monday after issuing bonds in U.S. dollars, euros and Swiss francs earlier in the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In a third study published in The Lancet, researchers combined data from the FIND-CKD trial with two earlier phase III studies involving patients with diabetic CKD.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

I say early, but Tansy went off to school earlier still, along with her pointer and a new hat.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck