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Moments earlier, attendees had watched the first episode of AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat,” the rebranded third season of “Interview With the Vampire” that premiered earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Unveiled earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by the Singapore-based connectivity company uCloudlink, the PetPhone has been heralded as the world’s first smartphone for pets.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

“The entire machinery of the state, whether it’s the state governments, whether it’s the paramilitary…has been mobilized to ensure the question papers are protected,” Singh said in a video earlier this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

The country's state news agency had earlier described the overnight bombardment across the Nabatieh district on Thursday as one of the most intense of the war.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Oliver looked hopefully at me, all his anger from earlier evaporated.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows