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At earlier hearings, it was revealed that Dedic had been accidentally set free from prison after a court official mixed up digital case files and mistakenly recorded that he had been granted bail.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

People who consider themselves prepared should guarantee that their adult children know where their important end-of-life files are, Zuckerman said — but that’s likely not the case.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Every succession moment in Chinese politics brings renewed anxiety about who is or isn’t aligned, who holds what files, whose network might complicate the choreography.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Wasserman, selected to oversee the Olympics by former Mayor Eric Garcetti, has laid low since his name was revealed in the Epstein files.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“He didn’t expect you to be enterprising enough to take pictures of the files and call the phone numbers and meet with me.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix