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Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining, controlled by billionaire Thomas S. Kaplan, raised $270 million in an IPO to restart the historic Sunshine mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It estimated that 66 percent of the around $5.5 billion generated by mining each year was controlled by political elites working in cahoots with organized crime through murky public-private "strategic alliances."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Pasadena officials are warning that residents may hear helicopters, controlled explosions and simulated weapons fire as the U.S. military conducts a training exercise in the northeast area of the city Wednesday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

By isolating the effects of thermal history in a controlled experimental system, the researchers generated data that can be used to evaluate and improve fallout models that have long relied on simplified assumptions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

But August is too far gone to be controlled.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen