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When the mayor of a small town in western Japan announced she was taking maternity leave, she expected some raised eyebrows.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

America’s top brewers see big business in small beers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Discovery, is financing that expansion in no small part with gobs of money from Oracle, the software giant that’s established multiple data center deals with OpenAI.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

Mousa Traore, who had been waiting for more than an hour along with some 200 other customers at a small Lidl store, said he had been told there were only two units on sale.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Maybe Father likes how the sky makes people feel small?

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