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Shares of Nvidia finished down 0.3% at $198.35 on Thursday after being positive earlier in the morning.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

The number of students being homeschooled dropped 3.7%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"I agreed to neither the former nor the latter. And indeed, these two conditions are not being met," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, the perversion of ordinary goods to serve a fully militarized state is encapsulated in the difficulty the boy has in finding white flour: None is available because it’s being used to stanch wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

My Jilly Bean was gone and in her place was Jillian, who griped about not being able to find any iced caramel macchiato lattes made with oat milk.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith