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Two years prior, Brock’s old friend Sam Jayne, lead singer of regional peers Lync and Love as Laughter, was found dead in his car.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Traditional funeral practices in this region also involve touching the bodies of the dead; when health workers tried to block that from happening, residents only became more suspicious.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Florsheim lost to the village at trial, but the judge, Margo S. Kirchner, indicated the case was far from dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Hundreds of aftershocks have jolted southern Philippines after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake left dozens of people dead and hundreds more injured.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Nollie and Willem had had homes of their own many years now, and Mama and the aunts were dead, but still I seemed to see them here.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom