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"Families deserve clarity about the qualifications, training and safeguarding standards of those caring for their children, particularly during the earliest and most vulnerable stages of a child's life," Bell and Culley told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

My earliest memories of the one-pot dish are of rainy days spent either lounging on the couch or under the sheets.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Among the earliest Buddhist artworks made in Korea, it is the only known example with a bejeweled bodhisattva flanked by two monk attendants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Pancreatic cancer is so deadly in part because there are no effective screening tests, and it rarely causes noticeable symptoms in its earliest stages.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

In the country’s earliest years, the North End was home to the city’s colonial governor, Thomas Hutchinson, and to a well-known silversmith named Paul Revere, destined to become famous for a different reason.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler