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Investigators say he was in the area working as an Uber driver and dropping off passengers on New Year’s Eve near an area where he formerly lived.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Her late father, Alberto Fujimori, was formerly the president of Peru and was eventually jailed for crimes against humanity.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

“These developments are worthy of the scrutiny of policymakers and regulators,” says Sandip Bhagat, chief investment officer at Whittier Trust, who formerly helped oversee Vanguard’s stock funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The human societies of those two formerly joined landmasses were in modern times very different from each other.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond