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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday the return of El Nino: the warm phase of a natural climate cycle linked to higher global temperatures and wild weather.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Even with their own costs rising, businesses so far have not tried to pass all of these new expenses along to their customers, who are resistant to paying more after five years of higher inflation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

For these companies, denial rates hovered around 13% for nursing-home care, but they were far higher for patients trying to get into the other types of facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Sustained higher inflation could push rates up, but the weakness of the UK's jobs market and sluggish economic growth in general means this is by no means certain.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The river kept rising, and the higher it rose and the faster it ran, the bigger the logs it brought.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone