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The sources said the system expanded far beyond its initial scope and came to include records from hundreds of lawsuits involving the LAPD.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Assuming your $1.3 million is fully invested in stocks, a 4% initial withdrawal would let you take $54,000 in the first year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

And he noted in a post 18 minutes after the initial one that it was “reassuring that there appears to be a consensus that I am approaching this correctly.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

From an initial 30 percent, he later increased tariffs on Colombia to 50 percent.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

He'd stuck a Post-it on the front with a simple message—Plant this!—and the initial A4 hastily scrawled in the corner.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda