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When Six Flags Entertainment merged with Cedar Fair in July 2024, the new enterprise kept the Six Flags name but claimed Cedar Fair’s ticker: FUN.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Despite the "frightening" situation, Marley remained calm and used a mobile phone kept in a waterproof pouch to contact his nan on shore, who called 999.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Goldman Sachs raised its Robinhood price target to $108 from $105 and kept a Buy rating on the shares.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“Erin made fun of me on the day because I kept staring at her fake pregnant belly, because it was so surreal for me,” Quaid recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The brutal south Louisiana weather—hot and unbearably humid— kept the soil wet and soggy, an ideal atmosphere for one of nature’s deadliest creatures: the mosquito.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly