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Hundreds of aftershocks have jolted southern Philippines after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake left dozens of people dead and hundreds more injured.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Central bank policymakers are set to decide Wednesday on the path for interest rates, after having left rates steady four times in a row.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Edison executives told The Times last year that they left the line in place because they believed it might be needed in the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The next donation by a William Pulte came in 2019, when only the grandson of that name was left.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Soon after Broca's announcement, a German named Carl Wernicke identifies a second area on the left temporal lobe that separately controls the ability to understand speech.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman