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Peña was arrested on Friday minutes after lawmakers, including from his own party, voted to remove him from office due to a crisis triggered by the collapse of Ueno Bank earlier this week.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
But there was little clarity about why the change did not come earlier.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
She won support for her leadership earlier this year by championing a plan for scale, including leaning in to building private equity that she and others hoped would help Weil compete with their larger rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Rams safety Quentin Lake says he texted Justin Herbert to apologize for comments he made about the Chargers quarterback on a podcast earlier this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Clare reached up to inspect the source of Nine’s horror and found the sticky pulp he’d smashed over himself earlier.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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