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The free concert series kicks off with a performance by the Latin hip-hop funk band Ozomatli on June 13.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

But the cinema spoof still kicks dirt all over those concepts, even when it’s awful.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Infantino, 56, whose World Cup kicks off Thursday in Mexico City, has made it a specialty of his to court the planet’s most influential power brokers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Warsh, at his Senate confirmation, said he prefers a measure of inflation called “trimmed averages” External link that kicks out the most extreme price gains and losses.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Her feet go forward and her heart ba-bamps even as the Antarctic wind kicks up.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti