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June 10, 2015

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Headlines from June 10, 2015

U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq

By Michael R. Gordon

The effort to retake Ramadi and push back the Islamic State effectively delays plans to recapture the city of Mosul this year.

Foreign927 words

Wall St. Courts Start-Ups It Once May Have Ignored

By Nathaniel Popper

The titans of finance no longer keep their distance from small tech firms but actively support them as sources of potential tools they once would have developed themselves.

Business974 words

Juan Felipe Herrera, From Farm Fields to Poet Laureate

By Jennifer Schuessler

The son of migrant farmworkers, Mr. Herrera writes experimental poems that focus on Mexican-American identity.

Culture874 words

Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate With a Working-Class Voice Meant to Be Spoken

By Dwight Garner

Mr. Herrera, who was named poet laureate of the United States on Wednesday, understands people who are drained from the day’s hassle.

Culture699 words

Brothers of ‘The Wolfpack’ Step Out of Their World

By Cara Buckley

The documentary, directed by Crystal Moselle, follows a group of siblings who were locked up in their Manhattan apartment for years.

Arts&Leisure1717 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 10, 2015, covering June 10, 2015.

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A$AP Rocky
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Peak
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1989
Taylor Swift
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Peak
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Touch Down 2 Cause Hell
Boosie Badazz
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Peak
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Pitch Perfect 2
Soundtrack
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Empires
Hillsong United
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Notable Deaths

2015Robert Chartoff, American film producer and philanthropist (born 1933)^[†]

Robert Irwin Chartoff was an American film producer and philanthropist.

2015Wolfgang Jeschke, German author and publisher (born 1936)^[†]

Wolfgang Jeschke was a German science fiction author and editor at Heyne Verlag. In 1987, he won the Harrison Award for international achievements in science fiction.

Historical Context for June 10, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people^[†]

Headlines from June 10, 2015

U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq

Wall St. Courts Start-Ups It Once May Have Ignored

Juan Felipe Herrera, From Farm Fields to Poet Laureate

Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate With a Working-Class Voice Meant to Be Spoken

Brothers of ‘The Wolfpack’ Step Out of Their World

AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP

1989

Touch Down 2 Cause Hell

Pitch Perfect 2

Empires

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for June 10, 2015