The Saturday, September 12, 2026 Edition
Inflation Rises to 3.4%, Lil Durk Acquitted, and a Fly Brain Trades Crypto
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Science & Technology
10 pounds
The combined weight of the roughly 1,000-year-old silver artifacts a Finnish metal detectorist unearthed in his hometown — the largest coin hoard of the Viking era ever found in Finland. He had just dug up the first trove when his detector went off again.
Source: Smithsonian
Tomorrow: The NFL plays its first full Sunday slate of the 2026 season.
Tomorrow: The US Open men's final: Ben Shelton takes on No. 1 Alexander Zverev in New York.
- 1940Four French teenagers discover the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings
- 1962President John F. Kennedy delivers his 'We choose to go to the Moon' speech
- 1977Anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in South African police custody
- 1990The Two Plus Four treaty is signed, paving the way for German reunification
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