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MIS-C stands for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children. It continues to be rare and is mostly seen in unvaccinated children now.

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  • Health

Researchers decipher MIS-C, the scary illness that followed COVID in some kids

Some children who had COVID developed a severe inflammatory response that could put them in the ICU. Scientists have learned why it happens.

August 08, 2024
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  • Maria Godoy
Mortgage rates fell to their lowest level in 15 months this week, providing a little relief in the country's housing sector.

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  • Economy

Housing relief? Mortgage rates drop to their lowest level in over a year

Mortgage rates fell to 6.47% this week, prompting a flurry of refinancing activity. Rates are still much higher than they were a few years ago, however, leaving many homeowners reluctant to move.

August 08, 2024
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  • Scott Horsley
Giant panda Xin Bao is seen in her Panda Ridge habitat at the San Diego Zoo on Wednesday, one day before the bear and a male, Yun Chuan, were due to go on display. The pandas arrived at the end of June.

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  • National

The panda-drought ends in California as San Diego Zoo's new arrivals welcome visitors

The special public unveiling of “Panda Ridge” was scheduled for noon on Thursday. They’re the first pandas to come to the United States in 21 years.

August 08, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
 JPEGMAFIA performs in 2023 at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City.

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  • Music Features

JPEGMAFIA, rap's most tireless agitator, looks inward

I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU, the artist's fifth album and first since his Kanye collabs made him a snark target, swings back at everyone in sight — but saves a few knocks for himself.

August 08, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Laguna Pueblo citizen Deb Haaland is the U.S. Interior secretary, and the only Native American to hold a Cabinet post.

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  • National

Deb Haaland’s push to protect Indigenous people disappoints some Native leaders

As a member of Congress, she passed a bill to hold the executive branch accountable for persistent violent crime in Native communities. Now she's a Cabinet secretary, but she's saying little about it.

August 08, 2024
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  • Emily Schwing
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan Parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday.

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  • Europe

Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returns to Spain — then vanishes again

Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for the campaigner for Catalan independence, who made a sensational return to Catalonia — and a getaway after a speech in the city.

August 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Designer Thom Browne acknowledges the applause of the audience after the Thom Browne Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2024 in Paris, France.

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  • Art & Design

Is it OK to wear shorts in the office? We asked designer Thom Browne for advice

The designer, known for dressing celebs to events like the Met Gala, has advice for those willing to challenge office norms.

August 08, 2024
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  • Christopher Thomas
Casey Shively holds a photo of a family ski trip with his sister, Katie, and his father, Dan, in 1996. Dan Shively died in a memory care home after being violently attacked by another resident.

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  • Health

Violent dementia patients leave nursing home staff and residents ‘scared to death’

Verbal, physical, and sexual aggression among dementia patients in long-term care facilities are alarmingly common. “There is a real problem with endemic violence,” one researcher says.

August 08, 2024
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  • Jordan Rau
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  • Pop Culture

Carhartts and camo: What Tim Walz's folksy fashion sense says

The Democratic vice presidential candidate's taste for down-home Carhartt workwear and a camo cap have been getting a lot of media attention lately.

August 08, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
As Ukrainian forces staged an incursion into western Russia, this house was damaged in the town of Sudzha. The photo was released by the acting governor of Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, on his Telegram channel on Tuesday. Russian military officials say some 1,000 Ukrainian troops have entered Russia.

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  • Europe

In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia

Ukrainian soldiers appear to be several miles inside Russia’s Kursk region, where they are in several villages. Russia’s top military official says some 1,000 Ukrainian troops are taking part.

August 08, 2024
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  • Greg Myre
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is welcomed by Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, before she delivers remarks at a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wisc.

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  • Climate

Here’s what Tim Walz did on climate change as Minnesota governor

Climate change advocates heaped praise on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz

August 08, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
Chari Hawkins competes during the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, in March 2024. She's representing Team USA in the heptathlon this week in the Paris Olympics.

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  • Health

A new generation of elite female runners embraces strength over thinness

As Olympic athletes break records in track & field this week, they're also busting myths about body size and running. This generation of female runners are fueling up for strength and stamina.

August 08, 2024
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  • Maggie Mertens
Myha'la Herrold as Harper Stern in Season 3.

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's corporate drama 'Industry' is finally back. Here's a quick refresher

Season 2 of HBO's Industry ended with a wedding, an arrest and a sacked star investor. Season 3 is the most dramatic and stress-inducing yet.

August 08, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
The Olympics have been rocked repeatedly by sports doping scandals in recent years. Now two of the biggest organizations in the world that attempt to preserve clean sport are locked in a feud.  Many athletes say they no longer trust the system that's supposed to protect them from unfair competition.

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  • Sports

With the Summer Olympics in full swing, sports anti-doping agencies escalate feud

The World Anti-Doping Agency has blasted America's anti-doping organization for allowing athletes to compete after using performance enhancing drugs, if they agreed to serve as informants.

August 08, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn bought the Harris-Walz domain name, along with many other hypothetical tickets, in 2020. He describes himself as "the best political cybersquatter ever."

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  • Elections

The self-proclaimed GOAT of cybersquatting sold HarrisWalz.com for $15k

Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn buys and saves websites for hypothetical presidential tickets. On Tuesday, he sold HarrisWalz.com to a person seemingly unconnected to either campaign.

August 08, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
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