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A Victorinox logo is displayed during Baselworld on March 16, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland.

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  • Business

A Swiss Army Knife without the knife: Victorinox to offer bladeless products

Some governments have been cracking down on the knives people can carry in public as crime has increased. Victorinox said any bladeless offerings wouldn't replace its selection of Swiss Army Knives.

May 08, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez

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  • Your Money

The do's and don'ts of lending money

What do you do if a loved one asks to borrow a big sum of money from you? Experts weigh in on when it's OK to fork over the cash — and when you should probably say no.

May 08, 2024
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  • Andrew Limbong
Steve Albini in his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago in 2023.

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  • Music

Steve Albini, iconoclastic rock musician and engineer, dies at 61

Albini led the abrasive underground rock bands Big Black and Shellac and recorded — by his own estimate — thousands of albums, including classics like Nirvana's In Utero and Pixies' Surfer Rosa.

May 08, 2024
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  • Lars Gotrich
Griner competes for Team USA on Aug. 8, 2021, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Griner won gold medals in both Tokyo and in Rio de Janeiro.

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  • Author Interviews

Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison

The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."

May 08, 2024
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  • Terry Gross
Patti Garamendi (seated in blue) chairs the congressional spouses club. She recently attended a Capitol Hill reception with her husband, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif. (standing above her) to tout a bipartisan project aimed at cancer prevention.

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  • Politics

Bipartisan congressional spouses tackle cancer prevention, and leave politics out

Lawmakers' spouses from both parties have worked to promote cancer awareness and prevention for more than 30 years. They stress the disease impacts families regardless of party and needs a spotlight.

May 08, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Rolling Loud hip-hop festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2023 and Drake performs during day two of Lollapalooza Chile 2023. Last week, the two rappers' long-running feud exploded in a flurry of diss tracks.<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/license/1515117715?adppopup=true"></a>

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  • Music

Taking the toll of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's vicious, gripping psychological warfare

As the jolt of adrenaline lit by the clash between the two biggest rappers of a generation fades, it's worth holding onto the possibility — however slim — that something new can grow from the chaos.

May 08, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce

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  • Book Reviews

Magic, secrets, and urban legend: 3 new YA fantasy novels to read this spring

A heist with a social conscience, a father using magic for questionable work, an urban legend turned sleepover dare: These new releases explore protagonists embracing the magic within themselves.

May 08, 2024
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  • Caitlyn Paxson
An Israeli army battle tank moves along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 7.

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  • World

A timeline of events leading up to Israel's Rafah offensive

The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading up to Israel's offensive.

May 08, 2024
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  • Aya Batrawy,
  • Itay Stern,
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Police face off with pro-Palestinian students after dismantling part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, early on May 2.

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  • Law

In NYC and LA, police response to campus protests draws sharp criticism

Students say they suffered broken bones, concussions and other injuries from allegedly aggressive police action breaking up pro-Palestinian protests last week.

May 08, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Ammer Qaddumi was arrested at a Pro-Palestinian protest at UT-Austin on April 24, 2024.

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  • National

Some student protesters aren't deterred by the prospect of punishment

Some students face criminal charges, suspensions and even expulsions for participating in pro-Palestinian protests and encampments. Their reason? A "just cause."

May 08, 2024
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Arthur Hughes plays the title character in Hulu's four-part series, <em>Shardlake</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Beautifully acted 'Shardlake' brings 500-year-old Tudor intrigue into the present day

A London barrister in Henry VIII's England finds himself investigating a murder in a monastery. Hulu's new four-part series, based on C.J. Sansom's 2003 novel, feels strikingly contemporary.

May 08, 2024
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  • John Powers
Yajaíra Peñaloza (left) and Marian Araujo pose with their children while waiting for their ride at the Casa Alitas shelter in Tucson, Ariz., on March 26.

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  • National

Migrants claiming asylum can be allowed into the U.S. Here's how it works

Asylum rules in the U.S. paired with millions of cases backing up immigration courts are causing a major headache for the country.

May 08, 2024
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Ally Schweitzer
Esther Nesbitt lost two of her children to drug overdoses, and her grandchildren are among more than 320,000 who lost parents in the overdose epidemic.

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  • Children's Health

In a decade of drug overdoses, more than 320,000 American children lost a parent

New research documents how many children lost a parent to an opioid or other overdose in the period from 2011 to 2021. Bereaved children face elevated risks to their physical and emotional health.

May 08, 2024
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis listens during the final arguments in her disqualification hearing on March 1 in Atlanta. She was allowed to remain on the case if a special prosecutor she hired resigned.

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  • Elections

Georgia appeals court will review decision on Trump case DA, bringing another delay

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments after former President Trump appealed a decision allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay on the criminal case involving him and others.

May 08, 2024
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  • Sam Gringlas
Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton used text-to-speech technology to advocate for her bill on the House floor Monday, following her diagnosis with the rare brain condition known as progressive supranuclear palsy.

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  • Politics

A lawmaker with a brain disease used voice assist to back her bill on the House floor

Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia was diagnosed last year with rare disease that makes it hard to speak. She still advocated for a bill renaming a post office in her district – and the House passed it.

May 08, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
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