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Gardening-Small Space
Indoor-grown microgreens are harvested on Long Island, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 2024. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

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Microgardening means getting a surprisingly big harvest from a windowsill or balcony garden

MAY 12, 2026

American Objects The Pill
FILE - A birth control pill container is designed to look like a woman's makeup compact for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., of Raritan, N.J., May 28, 1999. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)

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By changing women’s lives, the pill changed the nation

MAY 12, 2026

American Objects Whites Only Sign
FILE - A sign indicates the white entrance at the Montpelier Train Depot segregation exhibit in Orange, Va. Jan. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Separate and unequal: The ‘Whites Only’ sign was a visible reminder of American racism

MAY 12, 2026

American Objects The iPhone
Older iPhone models sit on top of empty boxes of newer iPhones in Phoenix, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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Americans love their iPhones (though sometimes they wish they could live without them)

MAY 12, 2026

APTOPIX France Cannes 2026 Jury Photo Call
Jury member Demi Moore poses for photographers at the jury photo call at the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Peter Jackson receives honorary Palme D’Or as Cannes flaunts star power despite Hollywood’s retreat

MAY 12, 2026

HIV Cell Therapy
Dr. Steven Deeks at the UCSF Division of HIV Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine on May 5, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP photo/Haven Daley)

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Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV

MAY 12, 2026

Be Well Adult Music Camps
This photo provided by Russ Grazier shows conductor Debbi Gibson leading a band rehearsal at the New England Adult Music Camp in Sidney, Maine, in August 2025. (Russ Grazier via AP)

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Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups

MAY 12, 2026

Romania World Hat Walk
A participant in the World Hat Walk, an event which, according to organizers, takes place in up to 60 cities across the world, promoting headwear, gets help with arranging her outfit in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Photos: Romania tips its hat to World Hat Walk

MAY 11, 2026

Spain Hantavirus Ship
Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Passengers disembark from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, in photos

MAY 10, 2026

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery
FILE - A woman attends a dance workshop at the Biennale of Dance in Africa in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)

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Week in Pictures

MAY 7, 2026

Taiwan Snail Town
Snail owner Lin Mei-hui places her champion snail racer on the podium after a snail race in Fenglin town, Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

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A Taiwanese town embraces a slow pace of life through a snail race

MAY 5, 2026

Be Well Pen Pal Evolution
Some of the hundreds of letters AP reporter Holly Ramer has received from her pen pal in New Zealand are displayed in Bow, N.H., Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

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Dear Readers: Yes, pen pal programs still exist in a digital world

MAY 5, 2026

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