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Long Beach’s R&B savant Giveon kept his Coachella stage to a monochrome motif during his sundown set.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Adding insult to injury, to settle a debt, Hunt sold the 1849 patent rights for something that could have kept his legacy alive: the modern-day safety pin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

What I was not expecting was that across all the conversations I had, one theme kept resurfacing: teenage girls still tend to see themselves through the lens of boys.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

It has kept up its attacks on the country as the militants fight back.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

It kept the blood from clotting the meat.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck