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Two police patrol on the sidewalk, far left, in front of the newly-purchased home of William Myers, a black man who bought the house in this all-white community in Levittown, Penn, Aug. 16, 1957. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham, File)

In post-WWII America, the Levittown house was a house for all — as long as you weren’t Black

They weren’t the most impressive-looking houses: boxy and small, two bedrooms with a living room and kitchen, no basement, tossed up one after another in assembly-line fashion.

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A young fan holds his baseball as he waits for more autographs from players before a spring training baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves in Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Treated like a king, then smacked into the heavens: Considering the American baseball

Tap sensation Savion Glover dances a number during a dress rehearsal for "Classical Savion," Jan. 4, 2005, at the Joyce Theater in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Clicks and clacks, rhythms and beats: The tap shoe

A lushly planted strawberry pot serves as a focal point in a succulent garden in Sacramento, Calif., on March 30, 2026. (Luz Yuhas via AP)

Strawberry pots aren’t just for the fruit. Its ‘windows’ make for striking, efficient displays

Tailor, Kil Bae, poses for a photo inside his shop on Friday, March 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Tailors age out of the workforce even as demand for their skills grows

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FASHION

Zendaya attends a special screening of "The Drama" at Regal Union Square on Thursday, April 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Zendaya attends a special screening of “The Drama” at Regal Union Square on Thursday, April 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Surprise! Zendaya wears something blue, after the old, new and borrowed

First she wore something old. Then new, then borrowed — and now blue. Zendaya showed up at her New York premiere for “The Drama” in a dazzling blue Schiaparelli couture ball gown, completing a bridal tease she’d begun weeks ago.

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Lobsters and red carpet gowns: A new show celebrates Schiaparelli’s surrealist fashion

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Stars deliver modern and colorful looks on Oscars red carpet

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Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu close Paris Fashion Week with competing visions of nature

Margot Robbie, Oprah watch Blazy transform Chanel with color and craft

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People dressed in costumes perform on the street during the Fanti Carnival in Lagos Nigeria, Monday, April 6, 2026, (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Thousands flood Lagos’ vibrant Fanti Carnival to celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritage

A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

How spending shocks affect retirement planning

Tailor Marco Lema, 35, of Ecuador, measures a denim alteration at Nordstrom Manhattan flagship in New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) CORRECTION: Corrects to Nordstrom Manhattan flagship, not Nordstrom headquarters

Skilled sewers in demand as tailors and dressmakers age out, in photos

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Women in perimenopause dealing with hot flashes and sleep issues are being courted to buy products

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This combination of photos show promotional art for the series "The Miniature Wife," left, the series "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair," center, and the film "Outcome." (Peacock/Hulu/Apple TV via AP)

What to Stream: Sydney Sweeney, ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ Jonah Hill, ‘Hacks’ and Ella Langley

Kanye West, known as Ye, watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers, on March 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Pressure mounts on Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a summer festival in London

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Can a single therapy session make a difference? Experts say yes, with the right mindset

Gail and David Sanders stand in front of their home which they have been trying to sell Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Olathe, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Housing market trends favor home shoppers, but Iran war clouds the outlook for mortgage rates

A sign directs travelers to the "1947 UFO Crash Site Tours" in Roswell, N.M., on June 10, 1997. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

Nearly a century of wondering: The American UFO saga, in reality and in fiction

Model ships hang at the entrance to the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas on Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Hollywood’s narrative on UFOs and ETs reaches back many decades

A patron passes a painting inside the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, N.M., on June 10, 1997. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

As Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?

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Children race to pick up marshmallows dropped from a helicopter during the annual Marshmallow Drop event held at Nankin Mills Park in Westland, Mich., on Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Children race to gather marshmallows dropped from a helicopter at pair of Michigan parks

A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

5 Financial Freebies Every Investor Should Claim

Painted Easter eggs hang from an Easter Tree in Saalfeld, central Germany, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

Easter eggs can be dyed and still eaten. Just follow these tips to make sure it’s safe

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Why ‘unretired’ seniors are picking up gig work to pay the bills

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Luigi, voiced by Charlie Day, Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, Yoshi, voiced by Donald Glover, and Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, in a scene from "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie." (Nintendo and Illumination/Universal Pictures via AP)

Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time

FILE- This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Gmail app on an iPad in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

One Tech Tip: Got an awkward or embarrassing Gmail address? Google is now letting users change it

Gas prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station, in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dizzying US fuel prices are determined by factors largely outside of a gas station’s control

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A carton of eggs in Farmers Branch, Texas, on Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Eggs for Easter cost much less in the US than last year. A look at the numbers

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This handout photo from Sept. 15, 2015, provided by the Viking Ship Museum shows the underwater view of a diver as he discovers a cannon, thought to be from Danish flagship "Dannebroge" that sank during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. (Viking Ship Museum via AP)

Danish warship sunk by Nelson’s British fleet discovered after 225 years