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Today is Friday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2023. There are 233 days left in the year.

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By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Friday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2023. There are 233 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in Histor

Good morning, Arizona. Heres what you need to know to start your day.

On May 12, 1949: The Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.

Plans call for Baxter’s architecturally significant Deerfield campus to be replaced by a warehouse facility. That would be a massive case of architectural heartbreak of the first order, architecture critic Lee Bey writes.

“36 Days of Type” wraps up. The David Rumsey Map Collection is an online database of more than 120,000 downloadable maps. Using a restaurant menu’s typography to anticipate food quality. Striking writers’ picket signs. Automakers are mercifully starting to replace touch screens with tactile controls. The Museum of Failure comes to Brooklyn. A graphene-based engine oil additive is said to improve fuel economy, power, and performance. How did chess pieces get their names? The origin of Be...

They include the Alexander Brothers Blacksmith Shop in Geneva, Oak Cottage in Naperville, and Baxter International Headquarters in Deerfield.

Powerful landlords from Blackstone to Brookfield need to borrow billions to keep their buildings running. But they must contend with higher payments and fleeing tenants first.