Toy industry pressures make digital the star

The gap is widening between rival toy makers Hasbro and Mattel — thanks in part to a 30-year-old trading card game. The toy giants have flip-flopped dominance in the space for decades, jockeying for the most coveted master licenses to put new fan favorites — Disney princesses and “Star Wars” characters among them — on…

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How RVs became Silicon Valley’s housing safety net

Parked along industrial streets, tucked behind warehouses and clustered in residential neighborhoods, thousands of Bay Area residents are living in one of the only forms of housing they can afford: RVs. Across California, the number of people living in vehicles has surged in recent years, as soaring rents and a chronic housing shortage have pushed…

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The Memo: Trump fumes at Supreme Court justices who knocked down tariffs

Less than six weeks before the 2020 election, President Trump stepped into the White House Rose Garden to welcome his latest Supreme Court nominee. “She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, outstanding intellect, excellent credentials and unshakable devotion to the Constitution,” he enthused. “Judge Amy Coney Barrett.” Barrett will be duly confirmed, the third new……

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