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# May 16, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 18 May 16, 2016 |  

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May 16th, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 18 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsWorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### The Fall of Theranos and the Future of Science In Silicon Valley

The situation exposed weaknesses that might indicate a systemic problem

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Even In Death, Prince Remains Surrounded by Mystery

He died of yet-unknown causes with a vault of unreleased music and no apparent will

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Drake Offers a Snapshot of His Messy Relationships on _Views_

The album isn’t perfect, but it will still influence artists and audiences

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _The Carmichael Show_ Pushes New Boundaries

The throwback sitcom sticks with a well-known format

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The First Black Superhero Leaps to the Silver Screen

Black Panther will get his own Marvel Studios film in 2018

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Civil War Buffs Captain America's Star

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Don DeLillo Dances With Death in His New Novel

<i>Zero K</i> follows a reclusive billionaire who aims to fight death

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### So Should We Just Kill Them All?

[Health](/section/health/)

### In the Latest Issue (5 May 2016)

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### A Clinton Adviser Takes on Lincoln's Legacy

Sidney Blumenthal examines the political life of Abraham Lincoln in new book

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Modern Feminism Should Stop Selling Out

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About the 'Woman Card'

There are some perks

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Why the Clintons Don't Fear the Coming Armageddon With Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton’s ultimate trump card will not be her gender but her relative humanity

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Last Nazi Trials

The prosecution of a 94-year-old former SS guard renews questions about how to assign blame for the Holocaust

[World](/section/world/)

### Bubble Drone

This helium-filled concept, from Germany-based Festo's Bionic Learning Network, is designed to interact safely with humans while carrying small objects. Here's how it works.

[World](/section/world/)

### A Special Evening of 100 Stars

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (5 May 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Grammar 'Mistakes' Made Good

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (5 May 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### The Tao of Trash

[World](/section/world/)

### How Political Instability Threatens Iraq from Within

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (5 May 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### New Trade Deal May Be Doomed by Populism and Suspicion on Both Sides of the Atlantic

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership faces opposition from both Europeans and Americans

[World](/section/world/)

### Loretta Lynch

The Attorney General recently traveled to Talladega prison in Alabama to talk about her efforts to make it easier for prisoners to re-enter society after their time is served. She sat down with TIME days before the Justice Department announced that a North Carolina law violates transgender people's civil rights.

### Others

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