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# August 8, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 6 August 8, 2016 |  

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August 8th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 6 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsSportsWorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Kathryn Hahn

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_ Works Serious Magic on the West End Stage

The latest installment of Harry Potter's story may be London's answer to New York's <i>Hamilton</i>

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### 5 Ways to Weather Summer Heat Waves

[Health](/section/health/)

### The Best Way to Delay Dementia Without Drugs

A new study provides the strongest evidence yet for the power of brain training to reduce the risk of dementia and possibly Alzheimer’s

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### That '70s Saga

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### I Want Olympic Glory for My Son. He Doesn't Want to Break a Sweat

Unless it's dressage

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Embracing His Rival, Bernie Sanders Gives Hillary Clinton the Boost She Needs

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Meet Jill Stein, the Green Party Foe of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Unapologetic opposition that could be pivotal on Election Day

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Simone Biles Is Taking Her Sport to New Heights

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Let the 2016 Rio Games Begin

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### A New Beach Volleyball Partnership Faces its Toughest Test Yet

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Amid Crises, Rio Readies for its Olympics Closeup

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Can the Games Get Clean?

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### What About Zika?

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (28 Jul 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Thais Vote on a New Constitution Under the Military's Thumb

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (28 Jul 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (28 Jul 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### An Open-Air Hotel

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In

A roundup of new and noteworthy insights from the week's most talked-about studies.

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (28 Jul 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Fireworks from the Floor In Philadelphia

[World](/section/world/)

### When Governments Meddle With Nature

New Zealand wants to eradicate all rats, stoats and possums by 2050 to help conserve wildlife, as the nonnative predators kill 25 million indigenous birds annually. But history is filled with examples of ecosystems going awry because of mass exterminations ordered by governments.

[World](/section/world/)

### Brazil's Dilma Rousseff on Her Impeachment Trial, the Olympics and Zika

'I have the conviction that I can win'

[World](/section/world/)

### Is Vladimir Putin Taking Sides in the Presidential Election?

The U.S. presidential campaign is a ripe target

### Others

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