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Ghassan Mamouli, a representative from the Damascus government, inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.

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  • World

Israel targets what it says was an Islamic Jihad command center in Damascus

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building in an upscale neighborhood, destroying an apartment that neighbors said had been vacant for years.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
The sister of the brand's founder, Gianni Versace, served as the creative director for 28 years.

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  • Arts & Life

Donatella Versace to step down as brand's chief creative officer after nearly 30 years

Donatella took over the brand after the murder of her brother, Gianni Versace, its founder, in 1997. Her bold creative vision and unique style have been instrumental in preserving the Versace legacy.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
A worker cuts a piece of steel for a customer at North York Iron, a steel supplier in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 11.

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  • World

As global tariff tensions rise, here's the latest on U.S. trade with top partners

President Trump has upended global markets by imposing tariffs on imports from several of America's top trading partners. Here's what to know.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
President Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on March 7.

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  • Politics

Trump plans to visit the Justice Department Friday, a rare move for a president

The president is planning to give remarks on "restoring law and order," according to the White House. Trump has vowed to end "weaponization" of the DOJ after having been investigated himself.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Trump, accompanied by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks next to a line of Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. Trump said he would purchase a Tesla vehicle in what he calls a "show of confidence and support" for Musk. But while Musk is very popular among Republicans, Democrats remain more interested in purchasing electric vehicles.

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  • Business

Elon Musk is winning Republican fans. Can Tesla win them over, too?

Tesla is gaining traction among conservative buyers, while it loses support among liberals. But are there enough Republican EV shoppers to make up the difference?

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
In 2016, Donald Trump, as the then-presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president, addresses a campaign rally at the Grand Park Events Center in Westfield, Ind., where Trump's current federal hiring freeze has forced a special local census to be put on hold.

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  • Politics

Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census

Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But Trump's hiring freeze derailed their special census plans — and could hurt the 2030 count.

March 13, 2025
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Kimberly Sullivan, who was taken into custody on Wednesday, faces charges including assault, kidnapping and unlawful restraint. She is accused of locking her stepson in his room for over 20 years.

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  • National

A man says his stepmom locked him in a room for decades. He escaped by setting a fire

Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, until he started a fire using hand sanitizer, printer paper and a lighter.

March 13, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina's music probed religion, philosophy and the joy of sound itself.

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  • Obituaries

Sofia Gubaidulina, the composer who fused sound and spirituality, has died at age 93

One of the first modern women composers to reach international acclaim, Gubaidulina wrote bold music, inspired by Eastern and Western philosophies, and the joy of sound itself.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on his nomination in January.

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  • Climate

EPA announces dozens of environmental regulations it plans to target

The Environmental Protection Agency didn't provide details about what it wants to do with the regulations — whether it will try to weaken them or eliminate them entirely.

March 13, 2025
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  • Michael Copley,
  • Jeff Brady,
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John Mulaney hosts <em>Everybody's Live with John Mulaney</em> on Wednesday night. The program runs on Wednesdays starting at 10 p.m. Eastern for 11 more weeks.

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  • TV Reviews

John Mulaney is experimenting with late night. It's not quite working – yet

Comedian John Mulaney is going live on Wednesday nights for 12 weeks on Netflix. NPR's TV critic says that in the first episode, Mulaney seemed to be enjoying the absurdity of the whole setup much more than any of the actual content he was presenting.

March 13, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Duke Energy's Marshall Steam Station coal power plant operates near Mooresville, N.C.

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  • Climate

Editor's Note: EPA says it will roll back climate rules. That could prove complicated

Announcing big changes to environmental rules doesn't undo facts on the ground overnight. Instead, EPA's announcement is the first step in what is likely to be a lengthy process to remake the rules and policies it targeted.

March 13, 2025
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  • Neela Banerjee
Bottles of Prosecco are lined up on a shelf of a wine shop in Rome last month. Trump's threatened 200% tariffs, if they go into effect, could impact products like imported Prosecco, French champagne and Spanish wine.

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  • Business

Trump threatens a 200% tariff on European alcohol

European wines, champagne and other beverages could face heavy tariffs if Trump follows through with this threat.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Extended silence during a concert often feels like a gift an audience grants a beloved artist, like Barbra Streisand, whose devotees at one show sat in almost unbearable anticipation to hear her sing.

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  • Music

When music provokes utter silence

Critic Ann Powers considers musical performances that have left audiences stunned in utter silence, and what you can hear when sound falls away.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Ann Powers
Homes built into the rugged landscape in Nuuk, Greenland, are seen on March 12. The self-ruling Danish territory has been thrust into the geopolitical spotlight as President Trump has vowed to acquire it.

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  • World

What Greenland's elections mean for the island — and the U.S.

This week's vote resulted in a win for pro-independence forces and a rejection of President Trump's rhetoric about annexing the island.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Willem Marx
"What I've actually found is that whole myth that you can't be happy and still be funny is a myth," Bill Burr says.

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  • Television

Bill Burr: 'I am a mess of a human being ... but it makes for good comedy'

Burr is known for his contrarian, fiery stand-up, but lately he's been feeling lighter on stage. His latest Hulu comedy special is Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years. 

March 13, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
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