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Gold prices have been hitting record highs. Pictured are gold bullion bars in Birmingham, England on Dec. 13, 2023.

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  • Business

Why gold prices are surging to record highs

Tariffs are roiling stock markets — but making gold hotter than ever.

April 02, 2025
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A sign directs voters to cast their ballots at a polling station set up at the Flagler County Public Library on Tuesday. Republicans won special elections in two Florida Congressional districts. The margins of victory in the heavily-Republican districts were significantly narrower than in November.

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  • Politics

GOP retains two House seats in Florida, as Democrats claim 'historic' improvement

Republicans won special elections in two Florida Congressional districts. The margins of victory in the heavily-Republican districts were significantly narrower than in November.

April 01, 2025
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  • Greg Allen
From left, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla. and Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., have been leading a push in the House to allow proxy voting for up to 12 weeks for House members who have recently given birth or whose spouse has.

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  • Politics

2 mothers bring the House to a halt over push to allow proxy voting for new parents

GOP leaders tried to block a bipartisan measure to allow proxy voting, but nine Republicans joined with Democrats to overcome it.

April 01, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Barbara Sprunt
Referee Bill Vinovich (52) watches as the officiating crew takes a measurement during the second half of an NFL football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans in 2023. Starting next season, the NFL will move to a camera system to determine if a first down has been reached.

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  • Sports

Say goodbye to chain crews: The NFL will use camera technology to measure 1st downs

Starting next season, a system of cameras will determine whether to award a first down rather than trot out a 10-yard chain. But humans will still decide where to spot the ball to begin with.

April 01, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
In this handout photo provided by the Salvadoran government, guards escort a newly admitted inmate inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

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  • Law

Trump administration admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison by mistake

This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.

April 01, 2025
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Alexander Walk at Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., on April 7, 2024.

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  • Education

Why this Yale professor is fleeing America

NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.

April 01, 2025
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  • A Martínez and
  • Destinee Adams
U.S. Army military vehicles, including two M88 Recovery vehicles, were part of recovery efforts for a missing U.S. Army soldier at a training range in Pabradė, Lithuania, on Tuesday.

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  • World

Body of 4th and final missing U.S. Army soldier is recovered from swamp in Lithuania

A week after going missing, the final missing soldier was found, the Army said. The soldiers were operating an armored vehicle that became submerged in a swamp during a training mission.

April 01, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
The Supreme court appeared ready to allow religious charities to opt out of mandatory unemployment compensations laws.<br>

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  • Law

Supreme Court seems ready to let religious groups opt out of unemployment compensation laws

The case was brought by a chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin, which says that it should be able to opt out of the mandatory state unemployment compensation system.

April 01, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
Left: Playboi Carti's supersized blockbuster <em>MUSIC</em> holds at No. 1 on the album chart in its second week of release, but Morgan Wallen (right) breaks a record for songs.

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  • Music

Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar top the charts, but Morgan Wallen looms

Playboi Carti's supersized blockbuster MUSIC holds at No. 1 in its second week of release. Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" holds at No. 1and Morgan Wallen charts a fifth top 10 hit from an album that isn't even out yet.

April 01, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Cherry blossoms on a tree at the Portland Japanese Garden in Portland on March 27.

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  • National

3 places to see cherry blossoms that aren't Washington D.C.

You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms — weather permitting.

April 01, 2025
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  • Obed Manuel and
  • Lisa Thomson
A lab manager in the molecular diagnostic lab prepares milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., on Dec. 10, 2024, amid increased concern over a strain of the H5N1 avian flu.

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  • Science

Top scientists warn that Trump policies are causing a 'climate of fear' in research

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

April 01, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Sen. Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning. He took the podium at 7 p.m. Monday night and promised to stay there as long as physically possible.

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  • Politics

Cory Booker's anti-Trump speech on the Senate floor has lasted 19 hours and counting

The New Jersey Democrat has been criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. Monday. Here's what to know about his marathon speech.

April 01, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Elon Musk.

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  • Business

More billionaires than ever ranked in Forbes' annual list. Here are the top 10

There are now more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes' annual ranking of the wealthiest people. They collectively hold about $16.1 trillion in wealth.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Obed Manuel
Left to right: Alana Arenas (Morgan), Kara Young (Aziza), Harry Lennix (Solomon), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Claudine), Glenn Davis (Junior) and Jon Michael Hill (Naz) perform in a Broadway production of the play <em>Purpose</em>, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Phylicia Rashad.

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  • Theater

A civil rights leader's family airs its dirty laundry on Broadway in 'Purpose'

"Purpose" by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the civil rights movement.

April 01, 2025
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Olivia Hampton
Amanda Cruz took care of her mother, who died of cancer late last year. The experience changed her sense of identity. She is still sorting through what that means.

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  • Health

Caregiving can test you, body and soul. It can also unlock a new sense of self

Helping a sick family member over months or years can be an enormous strain. It can also disrupt your identity. Psychologists say embracing this change can open up new ways for caregivers to cope.

April 01, 2025
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