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The logo for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as seen in Washington, DC.

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  • Arts & Life

Artists protest new NEA restrictions

Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
A Delta Air Lines regional jet sits upside-down after crashing upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

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  • World

What we know about the Toronto plane crash

Investigators have removed the flight data recorder from a Delta Air Lines regional jet that flipped upside down and burst into flames upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • James Doubek
Frankie Muniz, driver of the #33 The Electric State Ford and also Malcolm from <em>Malcolm in the Middle</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

It's Frankie Muniz's world with both a NASCAR career and sitcom reboot in the works

For Frankie Muniz, balancing a career as a professional NASCAR driver and a TV actor isn't a fantasy; it'll be his very busy reality this upcoming year.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Performers dance outside of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday. The dance was part of a protest against new leadership by President Trump.

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  • Performing Arts

As Trump takes over leadership at Kennedy Center, some protest through dance

President Trump and his appointees are now solely in charge of the Kennedy Center. Performers protested by dancing.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Paul McCartney plays at the Bowery Ballroom, a small club in New York City. Last week, he surprised audiences by playing three shows at the club, which usually plays host to up-and-coming indie rock bands.

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  • Music

Paul McCartney, live from New York: The easy genius of the cute Beatle

Last week, the hottest ticket in NYC wasn't the SNL 50th anniversary concert. It was the three nights Paul McCartney played at a tiny downtown venue that usually hosts up-and-coming indie rock bands.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Ann Powers
Faithful pray for Pope Francis outside the Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is hospitalized.

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  • Religion

Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says

Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, according to the Vatican. There's concern about the ability of the 88-year-old pontiff to fight off the infection.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Ventre
Memorial Days, by Geraldine Brooks

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  • Book Reviews

Tony Horwitz's widow Geraldine Brooks writes a beautiful memoir of grief

Horwitz died suddenly in 2019 while on a book tour. In Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks grieves her husband — and also reflects on the life she might have lived had they not met.

February 18, 2025
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

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  • Europe

From his hospital bed, Pope Francis stays in touch with Catholic parishioners in Gaza

Even while Pope Francis is hospitalized, he still keeps in touch with a Roman Catholic parish in Gaza City, making near-nightly phone calls to the priest and congregation there.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock
Yasmin Williams performing at the Tiny Desk earlier this year.

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  • Music

How 'losing' the Tiny Desk Contest launched Yasmin Williams' music career

Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning.

February 18, 2025
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  • Yasmin Williams
American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., April 29, 1999.

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  • Law

Leonard Peltier leaves prison after Biden ended his sentence in FBI agents' killings

Peltier's imprisonment had symbolized systemic injustice for Native Americans across the country who believe in his innocence.

February 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Jill Wolfe (left) and David Jefferson.

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  • Music News

His wife was dying from cancer. A kind gesture offered some peace

When David Jefferson's wife fell ill, a friend went out of her way to help the family cope.

February 18, 2025
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  • Autumn Barnes
A baby seal was rescued from New Haven, Conn., over the weekend. The pup, believed to be a few weeks old, is now recovering at the nearby Mystic Aquarium.

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  • Animals

Why did the baby seal cross the road? It's not a riddle for this Connecticut city

A baby seal was rescued from the streets of downtown New Haven, lethargic and underweight. He is now recovering at a nearby aquarium, which hopes to eventually release him back into the ocean.

February 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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  • Politics

White House says Elon Musk is not in charge of DOGE -- legally, anyway

Elon Musk is not the legal administrator in charge of the "Department of Government Efficiency," the White House said in a court filing, and has "no actual or formal authority" to make decisions.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A man walks past a billboard bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas-led militants, in Jerusalem on Monday, as the country marked the 500th day since their abduction.

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  • World

Hamas to hand over 4 Israeli hostages' bodies Thursday and 6 living hostages Saturday

Hamas says it has agreed to Israel's request to speed up release of Israeli hostages, including two men held around a decade. The bodies of members of a young family are among those it will hand over.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, pictured in the Oval Office earlier this month. He has been involved in negotiations over the Israel-Hamas war and Russian-Ukraine war.

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  • Politics

Who is the American playing a key role in the U.S.-Russia talks about Ukraine?

A real estate developer-turned-Middle East envoy, Witkoff has been credited with helping broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and free an American from Russian prison. Here's what to know about him.

February 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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