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The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. in the 1880s, celebrating their friendship and the anniversary of U.S. independence.

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Does the U.S. deserve the Statue of Liberty? Not anymore, one French politician says

A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago. The White House sharply rejected his request, which he described as symbolic.

March 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Martha Stewart working the soil at her Turkey Hill garden in circa 1988 in Westport, Conn.

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At 83, Martha Stewart celebrates gardening with her 101st book

Martha Stewart talks gardening, wanting to be "one of the girls" and her 101st book with NPR Morning Edition host Michel Martin.

March 18, 2025
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  • Claire Murashima
Members of the research team who helped identify a new cellular structure. (L - R) Tyler Coale, Kendra Turk-Kubo, Jon Zehr, Esther Wing Kwan Mak

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A cell pulls off one of the 'Holy Grails' of biotechnology

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

March 18, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel

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New 'Hunger Games' prequel asks: How well do we really know our history?

Sunrise on the Reaping recounts the 50th annual Hunger Games, telling the story of Haymitch Abernathy. It's themes and events conjure images of today's U.S. political climate.

March 18, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda
In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador on Sunday.

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  • Politics

4 things to know about the Alien Enemies Act and Trump's efforts to use it

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.

March 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
A grocery store in Lawndale, Calif., runs short on eggs on Jan. 2. Egg prices in the U.S. have soared to record highs as avian flu and efforts to contain it have killed millions of egg-laying chickens. But just across the border in Canada, eggs remain plentiful and affordable.

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  • Economy

This is why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn't

While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.

March 18, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley

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  • Book News & Features

New books this week: 'Hunger Games' is back, and young people navigate a new Tanzania

This week brings a number of promising new reads — but none more eagerly awaited than Sunrise on the Reaping. We offer 5 books to consider picking up.

March 18, 2025
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  • Colin Dwyer
President John F. Kennedy is seen riding in his motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

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Last of the classified JFK assassination files to be released Tuesday

About 80,000 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are expected to be released, but presidential historians don't expect any bombshell revelations.

March 18, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Jesse Colin Young performs live in 1973.

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Jesse Colin Young, singer of The Youngbloods' 'Get Together,' dies at 83

Prolific musician Jesse Colin Young, best known for being the voice of the '60s folk-rock anthem "Get Together," died on Sunday at age 83.

March 18, 2025
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  • Annie Zaleski
People walk in front of a Forever 21 clothing store in New York.

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  • Business

Forever 21 is bankrupt, again. This time actually could be forever

Once a formidable fast-fashion mall staple, Forever 21 has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer has been a shell of its former self since it first filed for bankruptcy in 2019.

March 18, 2025
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  • Alina Selyukh

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  • Business

Fast-er food: A productivity surge at U.S. restaurants

A new study finds that after decades of stagnation, fast-food and other restaurants finally saw a surge in productivity.

March 18, 2025
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Tim Scott, right, gets a hug from friend Jorden Harris outside Scott's home he was inside when it was destroyed during a severe storm the evening before Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo.

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  • National

In the Missouri Ozarks, residents struggle to rebuild after tornadoes

Twisters that tore through Union County, Missouri killed 6 people. One couple survived against incomprehensible odds in a trailer obliterated by the storm.

March 18, 2025
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  • Frank Morris
A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel on Tuesday unleashed its most intense strikes on the Gaza Strip since a January ceasefire.

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  • News

Trump tests executive power. And, hundreds killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

A federal judge is requesting the DOJ give a sworn declaration about deportations over the weekend. And, Israel launched surprise airstrikes in Gaza early Tuesday, killing over 400.

March 18, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel on Tuesday unleashed its most intense strikes on the Gaza Strip since a January ceasefire.

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  • Middle East

Hundreds killed as Israel launches a series of air strikes on Gaza

Israel said the Tuesday attacks were launched after Hamas refused to release more hostages held in Gaza. The strikes raise the prospect of a full resumption of war after a nearly two-month ceasefire.

March 18, 2025
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  • Daniel Estrin,
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Abel Rivera wears his medals after finishing the LA Marathon on Sunday in Century City.

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  • National

He lost his first LA Marathon medal in the fires — this weekend he got his second

15-year-old fire survivor Abel Rivera's home in Altadena burned down in January, and he lost everything — including his medal for finishing the 2024 LA Marathon.

March 18, 2025
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  • Elise Hu
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