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Doctors worry about FDA scrutiny of RSV shots to protect babies

An electron microscope image provided by the National Institutes of Health shows human respiratory syncytial virus virions, colorized blue, and antibodies against an RSV protein, colorized yellow.

The antibody shots are about 80% effective at preventing babies from ending up in intensive care because of RSV. The drugmakers behind them maintain they're safe.

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Travelers are facing the longest TSA wait times in history

People wait in long TSA security lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026.

Wait times are exceeding four hours at some major airports, leading TSA officers to call out at rates of 40 to 50%, according to TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill.

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Greetings from Turkey's border with Iran, where Iranians let loose on the dance floor

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Iranians escaping hardship and war are shaking it off to Persian, Arabic and Turkish tunes in this disco in eastern Turkey.

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Jury holds Meta and Google liable for role in young woman's mental health issues

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, leaves the Los Angeles Superior Court after testifying in the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children, in Los Angeles, on Feb. 18, 2026.

The verdict marks the end ofthe first-ever jury trialover whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

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For the first time in more than 1,400 years, Church of England gets a woman leader

Sarah Mullally waves as she leaves after the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, England on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. She is the first woman ever to lead the Church of England.

A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman.

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Savannah Guthrie's first interview since mother Nancy vanished: 'I imagine her terror'

Yellow flowers and handwritten notes calling for the return of Nancy Guthrie sit outside the house of the 84-year-old mother of <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Today<!-- raw HTML omitted --> show co-host Savannah Guthrie, in Tucson, Ariz. Savannah Guthrie is speaking about her mother in an emotional two-part interview.

Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb.

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At the Legacy Museum, facing America's racist past is a path, not a punishment

Bryan Stevenson stands beside jars that hold dirt collected from sites where Black people were lynched. He is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the author of <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption<!-- raw HTML omitted -->.

"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson.

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A leadership vacuum adds to strains on the CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is struggling with a leadership vacuum.

Low morale, staff turnover andbudget issues have sapped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The administration is expected to soon name a new director, who will have their hands full.

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DHS funding deal on shaky ground as Trump and Democrats both decline to embrace it

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after a weekly policy luncheon at the Capitol.

After weeks of start and stop negotiations between Congressional Democrats and the White House, there's an emerging proposal to fund the majority of DHS and tackle ICE enforcement funding separately.

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A 92-year-old judge will take on the Maduro case. What do we know about him?

A courtroom sketch shows U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein at the Manhattan federal court hearing over Donald Trump

Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro heads to court again this week. The judge overseeing this case is longtime federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein. At 92 years old, Hellerstein is older than the average age of a federal judge by more than 20 years.

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Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds

Babies under 6 months of age are not able to be vaccinated for COVID, but if their mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy, newborns get some immunity, a large new study shows. The benefits wear off, though, at about 5 months of age.

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

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Thousands of U.S. troops deploy to Middle East. And, the latest on DHS funding talks

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Democratic Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 24 in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. is sending thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne to the Middle East. And, congressional Republicans present Democrats with a new deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

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Pentagon orders troops from 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to Middle East

The Lebanese flag is waved amid the rubble of a Lebanese Civil Defence post destroyed in an IDF airstrike in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, on March 24, 2026.

Nearly a month into the war with Iran, the Trump administration is keeping its options open: it says it is pursuing diplomatic solutions with Iran, while ordering thousands of paratroopers to deploy in the Middle East.

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They gave her business a lifeline, then froze all her money

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A murky corner of the financial world is now the fastest-growing source of funding for small businesses. One state, Connecticut, had given these lenders unusual power. That may be about to change.

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A shelter village provides a bridge to permanent housing

Tiny, colorful cabins make up Home Sweet Home Ministries

Shelter villages offer temporary and private places for the unhoused to sleep and store belongings. One of the newest, The Bridge, opened recently in central Illinois.

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How Trump's Iran war objectives have shifted over time

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

Here is a reminder of some of what he has said - and where the US is now.

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Are you sure you know what 'gaslighting' is?

The 1944 film <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Gaslight<!-- raw HTML omitted --> starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting.

Therapists say we're overusing the word. Here's what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth the word can teach us about it.

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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant

ICE is among the government agencies that buy commercial data about Americans in bulk.

Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.

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OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns

FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT

OpenAI said Tuesday that it was "saying goodbye to the Sora app" and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users already created on the app.

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Rubio plans travel to France to sell Iran war to skeptical G7 allies

President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America's skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.

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Judge says government's Anthropic ban looks like punishment

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Tech company Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI system, is suing the Trump administration over the government labeling it a "supply chain risk."

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An air traffic controller was juggling extra roles during the LaGuardia plane crash

Aircraft maintenance workers inspect the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, just off the runway where it collided with a Port Authority fire truck Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it has concerns about air traffic controllers who work the midnight shift taking on extra work in an airspace as busy as LaGuardia's.

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New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law

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The jury agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of and inexperience of children. Jurors found there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million.

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Cuba sends doctors on medical missions. The U.S. isn't a fan

Cuban doctors hold their national flag upon arriving in Honduras for a medical mission in February 2024. Now the doctors are leaving Honduras as the U.S. urges countries to reconsider their agreements with Cuba.

It's a major source of revenue for the island. And it's controversial. Now countries are sending Cuban doctors home in response to pressure from the Trump administration.

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Senate confirms Trump's pick for new role of fraud enforcement at Justice Department

Colin McDonald speaks during his Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing on Feb. 25, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

The confirmation comes just days after the White House announced details of its own task force to pursue fraud in government programs.

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The Israeli military wants several more weeks to fight Iran war, officials say

An excavator clears rubble from destroyed residential buildings in northern Tehran, Iran, on Monday, as the U.S. and Israel

The Israeli military estimates it would need several more weeks of fighting to complete its war goals in Iran, at a time when President Trump says the U.S. is negotiating an end to the war.

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Congress loses a flying perk as DHS shutdown continues

Delta Airlines has announced it is temporarily suspending a specialty services program for members of Congress as the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues.

Delta Airlines is temporarily suspending specialty services to member of Congress due to resource constraints from the ongoing shutdown of DHS.

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A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder

Dayton Webber, then 18, pictured at a baseball game in 2016. In the years before his arrest, he shared his experience playing sports — and turning pro in one of them — as a quadruple amputee.

Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection.

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Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?

New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family's entrenchment in the Cuban government.

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Before running for Congress, Bobby Pulido was a Tejano music icon

Bobby Pulido at a campaign event in February.

Pulido has been a mainstay of Tejano music —a genre blending traditional regional Mexican elements with country, pop and conjunto influences — for more than three decades.

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