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

The sister of the brand

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.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 8:08 PM

What Cuts to U.S. Aid Mean in Africa

President Trump has derided aid the U.S. provides overseas as rife with fraud. His administration has moved aggressively to eliminate such funding including cancelling contracts already in progress. This is all being challenged in court but the effects are being felt acutely by those providing the aid on the ground in foreign countries. We hear from three providers in Africa.

NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 6:54 PM

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

A worker cuts a piece of steel for a customer at North York Iron, a steel supplier in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 11.

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

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 5:31 PM

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

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.

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.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 5:20 PM

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

President Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on March 7.

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.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 4:58 PM

Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 11: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference following a policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Schumer answered a range of questions during the press conference. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 4:50 PM

Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules

Protesters hold signs in solidarity at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., on March 4.

Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 4:30 PM

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

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

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.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 4:15 PM

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

Duke Energy

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.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 4:15 PM

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

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

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?

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 3:54 PM

Trump threatens a 200% tariff on European alcohol

Bottles of Prosecco are lined up on a shelf of a wine shop in Rome last month. Trump

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

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 3:50 PM

White House withdraws controversial pick to run the CDC

Dr. Dave Weldon, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009, is no longer a candidate to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His nomination was withdrawn shortly before a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump's pick for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was withdrawn from consideration shortly before a scheduled Senate confirmation hearing.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 1:25 PM

A Putin aide rejects Trump's 30-day Ukraine ceasefire proposal

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov attends a meeting of the presidents of Russia and Belarus at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.

As U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff enters talks in Moscow on a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine, an adviser to the Russian president rejected the idea.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 10:30 AM

EPA targets dozens of regulations. And, 'stranded' astronauts may return to Earth

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testifying before a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on his nomination in January.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday plans to reconsider more than two dozen rules. And, astronauts "stranded" on the International Space Station may be able to return to Earth.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 10:00 AM

Judge dismisses Fox News from sexual assault lawsuit against former star

U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams dismissed Fox News on Wednesday as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Jennifer Eckhart, a former producer. Her suit against former star anchor Ed Henry, alleging he sexually assaulted and harassed her, can go forward, the judge ruled.

A federal judge has dismissed Fox News as a defendant in a lawsuit filed against former anchor Ed Henry. Former producer Jennifer Eckhart alleges he sexually harassed and raped her.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 9:01 AM

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

Homes are 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.

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

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 9:00 AM

Intrigued by buy-now, pay-later loans? Experts break down 6 pros and cons

Buy-now, pay-later loans have been gaining wide popularity with consumers because many don

If you're curious about that option to "pay in four easy installments" on the checkout page when shopping online, here's what to know.

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NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 8:15 AM

President Trump's attempts to shrink government target civil rights efforts

President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to take steps to comply with nondiscrimination laws. Some fear women and people of color will lose opportunities.

NPR NewsMar 13, 2025, 1:07 AM

What we know about the search for a U.S. student missing in the Dominican Republic

On March 10, a member of civil defense canine unit searches for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the prior week.

Sudiksha Konanki is a Virginia resident and a student at the University of Pittsburgh. She was vacationing in Punta Cana with five others when she went missing last week.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 11:28 PM

EPA announces dozens of environmental regulations it plans to target

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on his nomination in January.

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.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 10:52 PM

A medieval Bishop's ring from more than 800 years ago goes to auction

The gold ring was uncovered in 2019.

The ring, discovered by a metal detectorist in the U.K., is estimated to sell for between $19,000 and $23,000 at auction.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 10:13 PM

Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm

President Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office on March 6, including the order against the law firm Perkins Coie.

While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 9:58 PM

The push to get electric air taxis for the 2034 Olympics in Salt Lake City

A Vermont company with operations in Utah says it can have electric air taxis ready for service in time for the 2034 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Pending federal regulations will be a big factor.

NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 9:27 PM

The U.S. buys electricity from Canada. Now it's a focus of the trade war

Power lines run near a bridge in Hamilton, Ontario, on Feb. 4. This week, Ontario

As a trade war grew this week, Ontario's leader threatened a surcharge on Canadian electricity sold in some U.S. states. The episode highlighted the U.S. reliance on imported Canadian power.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 9:26 PM

NIH cuts funding for vaccine hesitancy research and and may target mRNA research too

Scientists who research vaccine hesitancy and uptake are seeing their federal funding cut, under a Trump administration move. It

The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 8:49 PM

Why religious leaders are divided on transgender rights

Pastor Charles McKinzie sings with the choir at Grace United Methodist Church in Winfield, Kansas.

When Kansas became the 26th state to ban gender-affirming medical care for teens, the Catholic Church and Southern Baptist Convention cheered the move. But not all faith leaders agree.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 8:35 PM

India Sees Opportunity in U.S. Tariffs

Employees work on an assembly line in the mobile phone plant of Rising Stars Mobile India Pvt., a unit of Foxconn Technology Co., in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India, on July 12, 2019.

With the U.S. undertaking a tariff war with countries like China, India sees and opening. As goods from China sold in the U.S. get more expensive, India hopes to lure away manufacturers. But can they do that while avoiding being hit with U.S. tariffs themselves? We go to an Indian manufacturing hub to see what the strategy looks like.

NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 7:56 PM

What parents, teachers and school choice groups think of Education Department cuts

Chloe Kienzle of Arlington, Va., holds a sign as she stands outside the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday – the day after the Trump administration announced widespread job cuts at the agency.

Teacher unions and some parent groups condemned the cuts, while school choice advocates celebrated them.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 7:51 PM

Federal judge hears challenge to Mahmoud Khalil's detention

Supporters of Mahmoud Khalil rally outside the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on March 12, 2025.

The Trump administration has accused Khalil of engaging in anti-Semitic activity and support of Hamas. The administration wants Khalil deported. But he's a legal permanent resident, and his attorneys deny any involvement with the terrorist group.

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NPR NewsMar 12, 2025, 7:43 PM

Trump is trying to remake the presidency. Here's why

President Trump, through orders, firings and other changes, is remaking the existing system of checks on the president. Supporters say that is exactly the point.

The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve as a check on President Trump. Supporters say that is exactly the point.

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