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Idaho Criminalizes Transgender Use of Some Bathrooms in Private Businesses

The bill passed Friday by the Idaho legislature would make it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison to use a gender-designated bathroom that does not conform to a person’s sex at birth.

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Lee Geun-an, Infamous ‘Torture Master’ Under South Korean Dictator, Dies at 88

The name of Mr. Lee, a former police inspector, had long incited fear and hatred in the country.

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Noelia Castillo Ramos Dies in Spain After Winning Right to End Her Life

Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, who was in chronic physical and psychological pain, had sought an assisted death since 2024, but her father sued to prevent it.

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Justice Dept. Scrutinizes Transgender Prisoner Housing in California and Maine

The investigations are the latest moves by the Trump administration to force prisons to house transgender women with male inmates.

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Another Senior House Republican Will Retire as Midterm Exodus Grows

Representative Sam Graves, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he would leave Congress after nearly three decades, the latest sign that the G.O.P. is bracing for big losses.

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As Stocks Keep Falling, Investors Are Losing Patience With the War in Iran

The S&P 500 is on course for its fifth straight week of losses and its worst weekly losing streak in roughly four years.

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Assassination Plot Targeting N.Y.C. Palestinian Activist Is Disrupted

Law enforcement officials did not identify a suspect or motive, but told Nerdeen Kiswani, a co-founder of the pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, that she had been targeted, her lawyer said.

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How ‘Love Story’ Gave Viewers a History Lesson on the Kennedys and ’90s NYC

The FX show, which dramatizes the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, has inspired a legion of younger viewers to dig into the couple’s past and 1990s New York City.

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Diesel Is a Bigger Problem for Consumers Than Gasoline

Diesel has climbed faster than gasoline this month, directly hitting businesses, from brewers to trucking companies. Those higher costs are likely to make their way into consumer prices.

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Pakistan, Playing Mediator Between U.S. and Iran, Is Calling Several Countries

Washington, Tehran, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Istanbul and Brussels have all received calls as Pakistan plays mediator between the United States and Iran.

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How to View the Artemis II Moon Launch

The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists

Fertilizer prices are climbing as a result of disruptions in the Middle East, putting global food supplies at risk.

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Energy Crisis Forces India’s Eateries to Adapt

A small street stall and a big restaurant chain in India rethought how to cook after the war in the Middle East squeezed their supply of liquified petroleum gas.

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Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory.

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United Airlines Flight Avoids Collision With Military Helicopter in California

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating after a helicopter crossed into the path of United Airlines Flight 589.

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Will Iran Break Trumpism?

The right-wing thinker Christopher Caldwell believes the Iran war is the end of Trumpism. Is he right? What was Trumpism in the first place?

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Savannah Guthrie Is Returning to ‘Today’

NBC said that she would return as an anchor of the show on April 6, a little more than two months after the disappearance of her mother.

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Humpback Whale Is Freed After Days Stranded Off German Beach

In an unexpected breakthrough, the 40-foot mammal swam to deeper water on Friday morning through a channel that rescuers had dug for it.

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Your Suck-up Chatbot

We explain the implications of A.I. being so sycophantic.

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How the Iran War Is Costing the Economy Its Buffers

As the U.S.-Israeli campaign enters a second month, analysts see a growing toll. One forecast predicts oil hitting $200 a barrel.

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U.K. Police to Reinvestigate Sex Crime Allegations Against Andrew Tate

A police force in England said it would look again at allegations against the influencer from 11 years ago. Mr. Tate was not charged in the case and denies any wrongdoing.

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Rubio Expected to Press Allies Over Strait of Hormuz at G7 Meeting

The meeting in France is slated to discuss efforts to stop the war in the Middle East, end Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile development, and reopen maritime trade routes.

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The View of the War From a Florida Gas Station

Since the start of the war in Iran, the average price of gas in the United States has climbed by nearly a dollar.

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A Breakthrough for T.S.A. Funding, and How the War in Iran Will Hit Grocery Prices

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

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Senate Votes to Fund Most of D.H.S. in Bid to End Partial Shutdown

The bill excludes funding for ICE and the Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.

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UAE and Qatar Arrest Hundreds Over Online Videos of Iranian Attacks

The authorities have made a wave of arrests to stop people posting footage of strikes, citing security risks. Experts also see a fear of damage to the countries’ image as safe havens.

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Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly

Never before has America arrived at the threshold of a quagmire so quickly.

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Want More ‘Love Story’? Read These Books Inspired by the Kennedys and ’90s New York.

If the TV show has you craving 1990s glam, upper-crust romance and doomed dynasties, these books have got you covered.

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‘No Kings’ Protests Across U.S. Cities: What We Know

Thousands of demonstrations against the Trump administration are scheduled to take place in cities and towns across the country on Saturday.

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Europeans Are Angry at Trump, but Often Forgiving of Americans

A generation ago, foreign fury over the Iraq invasion often blurred into anti-Americanism. Now, some Europeans seem ready to distinguish between the president and the American people.

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