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Dayton Webberthen 18pictured at a baseball game in 2016. In the years before his arresthe shared his experience playing sports — and turning pro in one of them — as a quadruple amputee. Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images hide caption

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A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder

March 242026 • Dayton Webber27is 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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Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran's last F-14sending a longstrange saga

March 242026 • The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970sonly for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s flying for decades in the face of U.S. sanctions.

Leaning toward each otherJacqueline Hamilton (on the left side of the frame) and her motherJan Stubbs(on the right side of the frame) touch foreheads. They are standing inside Hamilton's home in West St. PaulMinnesota.

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As parents agetheir children face hard choices about when to take the car keys

March 242026 • States have many policies to stop risky older drivers from renewing their licenses. But in practiceit's often adult children who must decide when to take the car keys away from an aging parent.

ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millionsNPR analysis finds

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Immigration

ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millionsNPR analysis finds

March 242026 • Local leaders report already-strapped police departments racked up overtime bills in the millions while others report a multi-million dollar hit to business during the worst ICE surges.

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Trump administration places Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds

March 232026 • The Trump administration placed a statue of Christopher Columbus on the White House grounds. Some people are not happy about it.

A statue of Christopher Columbus now stands at the White House

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Energy

Trump administration to pay French company $1B to drop U.S. offshore wind leases

March 232026 • TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New Yorkand will invest the money in fossil fuel projects insteadthe Department of Interior announced.

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Supreme Court appears skeptical of laws counting mail-in ballots after Election Day

March 232026 • The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that tests whether states should be allowed to count ballots that are mailed on time but arrive after Election Day. The case could have broad implications.

Supreme Court considers laws allowing mail-in votes to be counted after Election Day

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Supreme Court declines to review press freedom case

March 232026 • At issue was the 2017 arrest in Texas of a journalist who published news stories about a border agent's public suicide and a car crash.

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As D.C.'s cherry blossom trees near peak bloomhere's a guide to their history

March 232026 • The renowned trees along WashingtonD.C's Tidal Basin were sent as a gift from Japan in 1912. Some of the original trees are still there.

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Mapping ICE's expanding footprintand the communities fighting back

March 232026 • Resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.

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With more older drivers on the roadstates try to balance safety and mobility

March 232026 • The number of older drivers on the road is climbing. Safety advocates want tougher rules for relicensingbut many drivers say they shouldn't be forced to give up their mobility because of age alone.

OLDER DRIVERS 1: RE-LICENSING

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LaGuardia reopens after the crash that killed 2 and hurt dozens. Here's what to know

March 232026 • An Air Canada regional jet hit a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia on Sunday nightkilling both pilots. At least nine people are hospitalizedand hundreds of flights were canceled Monday.

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ICE officers set to deploy to airports as delays mountborder czar Homan confirms

March 222026 • Border czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will help the Transportation Security Administration "move those lines" while also enforcing immigration law.

Students walk from a bus at a St. Paul School District elementary school in St. PaulMinnesotaU.S.March 182026.

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How one Minnesota school is bouncing back after the ICE surge

March 222026 • NPR spent time inside a Minnesota school talking with educatorsparentsand children as it tries to help kids feel safe again after the ICE surge.

SCHOOL KIDS + ICE

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The Betrayal of Trans Troops

March 222026 • In his first termPresident Trump required transgender service members to register with the diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to continue serving openly in the military. Nowamidst Middle East deployment plansthat documentation is being used to find and separate thousands of highly trained troops. This week on The Sunday Storyhow the Pentagon’s push to remove trans troops is affecting active duty service members—and how it may also affect the military’s mission readiness.

The Betrayal of Trans Troops

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Airport security lines are long. Here's what to know if you're flying

March 212026 • Travel experts say passengers need to be preparedand patientamid the government shutdown. Until a deal is reachedofficials say airport disruptions and delays could get even worse.

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Robert Muellerex-FBI director who led 2016 Russia inquirydies at 81

March 212026 • Mueller's family told The New York Times in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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Middle East conflict

Iran war enters its fourth week with no clear end in sight

March 212026 • As the war in the Middle East enters its fourth weekPresident Trump says the U.S. is considering "winding down" military effortsas it also seeks to ease the energy crisis by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.

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Business

Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

March 202026 • A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations.

'It was my cross to bear.' Reconciling with Cesar Chavez's abuse

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'It was my cross to bear.' Reconciling with Cesar Chavez's abuse

March 202026 • Dolores Huerta built a lasting movement with Cesar Chavez. And after waiting decadesshe has decided to share the story of how Chavez abused her.

'It was my cross to bear.' Reconciling with Cesar Chavez's abuse

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Weather

Hawaii's worst flooding in 20 years threatens dam and prompts evacuations

March 202026 • Hawaii officials urged people in hard-hit areas to evacuateafter heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter stormwith still more expected.

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Federal prosecutors ask to dismiss charges against officers in Breonna Taylor raid

March 202026 • Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid.

Objects including purple hyacinthsa mirrora bookcoins and an orange floating in a glass bowl sit atop a white cloth with silver embroidery.

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World

'Everybody was wearing black.' How the Iranian diaspora is observing Nowruz amid war

March 202026 • Nowruz celebrates the arrival of spring and rebirth. But for many in the Iranian diasporathis year is different. As the war continuesmany are trying to balance the joy of the holiday with grief.

Celebrating Nowruz with mixed emotions

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