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March Madness brackets are set. The SEC dominates the men's with a record 14 teams

7:26pm March 16, 2025

In an all-time record, 14 of the 68 teams in the men's tournament all come from one conference — the SEC. In the women's, UCLA and South Carolina are top seeds. Games tip off this coming week.

Pope Francis seen praying in first photo since his hospitalization a month ago

6:23pm March 16, 2025

In the image published online by the Holy See Press Office, the pontiff was seated in a wheelchair and praying in the private chapel of Rome's Gemelli Hospital.

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President Trump deports hundreds of migrants to El Salvador

6:08pm March 16, 2025

by Luke Garrett

The United States is not at war, but this weekend President Trump invoked a wartime law that gives him sweeping deportation powers.

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In the early days of the pandemic, a green space in Seattle was one woman's refuge

6:07pm March 16, 2025

by Avery Keatley

In the early days of the COVID lockdown, Eileen Wurst would seek refuge in a green space in Seattle.

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Tren de Aragua — all you need to know about the Venezuelan gang

12:37pm March 16, 2025

The Trump administration has invoked a 227-year-old law, the Alien Enemies Act, to target Tren de Aragua, a gang with its roots in the prisons of Venezuela. Who are they and how wide is their reach?

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U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order

10:41am March 16, 2025

It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.

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The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages under Assad, where are they now?

8:51am March 16, 2025

Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during the war are now seeking information on their fate. NPR investigates.

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March Madness brackets are set. The SEC dominates the men's with a record 14 teams

Pope Francis seen praying in first photo since his hospitalization a month ago

President Trump deports hundreds of migrants to El Salvador

In the early days of the pandemic, a green space in Seattle was one woman's refuge

Tren de Aragua — all you need to know about the Venezuelan gang

U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order

The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages under Assad, where are they now?

59 dead and more than 150 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia

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