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Tesla cars sit on a lot in Chicago on March 28, 2022. A $7,500 tax credit for purchasers of new electric vehicles is changing again after the U.S. unveiled new guidelines that will impact the list of car models that qualify. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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A $7,500 tax credit for electric cars changed, again. These are the models impacted

Starting on Tuesday, fewer vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 tax credit, but many popular vehicles will still get a substantial discount. Here's what automakers have confirmed so far.

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, May 4, 2022. The National Park Service plans to install gas-fired boilers at Independence National Historical Park, despite a 2007 law mandating new and remodeled federal buildings be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2030. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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A 15-year-old law would end fossil fuels in federal buildings, but it's on hold

A 2007 law could help the country meet its climate change goals by barring fossil fuels from new and remodeled federal buildings. But the law has been on hold and gas utilities want to repeal it.

A 15-year-old law would end fossil fuels in federal buildings, but it's on hold

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Bottles of prescription pills go through an automated packaging machine in a pharmacy plant. The Supreme Court on Tuesday hears a case that considers whether pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid under the False Claims Act. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law

Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.

Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law

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Former Seattle SuperSonics forward Shawn Kemp, center, attends a WNBA basketball game between the Seattle Storm and the Chicago Sky on May 18, 2022, in Seattle. Prosecutors in Washington state charged Kemp on Friday, April 14, 2023, with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cell phone. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is charged with 1st-degree assault in a March shooting

Kemp said he was shot at first after he tracked down his stolen cell phone and confronted the person he presumed had it. Kemp was released from jail and not initially charged after the incident.

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Teen with life-threatening depression finally found hope. Then insurance cut her off

Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable.

Teen with life-threatening depression finally found hope. Then insurance cut her off

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Ralph Yarl was shot last week when he mistakenly rang the doorbell of a home in Clay County, Kan. He was trying to pick up his brothers, who were at an address about a block away. Yarl is recovering at a local hospital. Faith Spoonmore/GoFundMe/KCUR hide caption

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Hundreds demand hate crime charges against Kansas City man who shot Black teen

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As protesters stood in front of the house where Ralph Jarl, 16, was shot and wounded, they chanted for justice and demanded prosecution of the shooter for what they called a hate crime.

Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Fierce clashes between Sudan's military and the country's powerful paramilitary erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation after weeks of escalating tensions between the two forces. The fighting raised fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken nation. Marwan Ali/AP hide caption

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Dozens of civilians are dead as rival military factions battle for control of Sudan

Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force battled fiercely in the capital and other areas, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict.

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Feb. 8. He has been imprisoned in Moscow since April 2022 for speaking out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AP hide caption

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Russia sentences opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison

Kara-Murza's sentence is the harshest prison term delivered yet to a government opponent since the Kremlin launched its war in Ukraine in February 2022.

Love in the Library, a children's book written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Yas Imamura, is a love story about finding hope in a dire setting: an internment camp where the U.S. detained Japanese Americans during World War II. Candlewick Press hide caption

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Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism'

Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publishing powerhouse approached her to feature her book about a love story set in an internment camp during World War 2. Then she read what the deal would involve.

John Riddle as Raoul (left), Ben Crawford as The Phantom and Emilie Kouatchou as Christine at Broadway's 34th anniversary performance of The Phantom of the Opera. The last performance of the long-running hit musical will be on Sunday, April 16. Avery Brunkus hide caption

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'Phantom of the Opera' takes a final Broadway bow after 13,981 performances

The curtain fell Sunday night on the longest-running show in Broadway history: Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega hit ran for more than 35 years. "I got the gig of a lifetime," says one cast member.

'Phantom of the Opera' takes a final Broadway bow after 13,981 performances

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While rooted in Chicago's jazz community, the past few years have found Natural Information Society opening for indie stalwarts like Yo La Tengo, Kurt Vile and Big Thief. Chris Strong/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Natural Information Society celebrates its idiosyncrasies, warts and all

The urge to build a community of sound, first found on the streets of Philly playing with The Roots, still drives bandleader Joshua Abrams. Since Time is Gravity deepens the jazz band's own roots.

David Grann's latest book, "The Wager," delves into the mysteries of an 18th-century maritime disaster that occurred off Cape Horn. Rebecca Mandell hide caption

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From cannibalism to cover-up, David Grann sees his new shipwreck mystery as a parable

Steve Inskeep talks to David Grann about his retelling of the dramatic Wager Mutiny of 1741.

From cannibalism to cover-up, David Grann sees his new shipwreck mystery as a parable

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Among the objects preserved in West Roxbury is a letter from a young writer addressed to 8-year-old Martin Richard, one of the people killed in the bombings. A Starbucks apron is covered with messages of love and support. Adam Reilly / GBH News hide caption

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Boston's original marathon bombing memorial lives a quiet afterlife

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In the days after the Boston Marathon bombings, people flocked to the scene of the attacks and left behind thousands of items as tokens of grief and solidarity, an impromptu shrine.

A flag bearing the Treasury Department's seal flies at the Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington. The average refund for U.S. taxpayers is $2,910 — a 9.8% drop from 2022, the IRS says. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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The tax deadline is almost here. So far, refunds are 10% smaller than last year

Have you filed your tax return? The 2023 deadline is Tuesday, April 18. Most taxpayers are getting hundreds of dollars less in refunds than they did last year.

Police and media surround the area where Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot in front of the Motilal Nehru medical college in, Prayagraj, India, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP hide caption

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A former Indian politician and his brother were shot dead live on TV

A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught live on TV.

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