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Richard Chamberlain, TV actor who starred in 'Dr. Kildare,' dies at 90

March 30, 2025 • Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as an award-winning "king of the miniseries," has died. He was 90.

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Medical supplies in great need as aid flows into Myanmar after earthquake

March 30, 2025 • Emergency aid has streamed into Southeast Asia in the two days since a massive earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand.

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Trump won't rule out military force to take Greenland

March 30, 2025 • In an interview with NBC News, Trump refused to rule out military force to acquire Greenland. His remarks come a day after Vice President JD Vance's scaled back visit to the island.

Alysa Liu, of the United States, performs during the women's free skating program at the figure skating world championships in Boston on Friday. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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Alysa Liu ends long U.S. drought at women's figure skating world championships

March 29, 2025 • "I don't know how to process this," the 19-year-old from Clovis, Calif., said after becoming the first American women's figure skating world champion in nearly two decades.

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Startup founder convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase of $175M by faking firm's success

March 29, 2025 • Charlie Javice, whose startup claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid, was convicted of defrauding the banking giant by exaggerating her customer base tenfold.

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Judge orders government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

March 28, 2025 • A federal judge barred administration officials from destroying messages sent over the encrypted messaging app about the sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen's Houthis.

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the late singer Selena Quintanilla is pictured following a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

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The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

March 27, 2025 • Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla-Perez, has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995.

Phan Cong Quang makes fish sauce in his home in Nam O fishing village on March 4. Yannick Peterhans/AP hide caption

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Climate change and overfishing threaten Vietnam's tradition of making fish sauce

March 27, 2025 • Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much of Vietnam and southeast Asia's food.

A memorial to honor the victims of the 2019 Walmart mass shooting, is pictured on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in El Paso, Texas. Andres Leighton/AP hide caption

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Gunman who killed 23 in Texas Walmart attack can avoid death penalty with plea deal

March 26, 2025 • El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said that his decision in the prosecution of Patrick Crusius was driven by a majority of victims' relatives who wanted the case behind them.

In this photo provided by the Serbian Interior Ministry, Serbian Gendarmerie officers show the U.S.-made Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), which is illegal in Serbia and many other countries, in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 19. Serbian Interior Ministry/via AP hide caption

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Europe

'Like a sound from hell:' Was an illegal sonic weapon used on protesters in Serbia?

March 26, 2025 • The weapons, which are illegal in Serbia, emit sound waves which can trigger sharp ear pain, disorientation, eardrum ruptures or even irreversible hearing damage.

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Asia

Wildfires ravage South Korea, killing 18 and destroying a 1,300-year-old temple

March 26, 2025 • A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple, houses, factories and vehicles were among the structures destroyed in the wildfires that have burned 43,330 acres and injured 19 people.

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National

Pilot and 2 children survive a night on airplane wing after crashing into Alaska lake

March 26, 2025 • A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives to face trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021 on Monday. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption

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Europe

French actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial in Paris for alleged sexual assaults

March 25, 2025 • Depardieu's long and storied career has turned the trial into a post- #MeToo test of the willingness of France and its movie industry to confront sexual violence and hold influential men accountable.

Brazilian Minister of Human Rights Macae Evaristo speaks at a government ceremony to apologize to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship (1964-1985) at the Dom Bosco cemetery in Sao Paulo, Monday, March 24, 2025. Andre Penner/AP hide caption

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The Americas

Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship's mass grave

March 24, 2025 • Brazil's government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.

Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday. Raviv Rose/AP hide caption

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Middle East

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army

March 24, 2025 • Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.