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Trump administration freezes tens of millions in family planning funding
by Praveena Somasundaram on April 1, 2025 at 11:25 pm
Nine Planned Parenthood affiliates are among the providers affected by the funding freeze, the nonprofit organization said Monday.
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At the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum, art for here, now and beyond
by Robin Givhan on April 1, 2025 at 11:03 pm
‘If we do not stop this madness, we will destroy ourselves and the whole world,’ artist Adam Pendleton’s “Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?)”
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Fired health workers were told to contact an employee. She’s dead.
by Lauren Weber on April 1, 2025 at 8:25 pm
Some federal health employees who were laid off Tuesday were told to contact Anita Pinder, who died last year, with discrimination complaints.
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Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies
by Carolyn Y. Johnson, Rachel Roubein, Joel Achenbach, Lena H. Sun, Lauren Weber on April 1, 2025 at 8:02 pm
The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Dozens of staff at agency that supports museums and libraries put on leave
by Niha Masih on April 1, 2025 at 3:03 pm
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a key source of federal support for the nation’s museums and libraries. The move risks upending vital resources.
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Karen Read is back on trial for murder. Here’s what to know.
by Amber Ferguson, Kim Bellware on April 1, 2025 at 10:00 am
Read, accused of killing her boyfriend, alleges she was framed as part of a police cover-up. She is being retried after her first case ended in a mistrial.
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Alabama groups can aid out-of-state travel for abortions, judge rules
by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Caroline Kitchener on April 1, 2025 at 5:45 am
“This should send a strong message to antiabortion politicians in states with bans,” said an attorney with the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project.
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Radio City Music Hall banned him. A T-shirt and AI might be to blame.
by Kyle Melnick on April 1, 2025 at 1:28 am
Security may have used facial recognition technology to escort a man out of a concert. He once designed a Knicks shirt that criticized the team’s owner.
