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A person enters the Signature Bank headquarters in New York on March 13. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption A person enters the Signature Bank headquarters in New York on March 13. President Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass legislation to increase the penalties on bank executives when mismanagement leads to bank failures. “When banks fail …

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Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton, center, celebrates after a basket against Purdue in the second half of a first-round college basketball game in the men’s NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday. FDU would go on to take the win, upsetting top-seeded Purdue University. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton, center, celebrates …

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The J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, where U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will decide on a lawsuit over the abortion drug mifepristone. Justin Rex/AP hide caption The J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, where U.S. District …

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A frozen organic strawberry product subject to the recalls is pictured in a photo provided by the FDA. Food and Drug Administration hide caption A frozen organic strawberry product subject to the recalls is pictured in a photo provided by the FDA. Frozen organic strawberries sold at stores across the U.S., including Costco, Aldi and …

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, which meets at City Hall, accepted a draft plan of more than 100 recommendations for reparations to eligible Black residents. But the move was largely procedural and doesn’t bind the city to any of the proposals. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption The San Francisco Board of …

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The promise of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright that guaranteed criminal defendants the right to a lawyer has been challenged by budgets and high demand. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption Sixty years ago today the Supreme Court ruled that people accused of crimes but without means to pay for a lawyer would …

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CNN  —  Yevgeny Prigozhin, the combative boss of Russia’s Wagner private military group, relishes his role as an anti-establishment maverick, but signs are growing that the Moscow establishment now has him pinned down and gasping for breath. Prigozhin placed a bet on his mercenaries raising the Russian flag in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, …

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Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, walks into court in San Jose, Calif., on Friday alongside her mother, Noel Holmes, and partner, Billy Evans. Philip Pacheco/Getty Images hide caption Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, walks into court in San Jose, Calif., on Friday alongside her mother, Noel Holmes, and partner, Billy Evans. Elizabeth Holmes, …

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Army, which fell 25% short of its recruiting goal last year, has rolled out a new marketing campaign. And while most of it is fresh, as Jay Price of member station WUNC reports, one part is familiar. JAY PRICE, BYLINE: The Army unveiled its new branding with a sizzle reel. It …

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CNN  —  A secret plan drawn up by Russia’s security service, the FSB, lays out detailed options to destabilize Moldova – including supporting pro-Russian groups, utilizing the Orthodox Church and threatening to cut off supplies of natural gas. The document appears to have been drawn up to thwart Moldova’s tilt to the West, which includes …

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