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Stephen Schwartz Criticizes Kennedy Center, Saying He Won’t Host Gala

The Washington National Opera said the “Wicked” composer was scheduled to host its annual event at the center this spring.

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“There’s no way I would set foot in it now,” Stephen Schwartz said of the Kennedy Center, which has seen many changes during the second Trump administration.
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Software Error Will Force 325,000 Californians to Replace Real IDs

Some state-issued identification cards issued to legal immigrants could be valid longer than the people holding them are allowed to remain in the United States, state officials said.

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A California Department of Motor Vehicles office in San Francisco. The department said that 1.5 percent of the state’s Real ID holders were affected by a software glitch and must replace their cards.
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Dick Zimmer, N.J. Congressman Who Sponsored Megan’s Law, Dies at 81

The landmark legislation, a response to the rape and murder of a New Jersey child, required states to disclose where convicted sex-offenders live.

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Representative Dick Zimmer, second from left, during a House hearing in 1996. His legislation targeting sex offenders was passed unanimously by the House and Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton that year.
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Hopes Fade as Coast Guard Seeks Survivors of Latest Boat Strikes

The service said that conditions in the area where the search was taking place included nine-foot seas and winds approaching 50 miles per hour.

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A Coast Guard ship at Coast Guard Base San Juan on Wednesday. The strike on Tuesday was the fourth known instance of people surviving, at least initially, one of the 35 military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific.
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D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect Ordered to Remain in Jail Until Trial

A magistrate judge said he was concerned that the defendant, Brian Cole Jr., had continued after Jan. 6, 2021, to purchase components similar to those prosecutors said he had used to make pipe bombs.

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Surveillance footage from January 2021 showed the man authorities identified as Brian Cole Jr. He told investigators he felt relieved that the bombs had not exploded and that no one was hurt.
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Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York canceled executive orders issued by his predecessor that had barred city agencies from boycotting Israel and defined some criticism of Israel as antisemitic.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been a strong critic of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians throughout his public life.
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On ‘Best Medicine,’ Josh Charles Has a Heart

After years of playing smarmy characters, the actor is stepping up as the lead in a comedy about a grumpy but charming doctor.

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“It’s been feast or famine,” the actor Josh Charles said of his career in movies, TV and theater. He added: “I just want to do good work.”
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A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup

Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.

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U.S. regulators consider it safe, but the World Health Organization has said glyphosate is probably carcinogenic.
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Yemen Sends Its Military to Push Out Separatist Faction

The Saudi-backed government in Yemen said it would send forces to reclaim territory from a group that the United Arab Emirates supports.

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Soldiers affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council separatist group, which has seized control of parts of Yemen, at a checkpoint in Aden on Wednesday.
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