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The Hollywood Forever Cemetary is running out of room. So it's expanding ... upward

4:04am March 17, 2025

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery has been known as the final resting place of many celebrities. Now, it's adding a high-rise mausoleum to deal with shrinking space in high-density Los Angeles.

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The first game of March Madness is on Tuesday. Get caught up on the brackets

4:01am March 17, 2025

by A Martínez

The brackets for the men's and women's NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments are set, and the first game of March Madness begins on Tuesday.

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What to know about CECOT, El Salvador's mega-prison for gang members

1:52am March 17, 2025

The mega-prison in El Salvador, where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed, has became the latest tool in President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.

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Residents survey the aftermath of deadly weekend storms across the southern U.S.

10:56pm March 16, 2025

Officials are still assessing the scale of property damage in several states after an outbreak of twisters and dust storms hit the region over the weekend that left dozens dead.

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March Madness brackets are set. The SEC dominates the men's with a record 14 teams

7:26pm March 16, 2025

In an all-time record, 14 of the 68 teams in the men's tournament all come from one conference — the SEC. In the women's, UCLA and South Carolina are top seeds. Games tip off this coming week.

Pope Francis seen praying in first photo since his hospitalization a month ago

6:23pm March 16, 2025

In the image published online by the Holy See Press Office, the pontiff was seated in a wheelchair and praying in the private chapel of Rome's Gemelli Hospital.

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President Trump deports hundreds of migrants to El Salvador

6:08pm March 16, 2025

by Luke Garrett

The United States is not at war, but this weekend President Trump invoked a wartime law that gives him sweeping deportation powers.

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In the early days of the pandemic, a green space in Seattle was one woman's refuge

6:07pm March 16, 2025

by Avery Keatley

In the early days of the COVID lockdown, Eileen Wurst would seek refuge in a green space in Seattle.

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Tren de Aragua — all you need to know about the Venezuelan gang

12:37pm March 16, 2025

The Trump administration has invoked a 227-year-old law, the Alien Enemies Act, to target Tren de Aragua, a gang with its roots in the prisons of Venezuela. Who are they and how wide is their reach?

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U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order

10:41am March 16, 2025

It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.