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Thursday on the NewsHour, the Biden Administration warns Israel to change the way it is handling the war with Hamas or risk losing U.S. support. An exclusive conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on efforts to increase security cooperation in Asia. Plus, we go to the southern border with migrants who’ve made the grueling…

The Dali, a Singaporean-flagged cargo vessel that spans the size of almost three football fields, remains stuck under debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship crashed into the bridge in the early morning of March 26 in Baltimore, Maryland. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images The port of Baltimore, one of the nation’s…

The Guardian‘s reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of states to assign fetuses “some kind of rights that we would generally ascribe to a human person.” Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews Ripley starring Andrew Scott. Film critic Justin Chang reviews Woody Allen’s new French-language drama Coup de Chance.…

Coming up on today’s show: Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent for Axios, host of the Slate Money Podcast and author of The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal (‎Harper Business, 2023), talks about both Reddit and Truth Social going public and what that means for their investors and users. David…

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about the deal taking shape on housing in the state budget; whether “squatters” are a real and growing issue and a state Court of Appeals decision that might upend NYC’s property tax system. Read the full article here

Loading… In the follow-up to their award-winning documentary “Boys State,” directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss have decided to cover the sister American Legion program, Girls State. McBaine and Moss embedded among teenage girls in Missouri who attended a one-week Girls State camp, where they are tasked with building a government from the ground up.…

A lawyer for Sean “Diddy” Combs, pictured in 2018, said the entertainment mogul is the subject of “a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.” Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs said Homeland Security Investigation officials used excessive force in an “unprecedented ambush” as the agency swept through Los Angeles and…

Famed American artist and sculptor Richard Serra, known for turning curving walls of rusting steel and other malleable materials into large-scale pieces of outdoor artwork that are now dotted across the world, died Tuesday at his home in Long Island, New York. He was 85. Considered one of his generation’s most preeminent sculptors, the San…

Tuesday on the NewsHour, a Baltimore bridge collapses after being struck by a container ship. Reproductive rights are back before the Supreme Court with access to a commonly used abortion pill at stake. Plus, Israel’s defense minister meets his American counterpart in Washington as the two nations are increasingly at odds over the war in…

The Port of Baltimore is an important link in the U.S. supply chain. For one, it’s the nation’s busiest port for car shipments. But after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, the disruption could be prolonged. Plus, is 67 too young? Why some think the U.S. should raise its retirement age. Plus,…