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Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being hit by the Dali container vessel, as seen from Riviera Beach, Md., on Tuesday. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption

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Cars exit from the Baltimore Port after the cargo ship Dali ran into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday. Two people were pulled alive from the water, two bodies were recovered and four people were presumed dead. The men were working on the bridge at the time of the collision at 1:30 a.m. Kena Betancur/Getty Images hide caption

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Daniel Kahneman, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013, has died. He merged psychology and economics to help launch the growing field of "behavioral economics." Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Then-President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., during a controversial 2020 photo-op. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, shown at last November's Republican presidential primary debate on NBC. The network hired her and then fired her in the course of a week after a newsroom revolt. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore, on Tuesday. The Port of Baltimore, which has the highest volume of auto imports in the U.S., is now temporarily closed. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse is expected to disrupt supply chains

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The container ship Dali after it ran into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday in Baltimore. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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What's the best way to revitalize a language? In the Lakota Nation, that's very much up for debate. Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption

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Visa and MasterCard announced, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, a settlement with U.S. merchants related to swipe fees, a development that could potentially save consumers tens of billions of dollars. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

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David Calhoun stepped down as CEO of Boeing and will remain until the end of 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Cars are visible in a general view from the Baltimore Port after the cargo ship Dali ran into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday. The accident has temporarily closed the Port of Baltimore, which handles more vehicles per year than any other U.S. port. Kena Betancur/Getty Images hide caption

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News of Trump Media & Technology Group public trading is seen on television screens at the Nasdaq Marketplace on March 26, 2024 in New York City. At one point, the company was valued at over $9 billion after trading began. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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Meta is rolling out new changes to Instagram and Threads, automatically limiting the amount of political content users see from accounts they do not follow. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What is the new etiquette for tipping?

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Name our mascot. No, really.

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Former President Trump's social media company is set to start trading in stock markets on Tuesday. He stands to earn billions of dollars. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Elon Musk, owner of X, sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate after the group published a series of reports detailing an uptick of hate speech on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Czarek Sokolowski/AP hide caption

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