Morning Edition Thursday, the 19th of March

Good morning,

At the top of the news, 2 tugboat crew members killed in 'confined space incident' on barge, Coast Guard says.

Also in the digest... Le Creuset, United States, and Val Kilmer.

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Lead Stories
Afroman
Jury Clears Afroman of Defamation for Mocking Cops Who Raided His House
Sport
New bill would bar ICE raids near World Cup matches in US host cities
World
No timeframe for ending US war against Iran, says Pete Hegseth
Epstein
Utah mom says her son played a game titled ‘Five Nights at Epstein’ on a school computer
World
Senate committee advances Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead homeland security
World
Some of the world’s poorest countries to lose UK aid due to 56% budget cut
World
Family pursues truth in mysterious Turkish lift death
World
Independent autism committee that challenges RFK Jr’s overhaul draws criticism
World
Woman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row
World
Trump administration is deporting parents without their children in violation of its own policies, report finds
National
Texas jails aren’t meeting deadlines to free inmates, costing some counties thousands in settlements
capital gains
The Trump Administration’s proposed capital gains tax cut could add nearly $1 trillion to the national debt within the decade, think tank warns
National
César Chavez Day celebrations disrupted across US amid sexual abuse allegations
World
No breakthrough on Hungary’s veto of EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine – as it happened
World
Who is Uma Kumaran? UK Labour MP of Tamil origin calls out ‘blatant Islamophobia’ over Nick Timothy’s open iftar remarks
World
FBI investigating US counter-terrorism chief who resigned over Iran war, reports say
National
2 tugboat crew members killed in 'confined space incident' on barge, Coast Guard says
World
New York high school student released after 10 months in ICE facility
World
Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans
World
Nancy Mace draws White House ire over independent Middle East rescue efforts