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NPR | By A Martínez,

Steve Inskeep

Published March 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

Israel launches strikes in Beirut, FBI investigating two unrelated attacks in Michigan and Virginia, Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to ban large investors from buying up single-family homes.

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