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Sales of existing homes slipped in March, amid elevated mortgage rates. Here, a home for sale in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2023. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Home sales just posted their biggest monthly fall since 2022

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Tina Knowles at the Billboard Women in Music 2025 held at the YouTube Theater on March 29 in Los Angeles, Calif. Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images hide caption

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Culture

Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé and Solange, knows how to be a 'Matriarch'

6 min

Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, discusses new memoir 'Matriarch'

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Juan Carlos Cruz sits with Pope Francis on Jan. 22, 2022. Juan Carlos Cruz hide caption

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Juan Carlos Cruz

Remembering Pope Francis

"I'm gonna miss him": Pope Francis remembered by a close friend and survivor of abuse

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Clergy abuse survivor talks about what made Pope Francis special to him

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National

Meet the man who made six figures selling anti-Elon Musk Tesla stickers

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Some Tesla owners slapping anti-Elon Musk stickers on their vehicles

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Signs notify drivers at the U.S.-Canada Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Detroit, Michigan. Dominic Gwinn/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge

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