Pope Francis Dies at 88, and Another Hegseth Signal Chat

<p>Plus, million-dollar empty lots in the Palisades.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/world/pope-francis-updates-vatican" target="_blank"><strong>Pope Francis Dies at 88</strong></a>, <i>by Jason Horowitz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat</strong></a>, <i>by Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-democrats.html"><strong>Democrats Land in El Salvador, Seeking Release of Maryland Resident</strong></a>, <i>by Robert Jimison and Annie Correal</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/supreme-court-deportation-protocol-venezuela.html" target="_blank"><strong>An Urgent Supreme Court Order Protecting Migrants Was Built for Speed</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/business/student-loan-borrowers-payments.html" target="_blank"><strong>Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Are Behind on Payments</strong></a>, <i>by Stacy Cowley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/palisades-burned-lots-sale.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Next Stage of Rebuilding the Palisades Is Here: Burned Lots for Sale</strong></a>, <i>by Jesus Jiménez</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p>
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