Tracy Mumford

The brazen break-in at the Louvre this fall underscored how even major museums in broad daylight have become targets.

A few months ago, two armed men stole more than a dozen works of art, including some by Matisse, from a library in Sao Paulo.

The chief executive of an art recovery firm said that thieves have started considering museums or libraries easy targets because of a lack of funding for security.

Experts say these kinds of art heists have also surged, right, as cryptocurrency has made it easier to launder stolen goods.

But thieves aren't likely to get full value.

According to the art recovery expert, stolen art tends to sell for just a fraction of the price that it would get at auction, sometimes as little as just 5 to 10 percent of a legitimate sale.

Those are the headlines.

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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.

I'm Tracy Mumford.

Today's Friday, March 27th.

Here's what we're covering.

As the war with Iran hits the four-week mark, fuel prices are high, the flow of oil from the Gulf remains largely cut off, and Americans will likely start to feel it soon in their grocery bills.

The first thing to watch is raspberries.

Now, raspberries are kind of the drama queens of fresh produce.

They need to be transported quickly in refrigerated trucks.

Even on planes, which are a faster ride, they need to be kept cool.