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Jael Snyder
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The US military completed its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz escalated sharply.
The Trump administration ordered ICE officers to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide after two fatal shootings of bystanders within a week.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes of the US-Iran war and was laid to rest amid huge funeral crowds in Northeast Iran.
Border czar Tom Holman told Fox News the ICE vehicle stop pause is temporary and meant for a short-term review, not a permanent policy change.
The U.S. military reported completing its latest wave of strikes on Iran, hitting dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along the Iranian coast.
The US and Iran exchanged fire for a second consecutive day as Khamenei's funeral took place.
The EPA's proposed rollback of heavy-duty vehicle emissions rules could increase smog-creating pollution from semis and buses by 11% per year by mid-century.
Only 17 drug makers agreed to offer their drugs on the Trump Rx website at a discount.
The EPA's proposed rule changes could save companies thousands of dollars per vehicle when buying semis and buses, according to EPA estimates.
The confirmed Ebola death toll in Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 600, with new suspected cases reported in previously unaffected parts of the country.
France is experiencing its third heat wave of the year, forcing early closures of the Eiffel Tower, museums, and other Paris tourist sites.
The Ebola strain spreading in the DRC has no approved vaccine or treatment, complicating the outbreak response.
The National Weather Service predicted that more than 90 temperature records across the US would be tied or broken through Wednesday, mostly overnight heat records.
Andy Burnham secured the backing of 322 of the 403 Labour Party MPs in the first nomination tally, putting him on course to become the next British prime minister.
Oil prices rose amid fresh US-Iran attacks, with Brent crude trading at around $84 a barrel.
Three weeks after calling Iranians 'rational, smart, brave people,' Trump stood at the NATO summit in Turkey and called their leaders 'scum.' NPR's Franco Ordonez frames this as a deliberate pattern — swinging between praise and condemnation to try to will the war to an end.
Iran's Supreme Leader was killed in the opening strikes of the war with the US and was laid to rest in Northeast Iran before massive crowds. The funeral came as US-Iran exchanges of fire entered their second consecutive day.
The EPA is proposing to relax pollution rules for heavy-duty vehicles, potentially saving companies thousands per truck — but at the cost of an 11% per year increase in smog-creating emissions by mid-century. Environmental groups are calling it damaging to human health.
Tyler Robinson, charged with aggravated murder in the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has yet to enter a plea. His defense fought to suppress a recorded interview with Robinson's former cellmate and partner, who said Robinson told him he wished he hadn't done it.
Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person and wounding eight others, according to the UAE. The attacks underscore the growing danger to commercial shipping in one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints.
ICE officers fatally shot a Maine motorist who was not the target of the warrant they were serving. Maine senator Angus King confirmed this after speaking with Homeland Security secretary Mark Wayne Mullen — making it the second ICE-related fatal shooting in a week.
US district judge Kathleen Williams tore into Trump's IRS lawsuit in a 56-page ruling, finding it was filed in bad faith to manipulate the judicial process. The suit resulted in a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund that has since been scrapped, and one Trump lawyer has been referred for disciplinary action.
CENTCOM is enforcing a full maritime blockade on all Iranian port traffic under Trump's orders, after three straight nights of US strikes on Iran. The US will also charge a 20% fee on cargo it protects passing through the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway that once carried 20% of the world's oil freely.
South Carolina governor Henry McMaster appointed Darlene Graham, Lindsey Graham's sister, to fill the late senator's seat. She'll serve through January, with a Republican primary scheduled for August 11 to determine the next nominee.
US strikes on Iran and Iranian retaliatory attacks on US Gulf allies are escalating. Trump has simultaneously declared the ceasefire dead and said peace negotiations are ongoing — leaving allies and markets in limbo.
Nearly a year after Congress eliminated federal funding for public media, NPR is relying on listener support to keep operating. The broadcaster frames the appeal as a matter of press freedom, not just budget.
Consciousness is notoriously hard to define — it's the lived experience of tasting chocolate or seeing the blue sky. Scientists are now developing new ways to measure it, explored in NPR's Shortwave podcast.
El Salvador became the latest country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, according to the World Health Organization. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness — making El Salvador's achievement a significant public health milestone.
The U.S. military announced it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, hitting dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along the Iranian coast. The brief but consequential update signals continued escalation in the Persian Gulf region.
A large cyclosporiasis outbreak has spread to more than 30 states, with over 3,300 cases in Michigan alone. The FDA is tracing multiple produce items, including lettuce, though no deaths have been linked to the outbreak.
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