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War Brings New Water Crises to an Already-Parched Iran

Iran has accused the United States of bombing a desalination plant on Qeshm Island. The country was already facing a severe water shortage.

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An enormous sinkhole and land subsidence in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, in 2021.
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Here Are the Key Races to Watch in Mississippi and Georgia Elections

It’s primary day in Mississippi, where a younger Democrat is trying to oust a House veteran, and in Georgia, where Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat is up for grabs.

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Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, is defending his seat against Evan Turnage.
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Trump Antisemitism Inquiry Demanding List of Jews at Penn Heads to Court

The Trump administration, which said it is investigating harassment, sued the University of Pennsylvania after it refused a request to provide information about Jewish students and staff.

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The University of Pennsylvania campus. The school has been fighting a request that it hand over contact information for Jewish students and staff.
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iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube on Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle

Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.

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Some families are reining in their children’s screen time at home only to find it expanding at school.
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Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.

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A Syncrude facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy

More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.

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A solar field in Riesel, Texas, in 2023. Solar power is projected to account for just over half of the new power projects that will be added this year.
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Trump’s War in Iran, and Rising Gas Prices, Collide With Midterm Agenda

The attack on Iran has led to a surge in energy prices at a moment when the cost of living is a major issue heading into the fall elections.

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A tanker and a cargo ship in Muscat, Oman, on Monday. The war in Iran has affected the shipping of oil through the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.
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Trump Seeks to Calm Oil and Gas Markets but Says Iran War Will Go On

The president said the U.S. could accompany tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary to keep oil flowing. “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough,” he said.

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Oil tankers sat anchored in Muscat, Oman, on Saturday as Iran vowed to block the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict.
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Two Supreme Court Justices Debate Handling of Trump Emergency Cases

In a rare joint appearance, Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett M. Kavanaugh offered sharply different views on how the court should handle emergency requests.

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, moderator Judge Paul L. Friedman, center, and Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on Monday, where the two justices differed over how the court is handling emergency requests.
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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been spare in his remarks following the attempted bombing at Gracie Mansion and arrests of two men who said they were motivated by ISIS.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been somewhat reserved in his comments following an attack outside Gracie Mansion, issuing two short statements and answering few questions.
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Bo Gritz, Vietnam Veteran Called a Real-Life Rambo, Dies at 87

He served in the Special Forces, led a postwar raid to find P.O.W.s and became a voice of the right-wing anti-government fringe.

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Bo Gritz in the early 1990s. As a prominent figure among right-wing radicals, he tapped into a rich vein of populist anger over America’s defeat in Vietnam.
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Monti Rock III, Gleefully Untalented ‘Tonight Show’ Favorite, Dies at 86

He couldn’t sing, dance or tell funny stories. But Johnny Carson loved him and his persona: a D-list star clinging to celebrity.

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Monti Rock III in 1975. He was a flamboyant dresser, a transparently gay man in the subversive style known as camp in the mid-60s.
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Epstein’s Remote Zorro Ranch Is Searched by New Mexico Investigators

Some of the disgraced financier’s victims have said they were trafficked at the property south of Santa Fe, where the nearest neighbors are miles away.

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Lawmakers voted to impanel a bipartisan four-member “truth commission” with subpoena power to investigate Zorro Ranch.
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Lawmakers Pressure Hochul to Raise Taxes in New York

The State Assembly and Senate are each calling for the state to raise taxes, piggybacking on a push by Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani have become allies, but she has resisted his calls to raise taxes on the rich.
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Oil Prices Will Remain High as Iran War Continues

While officials look for ways to ease oil shocks, experts say higher prices will likely persist until traffic through the Strait of Hormuz returns.

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Black smoke filled the skies above Tehran on Sunday morning after Israeli airstrikes struck energy facilities overnight.
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