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Reformist Pezeshkian beats hard-liner to win Iran presidential election, promising outreach to West

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to

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Arizona man pleads guilty to murder in wife’s death less than a week after reporting her missing

Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in his wife’s death less than a week after he first reported her missing to police in Flagstaff. Authorities announced Daniel Paduchowski’s guilty plea Friday while also acknowledging the unusually swift resolution to a homicide investigation that began just six

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Records tumble as dangerous heat wave scorches the US West and beyond, with the worst yet to come

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Records tumbled across the West as a slow-moving heat wave of potentially historic proportions tightened its grip from the Pacific Northwest to Arizona on Friday, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. were also

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How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge’s scathing order

Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country. A judge in El Paso this week accused the state of harassment after Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried shuttering a shelter in the border city.

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Replay of an interview with President Joe Biden; U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. ___ CNN’s

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Slovakia’s prime minister makes 1st public appearance since assassination attempt

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has made his first public appearance since he was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, attacking his liberal political opponents and praising his Hungarian counterpart. Fico has been recovering at home from multiple wounds he suffered in the May 15 attack when he was shot

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