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Live updates - Cease-fire at risk with possible mines in Strait of Hormuz and Israel attacking Lebanon. Follow live updates. Israel has said the cease-fire agreement does not extend to its war in Lebanon with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, although Iran and mediator Pakistan said it does.

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'Climate change is kicking our butts.' March smashes heat records for continental US. -- Six of the nation's top 10 most abnormally hot months have been in the last 10 years.

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Rutte the 'Trump whisperer' faces a fresh test as Trump turns on NATO over Iran -- Since launching the war, Trump has mocked US allies as "cowards" and has slammed NATO as "a paper tiger."

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Cease-fire in the Iran war teeters with disagreements over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz -- The shaky cease-fire has been largely holding between the US, Israel, and Iran, although Tehran and Washington have offered vastly different explanations of the initial terms.

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Trump's threats of potential war crimes against Iran are part of a long pattern

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'He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that': Kimmel, Colbert react to Trump's Iran comments, cease-fire deal

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Far-right figures call for Trump's removal amid his threats against Iran: 'We are beyond madness'

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Why the world never needed a 'TACO' Tuesday more than now

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Two ways of seeing Matthew Farwell, the Stoughton police officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore - In dueling court filings, the defense and prosecution paint wildly divergent portraits of Matthew Farwell.

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Mass. House approves bill limiting social media use for children under age 14 -- The House passed legislation Wednesday on a 129-25 vote, largely along party lines.

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'Everyone knows it's not going to be the same.' Mass. high court weighs challenge to $325 million White Stadium project. -- The Supreme Judicial Court will weigh whether to uphold a lower-court ruling that the White Stadium project does not violate state park protections.

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Rachael Rollins pulls papers to run for Suffolk DA, official says -- The secretary of state's office said Rollins pulled papers Wednesday for the job she held from 2019-2022.

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Trump may not be enthused to resume combat if Iran talks aren't successful

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RFK Jr. is launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick

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How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a two-week cease-fire with Tehran

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Bondi won't appear for House deposition next week in the Epstein investigation

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EPA head tells climate skeptics to 'celebrate vindication' after repeal of baseline climate rule

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Oil plunges toward $90 as the Dow surges 1,300 in a worldwide rally following a cease-fire with Iran

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Watch live: Pentagon holds press briefing on war in Iran

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