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Live - U.S. strikes Iran after Trump accuses Tehran of "foolish violation" of ceasefire - The U.S. carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran on Friday after Iranian forces hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. 1H ago

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Race to find survivors as Venezuela's earthquake death toll soars -- The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela killed more than 900 people, and that toll is likely to keep rising as frantic rescue and recovery operations ramp up.

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Minnesota fraud suspect arrested in Somalia after 4 years on the run, officials say -- Abdikerm Eidleh, accused of playing a key role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, was arrested in Somalia after more than four years, federal officials said.

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Buttigieg says he was separated from his children after false report -- Michigan State Police said law enforcement and Child Protective Services confirmed a report against Pete Buttigieg was unsubstantiated and false.

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Appeals court upholds Harvey Weinstein's California rape conviction -- A California appeals court has upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction.

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Texas board approves adding Bible stories to required reading for public school students -- The reading list will take effect starting in 2030.

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Judge in Charlie Kirk murder case finds prosecutor in contempt -- The defense team for Tyler Robinson asked that the death penalty be taken off the table following public comments by prosecutors.

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Utah declares emergency, limits fireworks as crews battle largest U.S. wildfire -- Utah is restricting fireworks as the largest wildfire in the nation grows, fueled by dry conditions and gusting winds.

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How much water does AI really use? -- The heaviest demand on America's water supply isn't data centers or AI. It's from everyday uses such as growing food, watering lawns and flushing toilets. -- Jun 25

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Crime - Billionaire Leon Black testifies on Epstein - Billionaire Leon Black testified before the House Oversight Committee on Friday. After Black ended the interview, the committee issued two subpoenas. Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia, a member of the House Oversight Committee, joins "The Takeout" to discuss this and the U.S. strike on Iran. 5H ago - 10:41

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Mistrial ruled in Palisades Fire arson case - A judge declared a mistrial in the case against a man accused of starting a fire that grew into the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire. The jury was deadlocked during deliberations. CBS News Los Angeles has more. 10H ago - 2:27

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Convicted rapist who faked death and fled U.S. has died -- Nicholas Rossi​, 38, was serving at least 10 years in prison in Utah following his convictions in 2025 in two sexual assault cases.

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Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy -- The featherweight pair - orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away - are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.

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Ancient Egyptian burial site reveals centuries of changing traditions -- Human and animal remains unearthed in Egypt's Nile Delta reveal changing funerary practices over some 600 years, and the evolution of a key site itself.

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Telescope snaps most detailed photo yet of Milky Way's heart -- Euclid is on a mission to chart one-third of the sky in the hopes of shedding light on the enduring mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

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Interstellar comet may be oldest object ever seen in solar system -- Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.

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6/21: Sunday Morning -- Hosted by Lee Cowan. Featured: Birthright citizenship; the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library unveiled; Shooter Jennings releases recordings by his father, Waylon Jennings; comedian John Mulaney; childhood obesity; and the secrets of seahorses and seadragons.

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Seahorses and seadragons, some of Nature's most curious creatures -- Seahorses are unique ocean inhabitants with a head like a horse, a pouch like a kangaroo, a tail like a monkey, and the ability to camouflage themselves like a chameleon. They also exhibit an unconventional gender dynamic, in that the males do the work of carrying around fertilized eggs. Correspondent Conor Knighton goes in search of these fascinating fish - and their equally fascinating cousins, seadragons - at the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California.

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Watch: Pentagon releases 6 new UFO videos -- The Defense Department released a third batch of UFO files on Friday, three weeks after its second drop. These are all of the videos in the latest tranche, plus analysis from astrophysicist Avi Loeb.

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Goblin shark seen alive in natural deep-sea habitat for the first time -- The goblin shark had only previously been seen when caught by fishermen and they died shortly afterward.

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World's largest whale graveyard found by sub at bottom of ocean -- The researchers saw many strange animals - many believed to be new to science - living off the whale carcasses.

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NASA names 4 astronauts for next Artemis mission -- NASA's Artemis III astronauts plan to carry out rendezvous and docking procedures with commercial moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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