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A man walks past a billboard featuring the portraits of (right to left) Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on June 15.

Firdous Nazir

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Economy

Here's how much the the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger

Scott Horsley

Ruth Sherlock

Tom Bowman

Danielle Kurtzleben

More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, the costs and aftereffects are felt around the world.

National

Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season
Politics

Senate postpones confirmation hearing for intel chief after Trump's call to delay
National

'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years

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El Niño is here, so what does it mean?

Bill Chappell

An El Niño has formed amid the warmer-than-normal waters in the tropical Pacific. Now it's a question of how intense the phenomenon will be and where effects like heat and drought will strike.
National

On a flight home, a stranger helped her understand what came next

Laura Kwerel

Rebecca Simonitsch had just learned she might be a candidate for brain surgery. The man seated beside her on the flight home pulled out a notebook to explain what lay ahead.
National

Soccer's premier goal scorers, led by Lionel Messi, show up to the World Cup with a bang

Russell Lewis

The World Cup might be less than a week old, but the goal scoring at this year's tourney has been sublime. Argentina's Lionel Messi netted three goals the same day France's Kylian Mbappé scored two.
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U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors

The Associated Press

The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing one man and leaving two survivors. This brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes to at least 208.
National

Iraqi soccer fans celebrate end of 40-year World Cup drought

Jasmine Garsd

Liz Baker

The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.
Education

Trump further guts Education Dept. by shifting oversight of special ed, civil rights

Jonaki Mehta

Cory Turner

The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.
Environment

The war with Iran is making oil changes pricier. And a deal won't solve it

Camila Domonoske

The U.S. may be the world's biggest producer of crude oil, but that's not the case for motor oil. The cost of lubricants is soaring, and even a tentative deal to end the war won't solve the problem.
Economy

Survey confirms the struggle of working parents: 'No way to be two things at once'

Andrea Hsu

A new Pew survey finds many working parents feel they cannot give 100% at either work or home. Benefits like paid sick leave and more affordable childcare could help.
Politics

Voting officials fear DHS may actually be a threat to elections this year

Miles Parks

Voting officials worry that the Department of Homeland Security will not be a partner helping to secure elections, but rather a threat seeking to undermine results that President Trump dislikes.
Politics

UFC boss Dana White says 'never again' to another White House fight night

The Associated Press

The headaches over weather concerns in the outdoors show, the logistics of construction of the cage and staging events at federal landmarks and the soaring cost made Freedom 250 a one-off.