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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.
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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.
Tropical Storm Arthur, seen here in a satellite image from Wednesday morning, is the first named storm of the Atlantic season, bringing the threat of dangerous floods along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center predicts the system will not strengthen much before making landfall.
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Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season
Bill Chappell
Matt Ozug
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Greetings from Maputo, Mozambique's capital, shaped by a modernist architecture
Matt Ozug
A sanitary napkin pad. Menstrual products have been subject to an 18% sales tax in Pakistan, prompting protests. That tax will end when a new budget takes effect on July 1.
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Pakistan ends 'luxury tax' on menstrual products, contraceptives. Will prices drop?
Gabrielle Emanuel
Texas Standard
Tim Kerr, a visual artist and member of the skate punk band, Big Boys, looks over a vintage skateboard on Friday, June 5, 2026, at his home studio in Austin, Texas. Michael Minasi / KUT News
Big Boys documentary celebrates Austin skate punk pioneers — but Tim Kerr is still looking ahead
The musician, artist and lifelong DIY evangelist says the best creative moment might still be waiting.
Rural Texas counties trying to regulate data centers face legal threats
Texas Standard for June 17, 2026: Rural Texas pushes back on data centers
Everything is bigger in Texas. ‘GIANT’ takes that to heart.
Abbott issues disaster declaration for 101 Texas counties
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