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U.S. and Iran set for new talks, Trump says, after Hormuz clashes threatened peace deal

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JERUSALEM — The United States and Iran will hold new talks on Tuesday in Qatar, President Donald Trump said Monday, after the two sides appeared to step back from a wave of attacks that threatened to derail peace efforts. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. … Read more

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is bringing a big set of student loan changes

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One year after President Donald Trump signed his core domestic policy package into law, student loan borrowers are bracing for a major overhaul of the federal lending system that will begin this week. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Many were already struggling when the … Read more

LGBTQ+ Pride parades set for Sunday in NYC and San Francisco

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Pride Month celebrations peak Sunday with big parades in New York, San Francisco and some other cities on the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which accelerated and transformed the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Pride events often mix celebration and calls to action, reflecting the political winds, cultural climate and news around LGBTQ+ rights. This … Read more

The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison

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DANVILLE, Va. — A man who set a Virginia council member on fire last year in an alleged jealous rage was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the July 30, 2025, attack on Lee … Read more

Man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife set to be 9th person executed this year in Florida

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STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife decades ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1992 stabbing death of his wife Karen. If carried out, this … Read more

Ex-Oklahoma inmate who was nearly executed 3 times has new murder trial set a month after being released

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A new murder trial is due to begin in September for Richard Glossip, the former Oklahoma inmate who spent decades on the state’s death row and was nearly executed three times before the Supreme Court overturned his conviction last year.  Glossip, 63, was granted bond in May and released from prison for the first time … Read more

Gen. Chris Donahue set to retire as Army commander in Europe and Africa, in latest departure by top military official

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Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, has submitted his retirement papers, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, marking the latest high-level officer to leave the military during the second Trump administration. Donahue had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, multiple sources told CBS News.  Donahue is a West Point … Read more