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Florida tops Houston for national title; US to hold talks with Iran

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  • On today's episode: More on Chinas response to President Donald Trump's tariffs; Florida defeats Houston for its third NCAA basketball championship; Kentucky residents continue dealing with the aftermath of severe storms; scientists have engineered a wolves similar to the now-extinct dire wolf.
  • US ends life-saving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a 'death sentence.'
  • Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review.
  • Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
  • Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets plunge.
  • Trump says the US will hold direct talks with Iran as he insists Tehran can't get nuclear weapons.
  • RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water.
  • Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for the Supreme Court.
  • The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here's what to know.
  • Idaho mom who killed 2 of her kids goes on trial over death of her husband.
  • American YouTuber who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India.
  • US stocks dip after careening through a manic day following Trump's latest tariff threat.
  • Will new Mega Million odds make you a jackpot winner Don't get your hopes up.
  • Florida edges Houston to win third NCAA men’s hoops title, a key college sports NIL settlement is delayed, a multi-time All-Star agrees to a massive contract extension in baseball, an All-Star outfielder opens up about his suicide attempt and a member of the NBA’s East-leading Cavaliers is sidelined with an injury. 
  • World Series champion L.A. Dodgers have visited the White House.
  • Vladimir Putin congratulates Alex Ovechkin on ‘outstanding’ NHL goals record.
  • Prince Harry appeals the loss of his UK security detail.
  • Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600.
  • US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts.
  • Garbage piles up on streets of UK's second-largest city after monthlong sanitation strike.
  • 1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 20.

    • —The Associated Press

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    Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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