This NPR News episode covers a series of urgent global and domestic developments, including escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, a controversial civil trial involving OpenAI and Elon Musk, a deadly Russian missile strike in Ukraine, and ongoing humanitarian challenges for immigrants in Minneapo
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