This episode of NPR's Up First delivers a rapid-fire update on breaking global and domestic news, including a sudden pause in U.S.-Iran tensions, deadly wildfires in Washington, a terrorist bombing in Moscow, a fatal shooting at an In-N-Out in Idaho, a Canadian airline strike, and the d
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