This NPR News segment covers a range of pressing global and domestic issues, from Iran’s escalating geopolitical demands tied to U.S. political dynamics, to long-standing sexual abuse at a prestigious Michigan arts school, widespread wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada, Hollywood
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