NPR News covers a major settlement with Meta over youth safety on social media, diplomatic developments involving a U.S. intelligence chief’s trip to Russia, Iran’s proposed plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a legal battle over the extradition of a federal agent, and disaster aid for P
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