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Deposed Shah’s Son Hopes Trump Will Put Iran Regime ‘Down for Good’

Reza Pahlavi, once the crown prince of Iran, says protesters there have been emboldened by President Trump suggesting that he could take military action.

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Demonstrators in Austria displayed images of Reza Pahlavi during a rally on Sunday in support of nationwide protests in Iran.
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A Russian Videographer Reveals How Putin Shapes the Next Generation

Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became a film that is shortlisted for an Oscar.

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“I’m just standing there filming and I understand that what’s getting into the camera isn’t just a lesson, but history,” Pavel Talankin said.
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How a Puzzling 401(k) Plan Changed One Woman’s Life

Eryn Schultz was an H-E-B grocery store leader with an M.B.A. A slow pivot toward a big career change began when she found her retirement plan wanting.

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Eryn Schultz helped her grocery store co-workers understand the company 401(k) when she worked at H-E-B in Texas. Now she is a full-time professional financial adviser.
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Victoria and Michael Wolff Document Their Lifestyle in ‘Our Amagansett House’

The author and Trump antagonist Michael Wolff has his wife, Victoria, to thank for his latest chapter: lifestyle influencer. Now she’s becoming one, too.

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Victoria Wolff, the writer of Our Amagansett House, a Substack newsletter, at the home she shares with her husband, Michael Wolff.
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Bob Weir, a Virtuoso of Hot Pants

The Grateful Dead guitarist wore short shorts like no other.

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Bob Weir’s shorts were short. They were snipped high enough that fans quite a distance from the stage could make out Mr. Weir’s upper thighs. Shy about skin he was not.
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Bob Weir: A Life in Pictures

The Grateful Dead guitarist, singer and songwriter was a bedrock of the band that became a psychedelic institution.
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Trump Says Cuba Will No Longer Get ‘Oil or Money’ From Venezuela

President Trump urged Cuba to “make a deal, before it’s too late” in a social media post, but it was unclear what he meant. Cuba’s president responded with defiance.

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Demonstrators during a gathering in support of the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Havana earlier this month. Mr. Maduro’s ousting was a blow to the strong relationship between Venezuela and Cuba.
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Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90

His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”

Mr. von Däniken’s first and most successful books sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and inspired documentaries, comic books and a movie.
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After Minnesota Shooting, ICE Again Limits Congressional Visits

The new guidelines for immigration facilities, issued by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, are virtually identical to a policy that a federal judge halted last month.

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Federal immigration officials on Saturday used Kristi Noem’s guidance to deny Representatives Angie Craig, Ilhan Omar and Kelly Morrison, all Minnesota Democrats, from entering a detention facility in Minneapolis.
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Guantánamo Prison Enters 25th Year

The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases.
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Trump Threats and Venezuela Strike Leave Mexico Agonizing Over How to Respond

President Claudia Sheinbaum and her inner circle have been grappling with the right tone to strike in the country’s response to the Venezuela strike for fear of antagonizing the White House.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has tried to thread a narrow diplomatic needle in the aftermath of the U.S. strike in Venezuela.
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Once Again, Oldest Mississippi Synagogue Is Attacked With Fire

A suspect is in custody and has been charged with arson for setting the Saturday morning fire. It’s not the first time the Beth Israel house of worship has been attacked.

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The Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson, Miss., in 2018.
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Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.

A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.

In recent months, foot traffic and sales at Somali owned businesses in and around Karmel Mall have sharply declined following recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the area.
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