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🇮🇷 Iran’s rial sinks and staples get pricier. Iran’s currency slid past 1.3M rials to the American dollar, a fresh record low on unofficial markets. Traders say it took less than two weeks to tumble from the previous 1.2M threshold. The drop followed tighter American sanctions, stalled nuclear talks, and jitters over regional conflict. Economists warn the weaker rial will quickly raise prices for imported wheat, cooking oil, and medicine. Shopkeepers in Tehran already report suppliers repricing goods daily, while central bank officials promise interventions. Many households now treat the exchange rate board as a running tally of shrinking paychecks.

🇸🇾 New Syrian recruit kills 3 Americans. A man who joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base guard two months ago opened fire near Palmyra. Officials say he killed two American service members and one American civilian during a joint patrol briefing. Spokesman Nour al-Din al-Baba says commanders had already flagged him for extremist ideas. Investigators suspect links to the Islamic State group (IS), which still operates in the Badiya desert. Three Americans and three Syrian security personnel were wounded before he was shot dead. The insider attack is prompting new scrutiny of how quickly Syrian forces are vetting recruits.

🎬 Rob Reiner and wife found stabbed and killed, son Nick arrested. Director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home on Sunday. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said their 32-year-old son Nick Reiner was arrested on suspicion of murder. He is held on $4M bail while detectives prepare a case for prosecutors. Nick has openly discussed addiction and a strained relationship with his father. They turned that story into the 2016 film “Being Charlie”. Fans now leave flowers at Reiner’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

🕯 Brown University mourns aspiring neurosurgeon and campus Republican. Freshman MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, 18, and sophomore Ella Cook, 19, were studying for an economics final when a gunman stormed a Brown University classroom. Police say the shooter killed both students and wounded nine others before fleeing. Umurzokov, from Brandermill, Virginia, hoped to become a neurosurgeon after childhood spine surgery. He was double-majoring in biochemistry and neuroscience and tutoring younger classmates. Cook, from a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, led Brown’s College Republicans and sang in her church choir. Brown President Christina Paxson praised their “brilliance and kindness” at a crowded campus vigil.

⚖️ Hunter Biden loses law license in Connecticut. A Connecticut judge approved a recommendation to disbar Hunter Biden following his federal gun and tax convictions. The decision relies on a report from the Statewide Grievance Committee. Biden’s lawyers argued his addiction history and decades of public service should count in his favor. The panel cited his felony convictions for lying about drug use on a handgun form and failing to pay $1.4M in taxes. He had already been suspended from practicing law in Washington, D.C. The ruling allows Connecticut’s bar to strike his name from its rolls

🏛 Trump calls White House ballroom a security need. The Trump administration told a federal judge that a new White House ballroom is essential for national security. Lawyers say it would host classified briefings and crisis meetings with foreign leaders. Critics, including historians and watchdog groups, see a vanity project repackaged as policy. Officials argue the space will include secure communications gear and reinforced walls. Preservationists warn it could reshape one of Washington’s most carefully protected landmarks. The judge has not yet decided whether construction can continue while the challenge proceeds.

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