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TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of "Worst Cooks in America," has died. Medical examiners are set to determine what caused her death.

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The summer TV season is almost here. Here's what to watch.

Here are some of the best summer TV shows — from Marvel reviving its fortunes with a new armored hero to TV's most compelling serial killer returning for a bite of the Big Apple.

June 17, 2025
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The NAACP logo is shown during an event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 2015. The civil rights group has announced it won't invite President Trump to address its convention, breaking a 116-year tradition of inviting sitting presidents.

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  • Politics

NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention, breaking a 116-year tradition

President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights.

June 17, 2025
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  • World

4 things to know as the war between Israel and Iran intensifies

Panic and confusion gripped Iran's capital, Tehran, as Israel warned civilians to evacuate or face more potential strikes as conflict between the two countries spilled into its fifth day.

June 17, 2025
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho., is seen here during a hearing on June 12, 2025. The Senate Finance Committee has released the text of its portion of the "big, beautiful bill." Various adjustments between the Senate's proposal and the House-passed bill could complicate the passage.

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  • Politics

Senate Republicans' changes to 'big beautiful bill' tee up clash with House

The highly anticipated text from the Senate is out — and it's already causing concern from GOP stakeholders in both chambers.

June 17, 2025
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  • Barbara Sprunt
President Trump returned to the White House early on June 17, 2025, cutting his time short at the G7 summit in Canada because he said he wanted to focus on the Iran-Israel conflict.

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  • Politics

Trump threatens Iran's supreme leader, escalating his rhetoric about the conflict

President Trump called Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei an "easy target" but said, "We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now."

June 17, 2025
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Palestinians are brought to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after being wounded or killed by Israeli forces while they tried to get food on Tuesday.

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  • World

As Israel turns its focus to Iran, the death toll mounts in Gaza -- and hunger deepens

Palestinians say Israeli forces killed scores of people trying to reach food aid in Khan Younis on Tuesday in the deadliest attack of recent weeks on hungry crowds attempting to get food in Gaza.

June 17, 2025
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People impacted by the wildfires seek information and relief at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. The leader of FEMA's top disaster response coordination office has resigned, as President Trump moves to eliminate the agency.

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  • Climate

Leader of top FEMA disaster coordination office resigns, as Trump moves to eliminate agency

Jeremy Greenberg was in charge of coordinating federal help after hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and other emergencies. He has resigned from leading FEMA's National Response Coordination Center.

June 17, 2025
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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., walks to the Senate chambers on Tuesday to deliver his first remarks on the Senate floor since he was forcefully removed from a DHS press conference last week.

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  • Politics

Alex Padilla recounts his removal from DHS news conference in emotional Senate speech

The California Democrat returned to the Senate floor Tuesday to warn that the Trump administrations response to immigration protests in Los Angeles should "shock the conscience of our country."

June 17, 2025
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The "song of the summer" sweepstakes have finally been joined by an honest-to-goodness pop jam from Sabrina Carpenter.

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  • Music

Sabrina Carpenter joins the 'song of the summer' race, just in time

"Manchild," the first single from Sabrina Carpenter's forthcoming album Man's Best Friend, enters this week's Hot 100 singles chart at No. 1, making a late-breaking bid for "song of the summer" status in the process.

June 17, 2025
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Sixteen-time champion Joey Chestnut poses after his 2021 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest victory on Coney Island. He returns to the stage this summer after being banned last year.

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  • National

Joey Chestnut will return to the Coney Island hot dog contest after last year's beef

Joey Chestnut was banned from the contest that made him famous after signing an endorsement deal with a company that makes plant-based proteins. The 16-time champ returns to Coney Island on July 4th.

June 17, 2025
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  • Book Reviews

New books out this week offer catastrophes that at least profess to be just fantasies

The new books publishing this week may get quite heavy, laden as they are with family tragedy, psychopathy and heartbreak — but at least they are fiction.

June 17, 2025
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  • Colin Dwyer
Cooling towers at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency charged with overseeing safety at the nation's reactors.

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  • Politics

President Trump fires a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Christopher Hanson was appointed to serve on the commission overseeing the nation's nuclear reactors during Trump's first term in 2020.

June 17, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Democrat Abigail  Spanberger (left) and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears are the candidates for governor of Virginia.

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  • Politics

Virginia's governor's race could be a barometer for how voters feel about Trump

On Tuesday, Virginia holds its primary election. The contest is a barometer for how Virginians, and maybe Americans, feel about the Trump administration ahead of the 2026 midterms.

June 17, 2025
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  • Margaret Barthel
President Donald Trump alights from Air Force One after arriving at Joint Base Andrews on June 17 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump said he left the G7 Leaders' Summit a day early to return to Washington to try to deal with the conflict between Israel and Iran.

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Trump leaves G7 to focus on Mideast conflict. And, Vance Boelter faces federal charges

Trump left the G7 summit early to focus on the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. And, the man suspected of killing a Minnesota state lawmaker faces federal murder charges.

June 17, 2025
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