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Funeral services for Iran's late Supreme Leader continued today in Tehran and Piyar's ideal al-Shashi reports.
“Tens of thousands of Iranians lined up to perform the ritual Islamic funeral prayers facing”
the caskets of Ayatollahi Haminay and his four family members. In the state media showed Iranian military and political official sobbing as they performed the prayers. Water sprayed over the mourners to keep them cool as the temperatures reached the 90s. Three of Haminay's sons were seen at the prayers, missing was his fourth son, Mustafa Haminay,
who took over a supreme leader from his father. A funeral preparation spokesperson said the funeral was delayed until now because of the war, Haminay will be buried in his birthplace of Meshhad on Thursday. The ideal al-Shashi and Piyar news, Istanbul. Police and Memphis say national guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours
to date killing a man who was armed with a handgun and Piyar's Joel Rose reports the incident is under investigation. Police say officers were responding to calls of shots fired in downtown Memphis just
“before 4am local time, when they saw quote an armed male carrying a handgun.”
The man identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is 20 year old Tyran Johnson fled on foot, pursued by Memphis police officers, along with Tennessee National Guard soldiers who were assigned to the area. What happened next is unclear. The TBI says quote the situation escalated, unquote, for reasons that are still under investigation.
Memphis police said the man turned toward the National Guard members with his weapon before they fired and struck him. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene, no law enforcement officers were injured. Rose and Piyar news. Healthcare cost have surged in recent years in school districts with many experiencing
the same pressures impacting employers nationwide. A new study shows the difficulties that superintendents are facing to make ends meet. NPR's Sequoia Corrillo reports, 98% of school district leaders report that rising healthcare
“costs have had a measurable impact on their budgets.”
That's according to a new study from the school superintendents association.
During the 2025-2026 fiscal year, 92% of districts spent nearly a third of their operating
budget on employee insurance benefits, more than half of districts report relying on reserves or rainy day funds to cover premium increases. Many districts report delaying or freezing hiring of staff and reducing or postponing spending on new instructional materials in order to cover the difference. Sequoia Corrillo and Piyar news.
The Trump administration says repairs that are needed for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will not be put out to bid. The Interior Secretary said the administration will use the same company that did the original work. It's NPR.
A massive heat wave continues to swell to a large part of the U.S. with temperatures reaching the high 90s and more than 100 degrees from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic oceans. British pubs have been handed a special dispensation to stay open all night, Sunday night. This so fans can watch their team play in soccer's World Cup. Vicky Barker reports from London.
When England kicks off against hosts Mexico and soccer's World Cup Sunday, it will actually be one AM Monday local time. Team Captain Harry Kane has urged the fans back at home to pull all nighters and many will be doing so in their local pubs after the government enacted emergency legislation to allow pubs to stay open till 5 AM.
Immunity Secretary Steve Reed telling the BBC. Every England farmer wants to have a point in their hand as they cheer how we can in the boys on to victory. They can now do it.
Industry experts say up to 1 million extra pints of beer will be sold as a result.
A rare shot in the arm to an increasingly beleaguered industry. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. Major League Baseball will have at least 7 vacancies on its own firing staff next season. According to USA today, 7 longtime empires including four crew chiefs will retire when this season ends.
One of those retiring is Empire CB Buckner, who has been on the field since 1996, but this year has been on medical leave after suffering a head injury in April. The retirement's could mean baseball hiring its first woman-up hired Jen Powell, who's been a triple-a call-up. I'm Dan Roman, NPR.
For decades, Chicago has dominated Illinois politics, now rule residents say they're fed up. There comes a time of reckoning and we're getting very close. On the Sunday story, why succession is brewing in the land of Lincoln.
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