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    Plumes of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil facility late Saturday linger and merge with the cloudy sky over Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    The Latest: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's supreme leader, named his successor, Iran...5m ago
    FILE - Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, attends the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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    People march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 61st Bloody Sunday Anniversary, Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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    FILE - Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Trent McDuffie (22) during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Nov. 27, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Patterson, File)
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    Balendra Shah, foreground, former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, receives his victory certificate after defeating former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) in Jhapa, about 267 miles (430 kilometers) southeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Umesh Karki)
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    A North Korean military guard post, top, and a South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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    Sen. Paloma Valencia of the Democratic Center party celebrates after winning the nomination of an opposition coalition for the upcoming presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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    The New York Stock Exchange is seen in New York, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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    Japan's Nikkei 225 share index falls more than 6% as oil soars over $100 a barrel1h ago
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Konstantin Toropin)
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    India's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the T20 World Cup final match against New Zealand in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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    Airline passengers wait in long lines to get through the TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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    In this image taken from video, law enforcement officers respond to Manhattan's Upper East Side as New York City's police said they had identified a "suspicious device in a vehicle,” Sunday, March 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Joseph B. Frederick)
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    Ryan Blaney celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Phoenix Raceway, Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
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    Iran players react during their national anthem ahead of the Women's Asian Cup soccer match between Iran and the Philippines in Robina, Australia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)
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    Akshay Bhatia holds the championship trophy after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill golf tournament Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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    Akshay Bhatia has a charge that would make Arnie proud. He rallies from 5 down to win Bay...2h ago
    A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
    President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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    FILE - Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
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    Philadelphia 76ers' Tyrese Maxey, left, drives to the basket against Utah Jazz's Mo Bamba, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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    76ers All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey to miss at least 2 games with a sprained finger
    FILE - Country singer Joe McDonald plays during the Heros of Woodstock concert at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, marking the 40th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock concert. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
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    'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84
    FILE - Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, attends the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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    A son of Iran's late supreme leader is chosen to replace his father as war rages
    Texas celebrates after their win against South Carolina in an NCAA college basketball game in the final of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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    No. 4 Texas beats No. 3 South Carolina 78-61 for its first women's SEC Tournament title
    United States starting pitcher Tarik Skubal throws during the first inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Britain, Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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    Tarik Skubal rethinks World Baseball Classic plan after an emotional US start
    FILE - A bus picks up passengers bound for gates located in other terminals at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, file)
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    Japan's Masataka Yoshida, center, reacts after hitting two-run home run during the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Japan and Australia on Sunday, March 8, 2026 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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    Japan rallies late to beat Australia 4-3, clinches first place in group at World Baseball...
    Cecile Hernandez, of France, stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka
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