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In a joint operation, the U.S.

and Israel launched an attack on Iran early Saturday morning local time.

President Trump announced the strike in a video posted to social media.

Iran is reporting attacks are underway in multiple areas of the capital of Tehran.

They include a neighborhood where the country's supreme leader has his residence and where the presidential office is based.

After the strikes began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the goal of the strikes is to topple Iran's leaders.

And Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has launched a retaliatory strike at Israel.

Almost 4,000 doctors have signed on to a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem pleading for the release of immigrant children held in detention facilities.

Texas Public Radio's Corey Cook reports.

President Trump has ordered all government agencies to stop using AI technology from Anthropic.

The company has been in a dispute with the Pentagon because it wants human safeguards over the software's use by the military.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday he is also designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk.

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The retailer Target says it will stop selling cereals containing synthetic colors by the end of May.

The company has already been reducing the use of the colors for several years, and 85 percent of its cereal sales now come from products without the dyes.

Target says it will no longer carry brands that refuse to reformulate their cereals.

Alberto Carvalho, who is the head of the Los Angeles Unified School District, has been placed on administrative leave.

Steve Futterman reports.

Legendary singer and songwriter Neil Sedaka has died.