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The Justice Department announced it is bringing on more than 80 new immigration judges.

The DOJ says this is the largest class in the agency's history.

NPR's Ximena Bistilla reports.

Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Southern California, where about 40,000 people in Orange County are under evacuation orders because of a hazardous chemical leak Thursday when a storage tank overheated at an aerospace plastics facility.

Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey says they are trying to prevent the tank from cracking and sending the substance into the ground and beyond.

The Orange County Register reports that GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove had previously paid a $1 million settlement for numerous environmental violations.

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A medical evaluation detailing what could have led to NASCAR driver Kyle Busch's death has been revealed by his family.

In Paris, Shondelise Duster reports.

Officials in China's northern Shaanxi province say a gas explosion at a coal mine Friday night killed at least 82 people and injured more than 120.

Two workers are still missing.

China state media says the mine operator at Liu Shenyu Coal Mine previously had serious violations but did not say what those violations were.

Xinhua News reports that ongoing rescue efforts continue today with medical personnel and hundreds of first responders at the site of the coal mine.

In Honduras, gunmen have opened fire in two separate attacks on the country's coast, killing at least 25 people.

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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa Kautel.

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is now entering its third week, with the U.S.

threatening more possible attacks on a Persian Gulf island, a place where 90 percent of Iran's crude exports are handled.

NPR's Carrie Conn has the latest.

NPR's Kerry Khan in Tel Aviv said,