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Huge plumes of smoke rose over an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates today.

It was hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian drone a day after President Trump said military targets on a key Iranian island were destroyed.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France is ready to facilitate ceasefire talks between Israel and Lebanon.

He posted a social media message today after meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that Zelensky says the U.S.

decision to lift sanctions on Russia would only fuel Moscow's war machine.

U.S.

Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro expressing outrage after a federal judge blocked subpoenas issued in a criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

In his ruling, the judge said there is no evidence that Powell engaged in wrongdoing linked to congressional testimony he gave about renovations to a Fed building.

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Strong storms last night left hundreds of thousands without power from Wisconsin and Michigan to Virginia and New York.

Ohio was the hardest hit.

According to PowerOutage.us, more than 300,000 customers are without electricity there.

There are also a slew of power outages in Hawaii, where a state of emergency remains in effect from what's called a Kona storm.

It began dumping rain on the islands this week.

Richard Grinnell will soon be departing his position as president of the Kennedy Center.

Under Grinnell's leadership, the center has seen numerous artists cancel performances, staff departures, and plummeting ticket sales.

Here's NPR's Elizabeth Blair.

Juergen Abramov is being remembered as one of the world's most influential philosophers.

and a key intellectual in his native Germany.