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Drones and missiles were launched across much of the Middle East today as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran enters into its second week.

Israeli fighter jets pounded targets in Iran's capital.

NPR's Keri Khan has more from Tel Aviv.

Israel also hit Lebanon, where the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group is based.

Meanwhile, Iran continued to fire drones and missiles into multiple Gulf states, and the death toll throughout the Middle East is rising.

The Iranian Red Crescent says more than 1,300 have been killed in Iran.

And as the national average price for a gallon of regular gas rises, it's up more than 40 cents from a week ago, according to AAA.

President Trump says he's not worried.

And here's Tamara Keith has more.

Seven big tech companies are pledging to keep energy costs down amid the AI data center boom.

Hannah Merzbach from Mountain West News reports critics say the agreement with the Trump administration is non-binding.

A sapling from Britain's famous sycamore gap tree, it's also known as the Robin Hood tree, has returned to its native landscape in northern England two and a half years after it was illegally cut down.

Vicki Barker has more from London.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to designate the so-called Brady Bunch House in the San Fernando Valley as a historic cultural monument.

The vote grants landmark protections to the house that was used for the exterior shots of the popular TV sitcom,

that ran from 1969 to 1974.

The interior scenes, though, were shot on a soundstage, with sets that bore no resemblance to the actual property, but did become a photo-op magnet for Grady Bunch fans.