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1. Bakersfield bomb threat latest: Chase bank in California on lockdown as active hostage situation unfolds

   A suspect barricaded himself inside a California bank with an unknown number of hostages after police had received reports of a bomb threat.

2. Man barricades himself inside Southern California bank with hostages, police say

   Officers responded to a report of a bomb threat in the afternoon at a Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield

3. What the Iran war is costing US households

4. Jakub Mensik outlasts Joao Fonseca in battle of new stars but greater test awaits

   The Czech appeared to struggle with a left leg issue and has spent four hours more on court than his semi-final opponent, Alexander Zverev

5. Mahmood condemns ‘unacceptable’ violence against officers at Henry Nowak protest

6. Trump’s Pentagon hires Jan 6 rioter for highly sensitive counterterrorism role

   The Trump administration previously hired an accused January 6 rioter to the Justice Department

7. Trump says he’ll speak at July White House Correspondents Dinner in ‘ballroom that I built’ after shooting marred last one

   ‘We cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social

8. Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney's 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' has died at 75

   Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Peabo Bryson has died at 75

9. Trump signs executive order establishing oversight of AI models

   The order establishes a framework to vet advanced AI's national security risks up to a month before public release

10. New study reveals how much increased costs from Trump’s Iran war have hit your household

    Economists warn the financial strain will weigh heavily on middle and lower-income families