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  1. The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its pause on sanctions on Russian oil shipments to ease shortages from the Iran war, days after Secretary Scott Bessent ruled out such a move
  2. Rapper Tory Lanez has sued the California prison system, claiming he should not have been housed with an inmate who stabbed him 16 times last year
  3. Peace talks last weekend in Islamabad failed after Washington and Tehran couldn’t agree on what to do about Iran’s nuclear ambitions

  4. Spirit Airlines was expected to emerge from bankruptcy this summer but then the Iran war caused oil prices to surge

  5. The city of Los Angeles must pay $11.8 million to a 27-year-old who was blinded by a projectile fired by police officers while he was celebrating the Dodgers 2020 World Series win
  6. Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots as the “Holy Hand,” died Friday
  7. The pope’s planned visit to a Catholic chapel in Angola that was connected to the slave trade is seen as a symbolic moment by some Africans
  8. Earlier Friday, President Trump declared that the Strait of Hormuz has been reopened, though Iran said the opening would only last as long as the ceasefire in Lebanon

  9. A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved
  10. A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director