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Pictured from left: Saeed Jalili, Masoud Pezeshkian, Mostafa Pourmohammadi and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

Here's what to know about Iran's presidential election

A brief primer on Iran's vote for president.

People protested in front of the White House in September 2023 to raise awareness of opioid-related deaths. A year later, the number of fentanyl-related deaths in the U.S. has dropped sharply.

Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. have dropped faster than expected, CDC says

If the downward trend holds, this year is expected to be the first since 2020 to see overdose deaths fall below the 100,000 mark. However, Black and Native American communities remain vulnerable.

Villagers search through a landslide in Yambali, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, on Sunday, May 26, 2024. The International Organization for Migration feared Sunday the death toll from a massive landslide is much worse than what authorities initially estimated.

Papua New Guinea tells the U.N. that a landslide buried more than 2,000 people

The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of victims killed in the South Pacific island nation's interior. Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster occurred.

A graphic from the National Hurricane Center shows Alberto's projected path into Mexico and the tropical storm warning spanning Texas' Gulf Coast as a result.

Tropical Storm Alberto, the first of the season, drenches Texas en route to Mexico

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season has arrived. Tropical Storm Alberto is heading west towards Mexico, bringing heavy rains, coastal flooding and possible hurricanes to Texas.

Migrants and asylum seekers wait to be processed by the Border Patrol between fences at the US-Mexico border seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on June 5, 2024.

Encounters at the U.S. border drop 9% in May, before asylum restrictions kicked in

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports a declining number of migrants attempting to cross the southern border since an all-time high in December.

Military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted water

A trial for a mass environmental injury case begins in Hawaii on Monday, more than two years after a U.S. military facility poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into drinking water.

Dollar General is attracting new customers, as inflation-weary shoppers hunt for bargains. Many of the discount chain's core customers are checking out with fewer items in their baskets.

Discounting is back in fashion, as Americans get tired of paying more

Consumer spending rose only slightly in April, as shoppers pushed back against rising prices.

Cereal maker General Mills is facing a federal lawsuit from some of its Black employees who argue that the company's plant in Covington, Ga., has "embraced a racially hostile work environment." Here, a photo shows General Mills cereal products on display at a supermarket in Miami in May 2017.

Black workers sue General Mills over alleged racial discrimination at a Georgia plant

The eight employees say that since the plant opened in 1988, many systems in place have benefited white workers more than Black staff. They claim that HR has ignored “egregious incidents of racism.”

CTC Performs Gender-Bending 'Odd Couple' 1/24 - 2/16

Throughout the next few weeks, the Chattanooga Theatre Centre will perform two different versions of Neil Simon's classic The Odd Couple--both the…

Songwriter Comes Home To Celebrate Music And Family At Gem Theatre

From a media release:Calhoun’s GEM Theatre is pleased to welcome folk songwriter and Resaca native Cheyenne Medders to the stage on March 28 at 7:00pm. He…

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