Dissident Mehdi Mahmoudian on his hopes for Iran now Dissident Mehdi Mahmoudian on his hopes for Iran now Audio will be available later today. Mehdi Mahmoudian has been in and out of Iran's prisons over decades. He's a longtime political and human rights activist. NPR's Leila Fadel spoke with him about what its like in Tehran.

Kanye West ordered to pay $140K in Malibu mansion renovation caseKeiligh Baker,BBC NewsandAnoushka Mutanda-Dougherty,Presenter, Fame Under FireReutersA jury has ordered controversial US rapper Kanye West to pay $140,000 (£104,415) after a handyman sued him over unpaid work for renovations at his Malibu mansion. The verdict in the trial in Los Angeles came after Tony Saxon claimed the rapper,...

NASA Used AI to Drive Its Perseverance Mars Rover for the First Time NASA used Anthropic's Claude for an experiment in plotting the rover's course, which the agency deemed successful. Plotting a course for NASA's Perseverance rover, 140 million miles away on Mars, is significantly more difficult than setting a driving route here on Earth, where we can punch an address into Google...

Trump's confidence is undimmed - but all Iran options comes with riskAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentReutersIn the third week of the joint US-Israeli war against Iran, Donald Trump faces decisions that could define the rest of his presidency. But if the American commander-in-chief is grappling with a war of choice that seems in danger of spiralling in ways he can't control, those...

Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce  When Sam Blond left his job as a VC for Founders Fund a year ago — just 18 months after he started — he told the world that being a VC wasn’t for him and he was “going back to operating.”   On Wednesday, he officially brought his new startup, Monaco, out of stealth. It was co-founded with his brother Brian...