Iranian President Found Dead After Helicopter Crash (Newser Morning 8)

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May 20, 2024     "There is no influence like the influence of habit." —Gilbert Parker   1 ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas Leaders The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he's seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war. Keep reading   2 Iranian President Found Dead After Helicopter Crash Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister, and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest, state media reported. Keep reading   From our sponsors Put a Toilet Paper Roll Under the Toilet Seat at Night if Alone, Here's Why Managing a house can be overwhelming. Here's why our team put this list of 29 genius tips & tricks to give you back time and help you navigate taking care of your home. READ MORE   At a Glance Rescue team members work at the scene of a crash of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. Raisi, the country's foreign minister, and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest. (Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP)   3 Julian Assange Scores Big Win in Extradition Fight Had the hearing not gone his way, Julian Assange might be on his way to the US right now to face espionage charges. Keep reading   4 Red Lobster Opts for the 'Best Path Forward' The whispers are now official: Red Lobster has filed for bankruptcy protection. Keep reading   5 Sources Say Trump Won't Testify at NYC Trial Donald Trump has said more than once that he wants to testify in his criminal trial in New York, but will he? Keep reading   6 Slot Machine Told Her She Won $2.5M. Casino Said No During a trip to Bally's Casino in Atlantic City at the end of February, Roney Beal says she'd put hundreds of dollars into a Wheel of Fortune slot machine when it suddenly "went off, says, 'you're a winner' and gold coins popped out." Keep reading     7 Cops: US Fugitive Killed 4 Women in Canada in the '70s Canadian police announced Friday they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now-deceased US fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, the AP reports. Keep reading   8 Kevin Costner Gets 10-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes The first film Kevin Costner has directed in more than a decade debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, and the audience gave it a 10-minute standing ovation—even longer than the one granted to Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis last week. Keep reading   This Day in History On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2015: After Paying $350K, Texan Kills Black Rhino   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved