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NEW YORK — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker's ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex bots.

CAIRO — Jordan's air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early Wednesday, the country's military said, hours after the U.S. military said it had knocked down an Iranian missile barrage launched against American forces in the Middle East, shattering a brief pause in fighting.

The U.S. is sweating out its third major heat dome in a month, with some 70 million people affected in an area stretching from roughly New Mexico to North Carolina, covering much of the South and part of the Midwest. This latest extreme weather is again raising the risk of heat-related illness, particularly for millions of people in the affected region who lack easy access to air conditioning.