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State media in Iran says dozens of children were killed after a missile strike hit an all-girls school

President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 28 that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint strikes on Iran. The president's declaration came about an hour or so after an Israeli source confirmed Khamenei's death to USA TODAY. Reuters and CNN had also reported that Khamenei had been killed during the U.S. and Israel joint operation on Feb. 28. “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS." USA TODAY https://lnkd.in/egt5kSu6

FIFA's secretary general said his organization is focused on all teams participating at the 2026 World Cup in the wake of the USA's attack on Iran.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reportedly killed in a joint U.S.–Israeli military operation that began early Saturday, Feb. 28, according to multiple sources. Iranian Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour were also reported killed. The operation targeted multiple sites across Iran with the stated objective of dismantling the regime’s security apparatus, according to U.S. Central Command. Iran responded with missile strikes on U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf and on Israel. The USA TODAY Graphics Team has produced a comprehensive visual breakdown of this major military escalation, detailing how the operation unfolded and what comes next: https://lnkd.in/ey_dn55m

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint strikes on Iran, an Israeli source confirmed to USA TODAY. Reuters and CNN also reported that Khamenei had been killed during the U.S. and Israel joint operation on Feb. 28. "We feel that that is a correct story," President Donald Trump told NBC News about the reports of Khamenei's death. Iran’s Foreign Ministry, however, has continued to insist that Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are “safe and sound.” Khamenei, 86, had led Iran since 1989. He previously served as the president from 1981 to 1989. He was a close ally of Iran's first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the country's 1979 revolution that overthrew the government and founded Iran's Islamic Republic. He is credited with creating and giving increasing power to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corp. 📸: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, via REUTERS Follow live updates: bit.ly/4shouW4

BREAKING: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the joint strikes with Israel on Iran, an Israeli source confirmed to USA TODAY. Reuters and CNN also reported that Khamenei had been killed during the operation.

As the search for "Today" host Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie reaches the one-month mark, here's a look at lingering details from the case.

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Jillian Giller became the only girl on an all-male high school freshman team in suburban Chicago. Her parents, Jenifer and Scott Giller, weren’t sure other girls at school knew they could be wrestling, too. The Illinois High School Association had just sanctioned girls wrestling as a sport for that 2021-2022 school year. Eventually, as Jillian advanced grades, the school formed a girls team, but the optics screamed of inequity. “They told the girls they couldn't have more warmups,” Scott says, “(that) they only had enough for the boys.” Over about 15 months, they say, they spent hundreds of hours of research and writing and meeting with people they thought could help them, including the school’s athletic director, principal and Title IX coordinator, and the president and vice president of the school board. “You always think you're gonna find an adult in the room and we just never did,” Scott tells USA TODAY. “All they did was keep affirming what their people were saying.” The family’s complaint, which wound up in the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, eventually yielded the equal resources they wanted. Their prolonged struggle highlights recent cases – in their state and in other parts of the country – where wrestlers and parents feel schools are violating Title IX protections. We spoke with Scott and Jenifer Giller and with Karissa Niehoff, CEO of the NFHS. “I do think the issues are out there and it may be an educational issue,” Niehoff says. “Do schools and districts understand what Title IX means? If they don't, they should.” They serve as resources for families seeking equal access for their daughters through high school sports: https://lnkd.in/eStNsuzy

US strikes Iran as President Trump gambles on ending nuclear ambitions, risking a wider war and testing whether Americans are on board.