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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, Iran's top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement since being appointed; an armed man rammed a vehicle into a Michigan synagogue and the Smithsonian museum will revamp its slavery exhibit.

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A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran on Thursday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement since being appointed

Iran’s secretive new supreme leader on Thursday vowed to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel. It was his first public statement since being chosen to succeed his father, who was killed in an Israeli strike. Read more. 

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Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue on Thursday in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security, AP source says

A man armed with a rifle rammed his vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security Thursday, The Associated Press has learned. The vehicle caught fire after crashing into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, according to a person familiar with the matter. Read more.

AP Exclusive: Smithsonian museum will revamp its slavery exhibit after artifact loan runs out

A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a remnant from one of the first sunken slave ships ever recovered is taken off display in Washington. Read more.

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A ropa vieja dish from Cuba Libre Restaurant and Rum Bar's GLP-Wonderful menu is prepared for serving at the restaurant in Philadelphia, on Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)