U.S. Attack Hits Iranian Wedding, and Influencers Are Being Quietly Paid to Talk Politics

Plus, the N.B.A.’s biggest punishment ever. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy, by Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Farnaz Fassihi and Erika Solomon
• Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It., by Ken Bensinger and Stuart A. Thompson
• Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Deadlocked Jury Will Return for 6th Day, by Maia Spoto, Mark Arsenault and Jacey Fortin
• Patients and Doctors, Shaken by the Clancy Trial, Seek Extra Help, by Pam Belluck
• N.B.A. Docks Clippers 5 First-Round Picks, Levies $30 Million Fine After Kawhi Leonard Probe, by Mike Vorkunov

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