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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. They're still counting the votes in California where the three leading candidates for governor are locked in a tight race. Republican Steve Hilton is leading the vote count at this hour ahead of Democrats Javier Bacera and billionaire Tom Steyer. The Associated Press has not yet called the race for any gubernatorial candidate. Two candidates will advance to the general election in November. In the Los Angeles mayoral primary, Democratic incumbent Karen Bass has advanced to the November runoff. It's not yet clear who she'll face. Right now, Republican and reality TV star Spencer Pratt is leading city council member Nitya Rahman. Businessman Zach Lane is the winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary in Iowa.

Lane will face Iowa's Democratic State Auditor in November as Katarina Sostaric with Iowa Public Radio reports. Lane narrowly won the Republican nomination over Congressman Randy Feinstra, who was endorsed by President Trump last week. Lane was endorsed by the political arm of the Make America Healthy Again movement. He says nobody thought he could win. We were outspent, opposed by the establishment, told to wait our turn. Well, tonight the people of Iowa had something to say about that, that we're not going to wait anymore. Lane will face Democratic State auditor Rob Sand this fall. It's the first time in 20 years, Iowa has a wide open governor's race without an incumbent.

The Cook Political Report has labeled the race a toss-up, even though Republicans have a major voter registration advantage in Iowa. For NPR News, I'm Katerina Sistarik in Des Moines. The U.S. and Iran have once again exchanged fire after Central Command says American forces fired a missile at a ship to prevent it from reaching Iran's main oil terminal on Karg Island. NPR's Abe Trawi says the U.S. continues to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Kuwait and Bahrain. Kuwait says drones then hit its airport wounding several people. Iran's Revolutionary Guard says the attacks last night were in response to U.S. strikes on its Kisham Island near the Strait of Hormuz.

The guard says it targeted the U.S. Navy's fifth fleet in Bahrain and airbases in Kuwait causing damage. U.S. Central Command says Iran's attacks failed to. hit their target. Sentcom also says its attacks on a military ground control station on Kisham Island were, quote, self-defense strikes in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the region without specifying further. Meanwhile, President Trump said the U.S. and Iran continue to exchange messages on a deal to end the war. Ayyabotrawi NPR News, Dubai. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday he's optimistic

the U.S. and Iran will resume talks on Tehran's nuclear program. program, despite the two sides having yet to agree to extend their ceasefire. This is NPR News. A series of papers published in the American Journal of Public Health argue ultra-processed foods are the new war on tobacco. Health advocates are saying it's time to regulate them, as NPR's Maria Godoy reports. The new papers add to evidence that links over-consumption of ultra-processed foods to poor health outcomes, including diabetes and obesity.

But the papers also look at how tobacco giants, Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds used tactics learned from cigarettes to develop and sell ultra-processed foods when they owned large food firms from the 1980s to the early 2000s. That includes using chemical additives to make products more appealing, says UCSF researcher Laura Schmidt. When people think about these foods, we should be understanding that they are very, very closely related to cigarettes, particularly in terms of the chemical additives. Those additives are the same. She and others are calling for marketing restrictions and other regulations to curb consumption of ultra-process foods. Maria Godoy and PR News.

Wall Street continues to set records. The Dow, the S&P, and the NASDAQ, all closed at all-time highs again yesterday. The Dow added 228 points to finish at 51,307. The S&P added nine points to close above the 7600 mark for the first time. The NASDAQ gained seven. Stocks were pushed higher by tech stocks, including chipmaker NVIDIA, after its CEO said NVIDIA could become the next trillion-dollar company. Las Vegas took game one of the NHL Stanley Cup final last night after beating Carolina 5 to 4. I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.