By Mukesh 
For these Pratt Institute students in Brooklyn, no hole or rip is too large. They’re part of a mending circle, which meets twice a month to fix clothes and sip tea. “I love being able to help people repair things that otherwise maybe they’d just throw out,” one student said.
Here’s what you need to know
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Middle East: Iran threatened to attack American warships and commercial vessels that tried to go through the Strait of Hormuz without its permission. Follow live updates.
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Rudy Giuliani: The former mayor of New York City and a onetime personal lawyer to President Trump is in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital, according to his spokesman.
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Last flight: Spirit Airlines, a pioneer of budget flights, shut down over the weekend. It had lost billions of dollars in recent years.
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Vatican: Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, will travel to Rome and will meet with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, the Vatican and the Italian government said, after Trump’s clash with the pontiff.
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Cruise ship outbreak: Hantavirus, a rare family of viruses carried by rodents, is suspected in the deaths of three people aboard a cruise ship.
On a lighter note …
Two things you didn’t really need to know but now do:
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I’m not the biggest country fan, but Kacey Musgraves’s “Golden Hour” is one of my favorite albums. Her latest, “Middle of Nowhere,” dropped recently, and mariachi players, once detained by ICE, just opened for her. Read our review of her album; I think I need some cowboy boots.
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There’s a treasure hunt going down in San Francisco. Somewhere, buried within seven miles of the City Hall building, there’s a 150-pound chest filled with $10,000 worth of coins. Good luck!
Kobe Bryant used to meditate for at least 15 minutes every day. Someone at The Athletic, our sister site, tried it for a week and wrote about it. I think it’s something I should do once in a while.
Before you go, a quick recommendation
I finished “Beef” last week, and I’m already craving a new show. I’ll be consulting this list for something new to watch.