This is AP News Minute.
Iran is holding a presidential election, and the public is being urged to take part. Public apathy is reported to be high, after many candidates seen as moderate or pro-reform were barred from running.
Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza late Thursday, for the second time since a ceases-fire ended the war with Hamas militants last month. The strikes came after incendiary balloons were launched from Gaza into Israel for a third straight day.
A tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. A potential tropical cyclone could bring heavy rain and flooding to the Gulf Coast on Friday.
North Carolina authorities say three people who were floating in a river on inflatable tubes are dead after they went over a dam. Crews were still searching for two more people late Thursday.
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