During a Senate hearing yesterday, the US military commander overseeing the war repeatedly dismissed reports of civilian deaths in Iran. Admiral Brad Cooper said the only civilian casualty event that he knew of was a strike on a school, which Iranian officials say killed 175 people. Cooper's comments came in sharp contrast to reports from human rights groups and news organizations, including the Times, that there have been many other strikes that have hit civilian targets or killed and injured civilians. Yesterday, the House blocked another effort by Democrats to force an end to the war. It was the 10th time Republicans have shot down that kind of move. The resolution would have required President Trump to get congressional approval to keep the conflict going. Despite the slim chance of getting this kind of measure through, Democrats have vowed to keep trying, essentially forcing Republicans to weigh in repeatedly on what public polling shows is an unpopular war.

And finally, the Musee d'Orsay in Paris has opened a new exhibit showing off works by Renoir, Degas, Rodin, but the big goal of the display is not strictly to show off the pieces. It's to help find their rightful owners. All of the art featured in this new show is thought to have been taken out of France, potentially stolen, during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Over the course of the war, tens of thousands of art objects were looted by the Nazis or sold under duress. Many of them were recovered by Allied units known as monuments men and brought back to France. Over the years, most have been reclaimed, but about 2,000 are still in the care of French museums until their provenance can be established. And France has actually gotten some heat for not doing more on that front. At the Musee d'Orsay, notably, several of the paintings have been hung so you will be able to see the front and the back. That's where they're hoping people might identify markings or stamps that could lead to the paintings getting back where they belong.

It is graduation season and recently one commencement speech went a bit off the rails. A real estate executive who was addressing grads at the University of Central Florida's School of Communication and Media got a rough reception after she brought up a specific topic. The grads were decidedly not jazzed about artificial intelligence. It proved to be a rough topic for the room full of humanities majors. And they are not alone. According to a recent Gallup survey, members of Gen Z and younger generations are growing more skeptical toward AI. They are concerned about how it will affect their creativity, their critical thinking skills, and their job prospects. Nearly a third of the young respondents said the technology made them feel angry.

Recently, David Attenborough, famous for redefining the nature documentary, turned 100 years old. But way back in the 1960s when he was working at the BBC, he also had a hand in launching an iconic project that had nothing to do with nature. It was a comedy show. The answer Monty Python's Flying Circus. Attenborough commissioned the show when he was one of the people in charge of programming at the BBC. And now here is your bonus fact because he seems to have truly done everything. Attenborough is also partly responsible for the color of tennis balls. They used to be white, but when he helped the BBC start broadcasting Wimbledon in color, he pointed out that the balls were too hard to see, and he suggested a change to something more visible. Enter that fluorescent yellowy green.