The U.S.Navy interdicted another Iranian-linked oil tanker on Thursday, as the U.S. and Iran continued to trade ship seizures, both near the Strait of Hormuz and in the Indo-Pacific region ... .
The Department of Wildlife is conducting checkpoints throughout the state this hunting and fishing season to collect biological data and to detect wildlife law violations ... .
Iranian lawmakers said Thursday the Islamic republic has begun collecting fees from commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, even as traffic through the crucial waterway grinds to a halt ... .
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