A New York jeweler has been released from prison in Iran, but he is prohibited from leaving the country. The family of Kamran Hekmati said on their website advocating for his release that he was let out of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on Sept. 5 after completing his sentence. They say he also recently overcame bladder cancer, but he requires regular medical checkups. The State Department called on Iran to lift its so-called exit ban so Hekmati can return home. The Iranian American, who is also Jewish, was arrested last July after having his passport seized at the airport in Tehran.

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FILE - This undated booking photo provided by Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail on July 1, 2026, shows Gary Siders Sr. (Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail via AP, File)

Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as it has done with hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries. The Temporary Protected Status designation expires Wednesday. If the administration takes no action, TPS will be automatically extended for six months. TPS was initially granted for El Salvador in 2001 after devastating earthquakes in the Central American country. Under TPS, people already in the United States can remain if it's deemed unsafe for them to return.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will face a parole board again in March 2027 after getting an early parole suitability hearing. They were initially eligible for a hearing in August 2028. The brothers were sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting their parents in 1989. Last year, the parole board rejected their parole petitions. A Los Angeles judge also denied a petition seeking a review of their convictions based on new evidence of alleged abuse by their father. Their family says they have worked to take responsibility and heal from past trauma.

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FILE - Erik Menendez appears before the parole board via teleconference Aug. 21, 2025, at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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FILE - Lyle Menendez appears before the parole board via teleconference Aug 22, 2025, at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections via AP, File)