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Lebanon's president reiterated his call for direct talks with Israel to end the war
“at a meeting with the UN Secretary General Friday.”
Lebanese officials say more than 800,000 people have been displaced and at least 700 killed. Israel says the Iranian-backed militant group has both launched its heaviest attack on Israel this week firing more than 200 rockets, and P.R.'s ideal Ashashi reports from Beirut.
In a meeting with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterre, LeBony's president, Josef Aron said he had expressed his "willingness to negotiate, but had not received a response from Israel." An official in the region, not authorized to speak publicly and speaking on condition of anonymity,
told NPR that Israel sees positive signs from the LeBony's government to crack down
on the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, but that the war will continue. On has asked the international community for help in bolstering the Lebanese Army to help it disarm the militant group.
“After the meeting, Lebanese Prime Minister, Nof Selam, criticized Hezbollah for launching”
rockets into Israel and said, quote, "LeBony did not choose this war. Hedil Al-Shaljye and P.R. News, Beirut." Authorities in West Bloomfield, Michigan, say the 41-year-old man from Lebanon who tried to attack a synagogue in that city Thursday, had recently learned that four relatives died in Israel, the Air-Strike, and Lebanon.
The man, a man, Mohammed Gazazi, took his own life during the attack. He had become a naturalized U.S. citizen ten years ago. FBI Detroit Special Agent in charge, Jennifer Runyon, told reporters Friday, "The man had no previous criminal record, but he did have explosives in his vehicle." In the bed of the truck, we found large quantities of commercial grade, fireworks, and
several jugs of flammable liquid we believe to be gasoline. Some of which has been consumed in the fire. Officials say quick thinking from security guards, prevent it a larger tragedy.
“Richard Gunnell will soon be departing his position as President of the Kennedy Center, under”
his leadership, the Center has seen numerous artists cancel their performances, staff to partners and falling ticket sales, and P.R.S. Elizabeth Blair has more. Richard Grinnell has long had reputation as a brash loyalist to President Trump.
He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany during Trump's first term.
Grinnell's leadership at the Kennedy Center has been marked by controversy among the artists who canceled where actor Issa Rae, Musician Rianne Giddens, and a touring production of Hamilton. Grinnell eliminated the Center's social impact division, which built connections with local communities in Washington, D.C.
Trump announced on social media that pending approval of the Center's Board of Directors, Grinnell will be replaced by Matt Floka, currently the Center's Vice President for Operations. Trump is the first U.S. President to chair the Kennedy Center's Board. Elizabeth Blair and P.R. News. It's NPR.
The U.S. is headed to the semi-finals of the World Baseball Classic with a five to three win over Canada, and the Dominican Republic beat South Korea by the mercy rule. The final score 10 nothing, NPR's Becky Sullivan reports. The U.S. worked five runs out of eight hits in Friday's quarterfinal matchup against Canada. The Americans are heavyweights in the once every few years tournament.
This year they've got some of the best players in baseball on the roster, like Aaron Judge, Bobby Wit Jr., and Paul Schenz, who's expected to pitch Sunday's semi-finals against the Dominican Republic. But the DR might be the favorites of the whole tournament, with MLB all stars like Juan Soto, Julio Rodriguez, and Fernando Tatees Jr. On the other side of the bracket,
our Samurai Japan and the Superstar Showhio Tani who, on the mound, clenched the 2023 title for Japan. In the late game, Japan faces Venezuela who aren't pushovers, earlier Puerto Rico will take on the fan favorite underdog Italy, Becky Sullivan and P.R. News. The man who authorities say opened fire Thursday at a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion
University, killing one person. Had been released from a federal prison in 2024 after finishing a drug program. But according to the AP, Mohamed Baylor Jela should have been disqualified from early release because he had been convicted on a terrorism related charge. Journalist James Burns, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with the New York Times, is died at the age of 81. During his 40 years at the time, he was described as the consummate
foreign-desk fireman reporting from numerous overseas locations. This is NPR News, I'm Dan Ronan. Support for NPR News Hiya, I'm Ann Powers from NPR Music. We have a special episode for you in the NPR Music feed this Saturday, an exclusive interview with Casey Musgraves about her upcoming album, Middle of nowhere. I was in this literal middle of nowhere. It's such a fertile breeding ground for anything that's coming next. Listen in the NPR Music feed,
