"Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, Israel's Defense Minister...
these really military has killed another Iranian leader today, the Iranian intelligence
minister.
“This comes after Israel killed two top Iranian leaders yesterday, and B.R.'s R.A.'s Rezvani”
reports Iran is striking back." "They have ramped up attacks in the last several hours. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, have intercepted Iranian missiles and drones and race and hours. There were strikes in Israel overnight, including in Tel Aviv. There are deaths reported there. The Iran backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon launched rockets into Israel
in the early morning, and Israel has been hitting central bay routes."
In Piers, R.A.'s Rezvani reporting. He was attorney general Pam Bondi and her deputy Todd Blanch,
will meet behind closed doors today with the House Oversight Committee. NPR's "Cletty of Gresialis reports," it's about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. "The voluntary briefing comes nearly a month ahead of attorney general Bondi's testimony
“under a congressional subpoena. Bondi is set to formally appear before the House Oversight Committee”
on April 17th. A bipartisan group of members have demanded Bondi explain why the Justice Department has yet to release all the files under a new law passed last year. In a letter to Bondi, committee chairman James Comer said the panel is investigating the possible mismanagement of the government's Epstein probe." Comer said they also want to talk to Bondi by questions still facing the report of Epstein's death by suicide in New York, jail cell
2020-19 that and more could also come up in this closed door briefing. "Cletty of Gresialis in Piers News," the Capitol. "The ongoing partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security means that TSA agents are still not getting paid. There are long lines reported at airport security, more than half of the TSA agents and Houston's airport have called out this week."
“The United Farm Workers says it will not participate in activities this month celebrating”
its co-founder famed "Uniliter Cesar Chavez." The Union says it's become aware of sexual abuse allegations against Chavez, who died in 1993, and Piers Adrian Floreto reports. "In a statement, the UFW said it had been made aware of "deeply troubling allegations that Chavez had abused young women and girls." The Union did not say how it learned of these allegations, but said their serious enough that it's seeking more information and
wants to help possible victims. NPR has not independently verified the allegations against Chavez. In the 1960s, he became a national leader for farm workers and civil rights. In a separate statement, the Cesar Chavez Foundation said, quote, "We are deeply shocked and saddened by what we're hearing." Though details of the allegations have yet to emerge, Fallout has been swift in California, Texas, and Arizona, events honoring Chavez' birthday
March 31 have been canceled or renamed. Adrian Floreto and Piers News lost Angeles. "You're listening to NPR news from Washington." There's a development in a labor dispute and one of the largest oil refineries in the Midwest. Energy company BP has locked out hundreds of workers at its refinery in whiting Indiana, just southeast of Chicago. Workers had rejected a contract offer. This work stoppage comes as the U.S. faces increasing costs
for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. A new study of diet and disease finds the more ultra-processed food a person eats, the higher their risk becomes of developing heart disease. NPR's Allison Aubrey has more. The study included more than 6,000 adults aged 45 to mid-80s and found that with every additional serving of ultra-processed foods, people reported as part of their typical diet, the higher the odds of a heart attack or stroke. Dr. Amir Heiter
of UT Southwestern authored the study. "If you were in the top 20 percent of those who
consumed the most ultra-processed foods which was about 9 servings per day, you had a 67 percent higher risk." The study looked at several ethnic groups, including Asian black and Hispanic participants. Heiter says prior research shows junk foods have been more heavily marketed toward minority populations, which is one factor that may help explain the more pronounced relationship with black Americans. Allison Aubrey NPR News
Then a Swailer defeated the United States last night through to two in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic in Miami. Venezuela's Eugenio Suarez hit the go ahead double in the ninth inning to clinch the win for Venezuela. I'm Corva Coleman NPR News in Washington.
