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The U.S. is deploying more than 2,000 Marines to the Middle East as Iran attacks energy
infrastructure in the region.
“NPR's Tom Bowman says the troops may be focused on the main location of Iran's oil infrastructure.”
Now we have this 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Ocanaris, 2,200 Marines heading to the Middle East. Now, of course, no one is talking about what the mission is. It could be, you know, helping evacuate embassies, humanitarian mission or boarding ships. But again, it could be what they've talked about for decades, seizing some Iranian territory
and that could be this card island. NPR's Tom Bowman reporting NPR has learned President Trump's Board of Peace has given Hamas a formal proposal to lay down its weapons. Reposal calls for Hamas and all other militant groups and Gaza to decommission their arms as NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
The demilitarization proposal was handed over to Hamas last week.
That's according to a senior U.S. official, another official in the Middle East and a third
person briefed on the matter.
“They spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about”
it publicly. A Hamas official denied having received a proposal. One person briefed on the proposal called it a comprehensive framework for Hamas and all other armed groups and Gaza to decommission their weapons. The new transitional Palestinian leadership would be responsible for all weapons in Gaza.
The person said if Hamas accepts the proposal, it would ensure large-scale reconstruction in Gaza and that Hamas is expected to respond to the proposal in about a week's time after the Muslim-eat holiday. Daniel Estrin and PR news, Jerusalem California Governor Gavin Newsom says he supports calls to rename a state holiday honoring labor leader Caesar Chavez to farm workers day.
As follows in New York Times investigation, detailing sexual abuse allegations against Chavez. From Member Station KQED, Farida Jabvala Romero reports. Maria Garcia is a member of the United Farm Workers, which Chavez and Labour icon Dolores Werta co-founded in the 1960s.
“Garcia, like many other California farm workers, is still struggling to believe that a man”
who fought hard for basic rights could sexually abuse Werta and underage girls decades ago. "It's too much," he says. "If it's true, why wasn't this spoken about before?" "Why until now?"
In a statement, the UFW called the allegations profoundly shocking. Foreign PR news and Farida Jabvala Romero and Oakland, California. Marshall artist and actor Chuck Norris has died. Norris got attention for his iconic fight scene with Bruce Lee in the way of the dragon in 1972.
He then starred in missing in action and coat of silence in the '80s. Norris later gained a TV following on Walker Texas Ranger. He was hospitalized in Hawaii yesterday for an undisclosed issue. Chuck Norris was 86 years old. You're listening to NPR news.
Major reports out this month, say President Trump, has damaged American democracy at remarkable speeds. They say he's pushed the U.S. closer to authoritarianism. NPR's frank link fit has more on the consensus among the reports. Brightline Watch, which surveys more than 500 U.S. scholars, finds that through tactics such
as a massing executive power and attacking the media, Trump has pushed the U.S. system to a point nearly midway between the liberal democracy and dictatorship. Dartmouth-Brandon-Nahehan co-directs the survey. "I would say the goal is to govern as an authoritarian." Another report out by Sweden's V-Demonstitute found America's democracy ranking plunged
last year, from 20th to 51st out of 179 countries, a sign that said that U.S. democracy is being dismantled at an unprecedented pace. The White House dismissed the findings calling it, quote, "a ridiculous claim made by an irrelevant, blatantly biased organization," Trump has repeatedly said he's no dictator. Frank Lankford and PR news, Washington.
A lot of March-Manus brackets are already busted, 12-seed high-point university stunned Wisconsin
yesterday, in the first round of the NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament.
High-point upset the Badger's 83-82. Garden Chase Johnston made a break away layup with 11 seconds left to win the game. His first two-pointer of the season is known for his three-point shooting. This is High-point's first ever NCAA Men fifth-seated Wisconsin is now out of the tournament. I'm Christian Wright and PR news in Washington.
