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negotiations between the US and Iran still isn't clear.

The White House says, "Productive talks continue, but it's not clear if anyone is

talking. Iranian officials have said conditions, including a halt to attacks and reparations. Tehran says it will end the war when conditions are met." Meanwhile, Trump told Republicans, at a fundraising dinner last night in Washington, he won't say the US is conducting war against Iran, he'll use a euphemism.

"I won't use the word work, as I say if you use the word word, that's maybe not a good thing to do.

They don't like the word war, because you're supposed to get approval.

So I'll use the word military operation, which is really what it is. It's a gold military decimation."

Russian President Vladimir Putin also called it a special military operation when Russia launched

its full-scale invasion against Ukraine four years ago. More Israeli air strikes have hit Southern Lebanon, Israeli officials say this is in advance of a prolonged, ground invasion targeting his Bologna militants, as Bologna backed by Iran is firing into Israel, and Piers' law and frair reports from Beirut. In a video posted to social media officials from a Christian border village just inside Lebanon,

sit on their church steps saying Israeli troops have not arrived at their village yet,

but explosions can be heard behind them. Israeli officials say they plan to take Lebanese territory up to the Litany River, which runs 10 to 20 miles north of the current border with Israel. His Bologna says it targeted a group of Israeli soldiers inside that area with a drone.

Lebanon's health ministry says 42 first responders are among the more than 1,000 people

killed here this month. The UN Secretary-General who visited Lebanon recently says it should not become the next Gaza, Lauren Fryer and PR News Beirut. During California has found big tech companies meta and YouTube liable for creating addicting social media platforms, and Piers Bobby Allen reports they've been ordered to pay $6 million in damages.

After eight days of deliberations, the jury found that Instagram and YouTube were designed to hook kids and teens. The verdict confirms the lawyer's novel legal strategy to treat social media apps as defective products, no different than cigarettes or digital casinos. This could influence the outcome of thousands of other lawsuits over social media addiction that have been consolidated. Child safety advocate Juliana Arnold had this message after the verdict.

Meta and Google have vowed to appeal, they say mental health issues are complex and can't be blamed on one single app. Bobby Allen and PR News Los Angeles. This came a day after a different jury in New Mexico found meta liable for failing to warn of dangers to children who use its platforms. This is NPR. Senate talks appear stalled in an effort to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland

Security. TSA agents aren't getting paid nearly 500 of them of quit that has increased weight times for air passengers trying to clear security. The NCAA resumes basketball tournament played today from member station WDT Quinn Kleinfeldt reports both of the highest ranked men's teens remain in competition. Many brackets likely busted in the men's tournament after defending national champion Florida lost to Iowa. But number one seeds Duke, Arizona,

and Michigan all advanced to the so-called sweet 16 round, so did three seed Michigan State. Head coach Tom Iso says now it gets real. Getting to the sweet 16 just changes everything because becomes a coin flip then. Somebody's got to be lucky. Somebody might get hurt. Somebody might get hurt on the other team. It could be a bad night. In the women's tournament last year's final 14s, Connecticut South Carolina, Texas and UCLA all still have a shot at duplicating that feat in

this edition of The Big Dance. For NPR News, I'm Quinn Kleinfeldt here in Detroit. ESPN has an update on its March madness tournament challenge where millions of people picked which teams they think will advance. The sports outlet says there's only one person left who doesn't have a busted bracket in the NCAA women's division. It is eighth grader Otto Schellhammer. The 14-year-old in suburban Pittsburgh says he doesn't know much about basketball. Schellhammer

says that his success is 100% luck. I'm Kurva Coleman, NPR News.

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