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More than 300 U.S. troops have been wounded in the U.S. Israeli war on Iran, including
“15 injured in an attack last night on a Saudi Arabia air base, according to the Associated”
Press. And the Pentagon says around 3,500 sailors and Marines have arrived in the Middle East. This is the Iranian-backed, Houthi rebels have now entered the widening war, launching a missile toward Israel today that Israel says was successfully intercepted. And Piers Caricon has more.
Up until Saturdays missile launched the Iranian-backed Houthi's head stayed out of this war, but Houthi spokesman says attacks will continue until, quote, "the aggression on all resistant front stops." The Yemen-based rebels were active during Israel's war and Gaza firing on cargo ships in the Red Sea and disrupting global commercial traffic.
On hit multiple sites around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Saturday, Israel's military says
Iran is increasingly using cluster bombs. Designed to detonate at high altitude, the munitions disperses multiple smaller bombs that are more challenging for Israel's multi-layered air defense system to intercept and can cause damage over a wider area. Desans of countries have signed on to a cluster munitions treaty ban, except Iran, Israel,
and the U.S. to break on and PR news, Tel Aviv. Democrats say they'll harness the energy around no kings rallies that took place around the country today. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson was at the demonstration in St. Paul.
Minnesota State Patrol estimated that 100,000 people gathered for the no kings rally at the State Capitol. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin was at the rally and says Democrats will work to channel the enthusiasm toward midterm elections.
“The best thing that people can do, we've got 220 days until this election is keep”
showing up and voting. If you want to, stop Donald Trump and what's happening in this country right now, it's not enough just to show up at protests and rallies. Organizers also encourage people to sign up to report concerns at polling places this fall.
For NPR news, I'm Dana Ferguson in St. Paul. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning state officials from vetting on prediction markets with insider information, if yours Bobby Allen reports. Services like Calcy and Pauli Market allow bets on future policies, military strikes and election outcomes, and some lawmakers are growing increasingly worry that the bedding apps
can be exploited by people who have access to government and military secrets. Newsom's order prevents a pointy of the governor from using non-public information to personally profit on prediction markets.
“In recent months, well-time bets on things like the ouster of Iran Supreme Leader and the”
arrest of Venezuela and Leader Nicolas Maduro led 200s of thousands of dollars in profits. Both Calcy and Pauli Market say they already banned insider trading, relying on their own surveillance tools to catch suspicious bettors, Bobby Allen and PR news. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. New Macounty Arizona has prided itself as the place labor icon Cesar Chavez was born
and died. But now sexual abuse allegations tied to him have costed debate over whether a local school should still bear his name. Cisco Stargazer from Member Station KAAWC reports the controversy is exposing deep divisions within the community.
In San Luis, the Gatsin School District is considering renaming two Cesar Chavez facilities, but some community members are pushing back. At a public hearing, Anamaria Guillén said, "I could even say he gave his life for us, but Luis a reola disagrees." The district governing board said it may take action at a later date, but for San Luis,
Chavez's legacy is deeply personal and now deeply contested. For NPR news, I'm Cisco Stargazer in San Luis, Arizona. The Department of Veterans Affairs is using a new electronic health record system that will roll out to states over the next several months with Michigan, the first to switch. Officials say physical records can make it tough to utilize new coverage to prove exposure
to chemicals from burn pits and agent orange. The new record system, which will roll out to other states over the next year or two, will keep them all in one accessible place, but officials say the initial transition could cause delays in the past those requests had to be requested by mail and retrieved by hand. This is NPR news.
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