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Iran says it is re-closing the Strait of Hormuz, less than 24 hours after the conditional
“ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran went into effect, only a trickle of ships were able”
to pass through the vital waterway that normally carries about a fifth of the world's energy supplies, and appears a Jackie Northam reports. Despite being anchored since the start of the war, more than a month ago, hundreds of ships were not eager to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The big concern is safety.
There were still regional attacks. It's uncertain if Iran has cleared mines in the water and a threat broadcast to the ships from Iran itself. "If any has a try to travel, we don't permit them, we'll be destroyed out." The White House says the President is aware of reports that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz
and disputes them, while also saying that would be completely unacceptable. Jackie Northam and PR news.
Israel says the ceasefire does not apply to Hezbollah in Lebanon, where more than a million
people have been displaced.
“Israel's military sent today that it carried out airstrikes on more than 100 targets”
in Lebanon in about 10 minutes, and PR's Lauren Frayers in Beirut. Lebanon's health minister says hundreds are dead and injured. The red cross says a hundred ambulances are out in Beirut alone, trying to rescue people hospitals are asking for blood donations. Israel issued fresh evacuation orders for areas in Beirut's southern suburbs this morning,
but not for areas in Central Beirut, where I am, a posh area along Beirut's Corniche waterfront was struck today, which is not been a target before. That blast hit near the residents of the Speaker of Lebanon's Parliament. And PR's Lauren Frayer reporting, artificial intelligence company Anthropics spat with the Pentagon.
It hasn't stopped the company from moving ahead, it's out with a new AI model, and it's limiting the release to a select group of tech and cyber security companies. And PR's Shannon Bond reports Anthropics as the model could power damaging cyber attacks. Anthropics says its new model, known as Claude Mythos Preview, is really good at identifying security flaws in software.
“It's so good the company says it would be dangerous to roll it out to the general public,”
because bad actors could use it to exploit those flaws. With that, Anthropics is giving access to a group of more than 40 companies, from Google and Apple to cyber security firm CrowdStrike. They'll use the model to shore up their defenses and patch holes. Anthropics says the model has already found thousands of vulnerabilities, including in every
major operating system and web browser, some of which had gone undetected for years. Shannon Bond and PR's. March has been the hottest month on record for the continental U.S. in 132 years, according to the federal weather data, Noah reports that March's average temperature was 50.85 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 9.35 degrees above the 20th century norm.
This surpasses the previous record set in March of 2012. This is NPR News. Mexican President Claudia Shainbaum has announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits or reduce reliance on foreign energy. She avoided using the term "fraking" instead suggesting a more sustainable extraction
reproach. Mexico is the largest buyer of U.S. gas, and Shainbaum is pushing for increased energy sovereignty. She's pledged to expand renewable energy while supporting state-owned Petroleum Mexicans.
On New York's Long Island, there's a major breakthrough in a decades-old murder investigation.
The man charged in the Long Island serial killings has changed his plea to guilty for seven murders. It admitted to an eighth, Desiree Diario, from member station W.S. H.U. reports. Former New York City architect Rex Huerman told a state court judge Wednesday he killed and in some cases dismembered eight women.
Their scattered remains were discovered around Long Island as far back as 1993. Ray Tierney is the Suffolk County District Attorney. He says the plea doesn't mean the investigation is over. You know, there are still, you know, bodies on that beach, there are still bodies in Suffolk County.
There's no rest for the weary. We are going to continue to work with our partners and to try to obtain closure for as many families as we can. Huerman faces three consecutive life sentences, plus a hundred years, at his sentencing hearing in June.
For NPR News, I'm Desiree Diario, I'm on Island. On this day in 1820, the Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos.
It likely dates to the second century BC.
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