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Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder, the two-week ceasefire between the U.

has started to look fragile less than 24 hours since it was brokered by Pakistan, and Piers D. Potter has has more.

The spokesman for Iran's revolutionary guard posted on next that Iran will quote, "not

leave our brothers and has below alone," adding that the IRGC Navy has started blocking ship traffic in the state of Hormuz. Opening the straight for two weeks was part of the ceasefire deal. This game after Israel launched what it called Operation Eternal Darkness against Iranian Baghd Hasball of Fighters of Lebanon.

The White House maintains that the claims of the straight is closed are completely false. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbasah, I don't she said, on next that quote, "The U.S. must choose. ceasefire or continue war via Israel. It cannot have both.

The world sees the massacres of Lebanon, the ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments." Deep Havas, impure news, Vaughn Turkey.

"And a late night post on social media, President Trump said U.S. military ships and

aircraft who remain in place around Iran, and threatened that the U.S. will start shooting again, unless Iran fully complies with the deal reached with the United States." A new report finds artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace, but not evenly by gender as impures Winston-Johnston reports. Two data from Leenan and nonprofit focused on women in the workplace show men are slightly

more likely to use AI at work, about 78-73 percent of women.

Serial Freedler, a computer science professor at Haverford College says "How AI is used and judged can vary." Different types of work are going to be more or less appropriate to use AI to support or supplement parts of your job. With respect to gender, the gap goes beyond usage, women report less encouragement

from managers, less recognition for using AI, and greater concern will be judged negatively or seen as cutting corners. Researchers warn those patterns could widen as AI becomes more embedded in the workplace. Winston-Johnston and Pianneus The Artemis two moon mission astronauts have unveiled a special item on board their capsule

as they return to Earth. On a video link with mission control in Houston Wednesday, mission commander Reed Wiseman said the crew took with them an American flag that was to have landed on the moon with the Apollo 18 astronauts whose mission in 1973 was canceled. Artemis two remains on track for a splash down on Friday in the Pacific of San Diego on

Monday, the astronauts reached a record-breaking distance from Earth, topping the previous record held by Apollo 13. This is MPR. A federal judge has handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling actor Matthew Perry that ketamine the killed him in 2023.

42 year old sesame song has a third defendant to be sentenced to the five who pleaded guilty

in Perry's death, and court filing prosecutors' caster as a ketamine queen who had an elaborate drug operation that cater to high-end clients. The famed master's golf tournament is set to tee off Thursday in August of Georgia in a couple of big names, including five-time winner Tiger Woods will not be there.

Remember station W-A-B-E-E in Atlanta, Alex Heldburg has more.

Woods issued a statement after his car crash last month in subsequent DUI arrest that he was taking a break to get treatment. Three-time winner Phil Michelson also withdrew he cited a family health matter. meantime Roy McRoy looks to defend his master's title after completing a career grand slam winning all four majors.

So break away League V of golf will have ten former PGA players in the tournament, five of which have won the green jacket before. With no rain expected, tournament officials will be able to control how hard the greens

are, and ultimately the difficulty of the course.

For NPR News, I'm Alex Heldburg. The ceasefire announced Wednesday triggered a rally in global markets all three US indexes advance more than two percent in what's being called a relief rally, however with cracks appearing in the truce between the US and Iran, stocks in Asia down oil prices have nudged back above $97 a barrel.

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