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U.S. and Iranian delegations are set to hold peace talks in Islamabad starting on Saturday.
The negotiations led by Vice President JD Vance are aimed at preserving a fragile ceasefire between the two countries. NPR's carry-con reports is reels on going offensive and Lebanon is threatening to rail those efforts. NPR's carry-con reporting from Tel Aviv, another round of Israeli air strikes hit
Southern Lebanon today, and Hezbollah says it fired on Israeli troops. President Trump's handling of the war in Iran is drawing criticism and some praise among Americans, and PR's frankline fit reports from Asheville, North Carolina. George Peeries in America's professor of political science, other than taking out the
leaders of a corrupt and repressive regime, he sees nothing good about the war.
“"I think it's a disaster from the beginning. It is separating us from our NATO, as well”
as their Arab allies, and it is impacting the world's economy in ways that I don't think this administration had any clue about." But Laura McCue, an investment advisor, sees Trump making the world safer for the U.S. That includes the capture of Venezuela and President Nicholas Maduro. "That did send a message to the bad guys, and I think it sent a message to them that
it could happen to you." And she hopes, some day, Iranians can topple their government. Frank Lankford and PR News, Asheville, North Carolina. "The astronauts aboard the Artemis II are making their way back to Earth, they're expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean tonight off the coast of San Diego.
And PR's Nell Greenfield Boys reports, NASA says it's a nerve-wrecking time."
“The astronauts will hit Earth's atmosphere going nearly 24,000 miles per hour.”
Amit Shathria is NASA's associate administrator, he'll be at mission control in Houston. "Here's a question that will be anxious." "One source of anxiety, the heat shield. After a test flight without a crew found some unexpected damage a few years ago, NASA investigated and changed the reentry procedures to deal with this issue.
He says the Artemis II astronauts were heavily involved." "They were not just doing what we were telling him to do that co-created the solution with us." He says NASA has done the work needed to be confident that the spacecraft will perform well as it punches through the atmosphere and streaks like a fireball through the sky. Nell Greenfield Boys and PR News.
"On Wall Street, down futures are down 17 points. This is NPR News in Washington." A federal judge says the Defense Department is violating an earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters. U.S. District Judge Paul Freeman sided with the New York Times earlier this month,
and deciding that the department's new credential policy violated journalist constitutional rights to free speech and due process. On Thursday, he ruled the Pentagon had tried to evade his ruling by expelling all reporters from the building unless guided by escort. The judge called the Pentagon's actions a blatant attempt to circumvent a lawful order.
Tickets to the 28 summer Olympics in Los Angeles are now on sale. Libby Rainy from the LAS reports fans say they're shocked by the high prices. Fans in LA went from ecstatic to heartbroken when they logged on to buy Olympics tickets and saw prices in the hundreds and thousands of dollars. Seats at the games start at 28 bucks, but go as high as 5,500, including a whopping 24 percent
service fee on each ticket, and the cheap seats sold out fast.
Denny Nivens has been to eight summer games and said he's never seen price tags so high.
“"It's completely unprecedented. I think they're pricing a whole lot of people out completely."”
He paid $4,700 for just four tickets to track and field and wrestling finals. Olympics organizers say the ticket costs are necessary to pay for the games, and that more cheap tickets will be made available in later drops. For NPR News, I'm Libby Rainy in Los Angeles. This is NPR News. Do you love pop culture? Hate some of it too? You're in good company.
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