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signals on whether there will be peace talks this week in Pakistan. President Trump says he's sending US negotiators soon, but Iran hasn't said it would attend. And here's Catlaun's story of his more. "There's been a lot of back and forth about who might attend possible talks between the U.S. and Iran and Islamabad in Pakistan. President Trump said he is sending a delegation to the talks, but as of now, Iran has not confirmed
that it will be participating, even with that commitment from the U.S. And these talks are
“crucial for furthering this ceasefire between the U.S. Israel and Iran, which was only”
supposed to last for two weeks and is set to run out on Wednesday here of local time."
In Pierce Catlaun's story of reporting, meanwhile the State Department says it's hosting a second
round of peace talks between Israel and Lebanon in D.C. this week as their fragile ceasefire holds. Religions back on the Supreme Court, D.C., the Justice is saying next term. They'll decide whether Catholic preschools can be excluded from public funding if they refuse to enroll children with gay or transgender parents. And here's Nina Totenberg reports. The State of Colorado pays for families to send their children to the preschool of their
choice, whether it's public, private, or faith-based. But the State has refused to allow preschools to participate in the program if they violate the State's anti-discrimination
“law by refusing admission to the children of gay and lesbian parents. Two Catholic”
parish preschools challenged the law, containing it would violate their religious beliefs to admit such children. The case seeks to overturn a 1990 decision declaring that neutral laws apply equally to everyone, do not violate the free exercise of religion. Nina Totenberg and P.R. News, Washington. After a record dry winter along the Colorado River, the federal
government has a new plan to prop up water levels at Lake Powell, the country's second largest
worth of our. Alex Heger of Member Session KJZZ reports policy experts are calling it a short-term solution. Federal officials will send water from Wyoming and Utah down to Lake Powell. They'll also reduce the amount of water that flows out of Powell and into the Grand Canyon. Dropping water levels are threatening the infrastructure inside the dam that holds Powell back and shuffling water around will help keep the system running for now.
Eric Balkan directs the nonprofit Glen Canyon Institute. This action that's being taken is a band-aid solution for a gaping wound because it's a short-term measure that does not get at the root of the problem which is overconsumption of water. Leaders from seven
western states are under pressure to agree on a plan to reduce that consumption from the
Colorado River, but their negotiations have hit a standstill. For NPR News, I'm Alex Heger in Phoenix. You as futurist contracts are trading higher at this hour, you're listening to NPR news. One day after a gunman killed eight children and wounded two women in Shreveport, Louisiana, local leaders are following to improve domestic violence resources. Shreveport police say the shooting began as a domestic dispute, and that 31-year-old
Shamar Alkin's killed seven of his own children and critically wounded his wife. Alkin's died after an alleged carjacking chase and then shoot out with police Sunday, cattle parish sheriff Henry Whitehorn says the tragedy unfolded just ten days after the opening of a new domestic violence unit. So today, I'm calling on every leader in this parish to join us in building a fully coordinated community-wide response to domestic violence.
Family members say Alkin's wife had recently decided to leave him and feared for her safety. For NPR News, I'm Jeff Ferrell and Shreveport, Louisiana. Singer, songwriter David, whose real name was David Burke, pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom today to murder charges in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the missing 14-year-old whose decomposing dismembered body was found in his Tesla last year.
Burke is also charged with nude sexual acts with a person under 14 and with the mutilation of a human body. If convicted, he could face life and prison or possibly the death penalty. Wall Street was lower by the closing bell that I was down four points than as I down 64. I'm Janine Herbst NPR News in Washington. There's so much TV out there that we can't get to it all. Good stuff, fall through the cracks.
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