"Live from NPR News in Washington," Uncore of a Coleman, Iran says it is seiz...
today that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
“Iran says it's in response to the U.S.'s seizure of Iranian ship last Sunday.”
This also comes after President Trump announced yesterday, he's extending the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran at the request of Pakistan. The State Department is preparing for another round of ambassador-level talks this week, between Israel and Lebanon. As Rebecca Rossman reports in London, France says it's prepared to help Lebanon with the negotiations."
"French President Emmanuel Macron says France wants to help Lebanon prepare for upcoming negotiations with Israel, set for Thursday in Washington, over the truth-time defining with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Macron's offer came as he welcomed Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Tuesday at the Elysée Palace. France and Lebanon have historic ties, but both Israel and the United States
have been reluctant to include France in the talks. The offer also came days after Macron condemned the killing of a French UN peacekeeper in Lebanon, and blamed Hezbollah for the soldier's death. Hezbollah denied responsibility. "For NPR News, I'm Rebecca Rossman in London."
Virginia voters have approved a measure that lets the State redraw its congressional maps. The special election comes after President Trump urged Republican-led states last year to redistrict their congressional maps to favor Republicans. He wants to increase GOP power in Congress. But NPR's Ashley Lopez reports the Virginia vote yesterday could help the Democrats.
"The new proposed map could position Democrats to win 10 out of the state's 11 congressional seats, right now the maps are drawn to favor Democrats in about six of the 11 seats. So a four-seat boost could play a pretty big role in Democrats' efforts to retake the U.S. House this fall because Republicans currently only have an edge that's about a couple of seats." NPR's Ashley Lopez reporting.
A federal grand jury in Alabama has handed up an indictment against the southern poverty law center. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports the SPLC is accused of fraudulently using donations to pay informants in right-wing extremist groups. The southern poverty law center is a non-profit that tracks hate groups,
acting attorney general Todd Blanche says it's secretly paid some $3 million to people
affiliated with groups including the Ku Klann and the Aryan nation. The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred. The southern poverty law center's interim CEO Brian Faire calls the allegations fault.
“In a written statement he said taking on violent hate groups is dangerous and important work”
and that their paid informant programs saved lives. Debbie Elliott and PR news. This is NPR. Federal officials have charged a Louisiana man in connection with last weekend's deadly shooting in Shreveport, authorities say that Charles Ford provided the weapon used by a gunmen to kill
eight children's seven of whom were the gunmen's own. The gunmen died after a confrontation with police. Federal authorities say Ford has been charged with lying to a federal agent about the gun and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Big Tech Company meta says it will soon begin tracking its employees' digital movements to train
its artificial intelligence as NPR's Bobby Allen reports the surveillance has been met with blowback from workers who say that is intrusive. meta-toll employees new logging software were record keystrokes, mouse movements and even take snapshots of employees' screens. Meta made the announcement to its 78,000 employees in an internal memo that was reviewed by NPR.
In response to employees' concerns meta-leadership wrote in another internal message quote, "The model will not be able to memorize any of the screen contented sees adding that all the data will be disconnected from employee names." meta is ramping up AI across its workforce just as it plans to lay off about 10% of its staff next month. The new surveillance will not apply to employees in Europe where the practice would
violate data privacy laws, Bobby Allen and PR news.
NASA says its Mars rover, known as Curiosity, has found organic molecules never before seen
on the red planet. Researchers say billions of years ago Mars was warmer and wetter. microbial life could have existed there. The findings are in the journal, nature, communications. This is NPR. You know, every day on up first NPR's golden globe nominated morning news podcast, we bring you three essential stories. At the heart of each story, our questions.
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