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violence has no place in civic life. Blanc spoke after the man being held in
“connection with Saturday nights incident at the White House Correspondence”
dinner made his first court appearance Monday. Violence has no place in civic life.
It cannot and will not be used to disrupt democratic institutions or intimidate those who serve them and it certainly cannot continue to be used against the president of the United States. The charges against 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance California included tempting to assassinate President Trump. He did not enter a plea at Mondays hearing he remains jailed pending additional court
hearings. Terms of Iran's latest proposal to end the war launched by the US and and Israel have not been made public, but the Associated Press is reporting that Iran is offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. If the US lifts its blockade, the emerging proposal would also delay discussions on Iran's nuclear program. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile is voicing Moscow's strong support for
“Iran amid the war with the US and Israel. Putin's comments came as he hosted”
Iran's top diplomat for talks in Russia. It appears Charles Mayns reports. Meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Iraq, Cheyenne St. Petersburg, Putin praised the Iranian people for bravely and heroically defending their country against U.S. and Israeli aggression. The Russian leader added Moscow would do everything to help bring about a piece that served the interest of its allies
in Tehran. U.S. intelligence agencies say that includes providing Iran with targeting data and drones to strike American military assets in the Persian Gulf, a charged Russia denies. Publicly, the Kremlin insists it wants to mediate the conflict. A role that Russia says could include storing Iran's enriched uranium to delay U.S. concerns over Tehran's nuclear weapons program.
Charles Mayns impure news. Onwards of Google employees upset a letter to the
company's chief executive over how the Pentagon could use its powerful artificial
intelligence systems and how it shouldn't, as the Defense Department looks to ramp up the use of AI and battlefield settings, impures Bobby Allen reports. More than 600 Google employees wrote to CEO Sundar Pachai that "we want to see AI benefit humanity," not see it being used in inhumane or extremely harmful ways. The German comes as Pentagon leaders have pressed tech companies to harness AI
for all lawful uses, a category Google workers' fear, will mean its tools will be deployed for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Anthropic, the maker of cloud, has been locked in a legal standoff with the Trump administration. Over the company's refusal to give defense officials access to its technology without guardrails. The Google letter urges the company to reject any contracts that involve classified
work, which the employees say could violate human rights. Google and the Pentagon did not return requests for comment. Bobby Allen and PR News. And you're listening to NPR News. South Carolina Public Health officials have declared an end to the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. since 1991. Officials say an increase
“in vaccinations was key in stopping the spread as NPR's Maria Gidoi reports.”
The state has reported no new cases in 42 days. The outbreak began last fall over six-month period, nearly a thousand people were infected with measles. Most of them were unvaccinated children. The virus can lead to serious complications, including pneumonia and brain swelling. In a briefing Monday, Dr. Brandon Traxler of the South Carolina Department of Public Health said, "A push for vaccination helped quail the surge."
It was, you know, a times, I mean, life threatening, or potentially long lasting for others. While South Carolina's outbreak is over for now, more than 20 other new outbreaks have been reported this year across the U.S. That includes outbreaks in Texas, Florida, and Utah, each with more than 100 cases of measles. Maria Gidoi and PR News. The mid decade, redistricting battle set off by President Trump in Texas is moving to Florida.
State lawmakers are to gather Tuesday for a special session called by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis to consider a new congressional map he unveiled Monday morning. In Virginia, the state Supreme Court heard arguments Monday and a challenge to that state's voter approved redistricting effort. But diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war stalled stocks in Asia are mostly down, and with a straight-up for moves still effectively closed oil prices of
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