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"Live from MPR news, I'm Giles Snyder, shipping companies and organizations s...

is a lack of information about President Trump's new plan to help guide commercial ships

through the straight-up for a move."

They're on threatening to attack any commercial vessels and U.S. warships that try to

transit the straight without its permission in pure Jackie Northam reports. President Trump announced this so-called "project freedom on Sunday," but gave no details about how it will work, especially as Iran has not signed on to the plan. The International Transport Workers' Federation says at the moment there's little clarity of how "project freedom will provide safe evacuation," and that no seafarer or ship

should be asked to transit the straight-up for moves without a full guarantee of safety. Hapag Lloyd, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, in which has several vessels stuck around the straight, says in a statement that its risk assessment remains unchanged,

and that the straight-up for moves remains closed for Hapag Lloyd until further notice.

Jackie Northam, in PR news. "US military says two merchant ships made it through the straight, but the effort to reopen the shipping lane appears to have led to fresh follies from the U.S. and Iran, officials

in the UAE say an oil port was set on fire by an Iranian strike, the U.S. as it destroyed

six small Iranian boats. For the 170 activists who participated in a flotilla trying to reach Gaza with humanitarian aid, are returning home. They were intercepted last week by the Israeli military off the coast of Creep as Dury Biscarret reports a mistomble.

Spanish citizen safe Abu Sheik and Brazilian citizen Tiyago Avila remain in pretrial detention in Israel after being taken from their boat, part of the global sumoed flotilla. Avila's wife, Sara Sosa, said she was told by Brazilian embassy officials who visited Avila that he was visibly bruised after the interrogations. Avila also reported being shown photos during the interrogation of his wife and daughter

in Brazil. The Israeli Foreign Ministry denies any allegation of mistreatment.

A rights group assisting the men's defense said Israeli authorities requested that they

remain in detention on suspicion of assisting the enemy during wartime and other charges. The men denies the allegations. Her own pair of news, I'm Dury Biscarret, an Istanbul. Two drug makers appealed to the Supreme Court right away to put a hold on this ruling. They argued that it unleashed regulatory chaos, but there were two days of limbo, where

we heard nothing from the Supreme Court. Doctors and pharmacists and patients who are expecting to use telemedicine Mifapristone over the weekend were left scrambling when it comes to pregnancies, of course, days and hours matter. This is NPR.

Tuesday's election day in Ohio and Indiana, primary voting will be coming to a close in those day in those two states and Indiana, several incumbent Republican state senators are facing challengers back by President Trump. They voted against a Trump-backed push for new congressional maps, in Ohio, former Democratic Senator shared brown seeking to make a political comeback.

Police in Oklahoma searching for suspects and shooting over the weekend that sent at least 18 people to hospitals. Police say the violence erupted at an unsanctioned party, jammed with young people at a public park near Arcadia Lake, just north of Oklahoma City, no a recipe made. The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced in Pierce, Anastasia C.O.Kiss reports.

The fiction prize went to author Daniel Krauss for his novel Angel Down, a story of World War I soldiers who find a fallen angel among the dead, a tale that Krauss tells entirely within one sentence. Other winners include historian Jill LaPore for her engaging book, We The People, a History of the U.S. Constitution.

The audio journalism winner was the staff of the podcast Pablo Tory finds out. Which investigated how the Los Angeles clippers seemingly ducks the NBA salary cap rule by funneling extra money to their star forward, Kauai Leonard, via an endorsement deal. The board also gave a special citation to Miami-Herald journalist, Julie K. Brown, for her work in 2017 and 2018, investigating Jeffrey Epstein, whose crimes are still very much

part of today's discourse. Anastasia C.O.Kiss and Pierre News, New York.

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