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conference this hour.
“It comes as the U.S. military has supported two commercial ships crossing the Strait of”
Hormones. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates says Iran fired 15 missiles and four drones out in yesterday.
It's the first attack on the UAE since the cease fire was reached a month ago.
And Pierre's A.A. betrroy reports." People's phones ring out with missile alerts several times on Monday across the UAE. Using panic of renewed war among worried residents, the government says three people were wounded in a drone strike on an oil facility in the Emerita Fujera. The UAE also announced that schools would be held online for the remainder of the week
due to the threat of more attacks. The attacks on the UAE came as the United States launched Project Freedom, an armed operation to open the Strait of Hormones to commercial shipping. U.S. Central Command says the operation helped two U.S. flagged merchant vessels transit the Strait, and President Trump said seven Iranians speedboats were also shot down.
Iranians news outlets reported that two were civilian ships and that five people were killed aboard. A.A. betrroy and Pierre News, Dubai. Although two commercial ships have crossed the Strait and Pierre's Greg Myri says, shipping companies do not feel their vessels are fully safe yet.
They say this doesn't sound like a guarantee of safety and they weren't prepared to change their risk assessment at this point. So we really should be looking for three things. Number one, we'll large numbers of ships try to go through the Strait. Number two, we'll Iran keep firing on ships, and three, cad the U.S. keep these ships safe.
And Pierre's Greg Myri reporting. Tennessee is one of several Republican-led states rushing to redraw congressional districts before the midterm elections. State lawmakers are meeting today in Nashville to discuss creating districts that could
“tilt more Republican, remember station WPLN, Mariana Buckejo, has more.”
The last minute redistricting effort was spurred by a U.S. Supreme Court case that undid protections for majority black districts like Memphis. "The decade redistricting is new, but attempts to take away the voting rights of black people is not new." That's democratic state representative Justin J. Pearson of Memphis.
He points to historical obstacles black voters have faced, like Jim Crow laws that kept them from casting a ballot. Some Tennessee Republicans are hesitant to adopt new maps, since state code banned mid-decade redistricting. But the state's GOP leadership says it's fully behind President Trump's plan to create
more red seats in Congress. For NPR news, I'm Mariana Buckejo, in Nashville. A handful of states are holding elections today, voters in Indiana and Ohio are holding primary elections today. In Michigan, there's a special election for a single state Senate seat that could decide control of the state chamber.
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The Pentagon says it's conducted another deadly strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea to alleged drug traffickers were killed. The Pentagon provided no information or evidence to support the drug allegations. The Associated Press reports Trump, the Trump administration, is killed at least 180 people in this way since last September.
The Trump administration is threatening legal action over gun regulations in Colorado. From Colorado Public Radio, Paolo Schalsita has more. The Department of Justice is demanding the repeal of a 1989 ban on assault style weapons in Denver in a 2013 statewide ban on large capacity magazines.
Federal officials say both violate the second amendment.
Colorado and Denver reject that notion. Here's Denver Mayor Mike Johnston. "So we're here today to let them know that our answer is hell, though." "Yeah." "No, we will not roll back a common sense policy that has kept weapons of war off of
these city streets for 37 years." Each law has survived several legal challenges, but none at the federal level. City and state officials say similar laws and other states have been found to be constitutional. "From your news, I'm Paolo Schalsita, in Denver." The Met Gala was held last night.
It's the annual Splashy fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts costume Institute in New York City. It's also a high point for fashion. One of the people making a debut included the model and musician from Antigua, Ariana Rose Phillip.
She's the first wheelchair user to appear on the huge Met Carpet.
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