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President Trump is pausing the U.S. effort to guide commercial vessels out of the
“state of Hormuz, saying on social media that the decision is intended to allow time”
for a deal to end the Iran war. But Trump said the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place. Iran's foreign minister, meanwhile, is in China. State media say he met today with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. Obama's Iraqi strip comes about a week before President Trump has scheduled to visit Beijing.
Republican-controlled southern states are moving to change their congressional maps following the Supreme Court's ruling that limits how the Boding Rights Act is applied. And PRS Debbie Elliott reports on this week's special legislative session in Alabama. And Alabama House Committee advanced a bill to revert to congressional maps drawn by the legislature
in 2023, maps that federal courts ruled discriminated against black voters.
During debate, Democrat Napoleon Bracy questioned the bill's sponsor, Republican Representative Chris Pringle. "Do we feel that this will take away representation from black citizens of Alabama that make up almost 30% of the state's population?" "We're not doing anything to deny anybody's right or ability to go into the balls and
pass their vote for the candidate of their choosing." Legislative leaders say it's not about race, but about the majority party reflecting the will of Alabama's conservative voters. Debbie Elliott and PR News, Montgomery. President Trump has won an election victory in Indiana, the majority of the GOP incumbent
state senators he targeted after they opposed a redistricting plan lost their primary
elections to candidate Trump supported. It neighbouring Ohio former senator shared Brown will attempt to unseat Republican Senator John Hustett and Democrat Dr. Amy Acton will face Republican Vivek where I'm a swammy for Ohio Governor this fall. Education Department investigating Smith College over alleged title nine violations for
admitting transgender and non-binary students in PRS Kate and Mills reports. Smith College, since 2015, has admitted transgender and gender non-conforming students. According to the school's website, quote, "sists, trans, and non-binary women are eligible to apply to Smith." Now the Education Department's office for civil rights will determine if Smith's admissions
policy constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex. The agency said in a press release, quote, "allowing biological males into spaces designed for women raises serious concerns about privacy, fairness, and compliance under federal law." The investigation originates from a complaint filed last year by conservative legal group defending education.
In a statement Smith College said, "It is committed to complying with civil rights laws but that it does not comment on pending government investigations." "You're listening to NPR news. The Justice Department has added a charge of assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon against the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump at the White House
Correspondence Center at the New Charge, part of a new four-count indictment returned by a federal grant jury to stay at formerly accuses 31-year-old Cole Allen, a firing
“at a secret service agent at a security checkpoint.”
According to court documents, the man accused of killing one person and injuring more than to dozen others in a firebomb attack on a pro-Israel rally in Colorado last year, plans to plead guilty to all 184 charges against him, Muhammad Solomon, doing state court on Thursday he faces a separate federal hate crimes case. A new study finds warning labels on alcohol listing the risks of diseases like cancer
would encourage people to drink less." The current alcohol warning label has been in place since 1988. It states that drinking poses risks during pregnancy or while driving, along with a notice that alcohol quote "may cause health harms," but research shows people tend to tune out these warnings.
In a new study, researchers tested eight revised labels that included disease advisory language with more than 1,000 US adults who had at least one drink a week. Study co-author Anna Grumman of Stanford says participants ranked all of the new warnings more effective than the current one. "And the warnings that especially resonated with consumers tended to be about cancer, some
most of all weren't aware of the alcohol contributes to cancer." Studies show a link to at least seven types of cancer, the more people drink, the higher the risk. "You're listening to NPR." At Planet Money, we've been bringing gold and audio to your ears for years, but there
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