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progress toward an agreement with Iran, and Beers Freckle Ordonius reports he is pausing
“the U.S. military operation to help guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz."”
Announcement to pause what Trump calls "project freedom" came just hours after the President expressed frustration to reporters that Iranian leaders had yet to capitulate after two months of a U.S. military and economic pressure campaign. They should waive the white flag, the white flag of surrender and hockey, they say, "uncle," right?
What are they going to cry, "uncle?" But by the afternoon, the President was saying they were close to a deal and he was calling off the action at the request of the Pakistani mediators to see if an agreement can be finalized and signed from Bemphasize at the U.S. Blockade on Iranian Borts would remain in effect.
More than 30 people are dead after Russia targeted several cities across eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine responded with drone strikes on Russian occupied Crimea. The attacks came hours before a Ukrainian Proposese fire went into effect.
“And Beers Charles Mains reports from Moscow.”
Kiev said it was imposing an open-ended ceasefire as of midnight Wednesday. In effect, it's a challenge to Moscow to extend its own proposed troops made 8th and 9th when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russian fears of Ukrainian drone attacks have already forced the Kremlin to scale back its annual military parade on Red Square this Saturday.
Russian authorities say the restrictions are temporary measures in the interests of public safety. It analysts say the blackouts of focus growing public frustration with the war in Ukraine itself now in its fifth year.
Charles Mains impure news.
Moscow. Anna and Ohio held primaries yesterday in Ohio former Democratic Senator Shared Brown won his race to take on incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Hustard. Brown is trying to return to the Senate, he lost his seat in 2024. In Michigan, Democrats won a special election for a seat in the State Senate, they'll
keep control of the Michigan Chamber through the end of the year. From Member Station WCMU, Rick Brewer reports.
“The 35th State Senate District is considered a key bell weather in Michigan politics.”
Republicans used Governor Gretchen Whitmer's record setting delay calling this special election to try and mobilize voters among other strategies. But they weren't enough to defeat Democrat Shedrick Green, a retired Marine and fire captain from racking up roughly 60% of the vote in the purple district. "This is a way for affordability.
For people who do everything right, but still struggle because their wages aren't keeping up with the soaring prices." The leaders in the Michigan Democratic Party said the win gives them huge momentum going into the November midterms. "Rick Brewer," reporting.
"You're listening to NPR." Five major publishers, along with best-selling author Scott Turro, have joined a class action lawsuit against Big Tech Company, Meta, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports, they alleged, Meta Bill Jennerative AI models, using stolen copyrighted works.
The plaintiffs argue Meta copied materials from notorious pirate websites to train its "Lama Language Model," with Mark Zuckerberg's personal authorization to do so. In a statement to NPR, authors Scott Turro condemns Meta for violating copyright laws. "The bold future promised by AI has been created with stolen words. The publishers and author are seeking statutory damages, a permanent injunction against
further use of their works, and an order requiring the tech giant to destroy all infringing copies of copyrighted materials. Meta notes that courts have found some training AI on copyrighted material can qualifies fair use, and says it plans to fight the lawsuit aggressively. Chloe Veltman and Piano's.
"The iconic rock band, the Rolling Stones, are going to release a new album this summer. It's titled "Foreign Tugs," and the Stones dropped one track from the album this week. Here's a taste." The single is called "In the Stars," the Rolling Stones' new album is going to drop this summer on July 10th.
"I'm Kurovakumin," NPR News. In Indiana, as midterm election season heats up, we'll have the very latest every morning. Enough first.
