Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder.
Rough weather in Mississippi, Governor Tate Reeves has there been multiple reported tornadoes
“throughout Central and Western Mississippi.”
Local media reporting down trees and people trapped in official with the state emergency management agency says there are reports of hundreds of structures damaged. President Trump is seeking to pressure Iran to reaching a deal to end the war, warning that the U.S. will start bombing again. If Iran does not agree, but speaking to reporters at the White House Wednesday, Trump
said a deal is very possible. They want to make a deal. We've had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it's very possible that we'll make a deal. The ceasefire officially remains in effect, but the U.S. military said it disabled
in Iranian flag tanker in the Gulf of Oman Wednesday, saying it was trying to breach the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. The other public survey finds many Americans disapprove of the religious rhetoric used by the Trump administration, and PRshacent arose reports of survey also find support for Pope Leo, who has pushed back against the war with Iran.
The Washington Post ABC News Ipsos poll found that 87% of U.S. adults view Donald Trump posting a picture of himself as Jesus negatively.
“Disapproval was even higher among white evangelicals, an important political base for the”
president. Pope will also found that two-thirds of Americans have a positive reaction to Pope Leo, urging people to contact their elected representatives in support of peace. The survey shows nearly seven in ten people view negatively, defense secretary Pete Hegg Seth, praying to God for, quote, "overwhelming violence of action" against those
who deserve no mercy. The poll included more than 2,500 people and was conducted in late April. Jason D'Ros and PR News Now to Tennessee, where Republicans unveiled new congressional maps Wednesday in an effort to eliminate the state's last democratic heli-congregional seat from Member Station WPL
in Breonna Bucky, our reports. The proposal would split Memphis and Shelby County into three districts. If past Tennessee's nine congressional districts would all be represented by Republicans in
a state where roughly a third of voters support Democrats.
Tennessee's ninth congressional district, which has historically represented Memphis in the U.S. House, would stretch from the bottom of the city to the edge of Nashville. A distance spanning nearly 300 miles. The new maps come on the heels of Indiana's primaries, where several Republicans who oppose President Trump's redistricting plan for the state lost to Trump backed challengers.
The president has urged Tennessee and other GOP lead states to reach rather maps as part of his mid-decade redistricting push. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Bucky, Yao, in Nashville. Republicans are also considering changes to congressional maps in Alabama, Louisiana, and South Carolina, following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening the landmark Boding
Rights Act. This is NPR News. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is out of intensive care, but remains hospitalized near Palm Beach, Florida. Giuliani spokesman says he is now breathing on his own after being taken to the hospital
with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator. The spokesman says he is being monitored as precautionary measure Giuliani is 81 years old. Georgia Public High School students will soon no longer be allowed to use cell phones during the school day. Around 2/3 of states have limited phone usage in school as "may make sure reports from
member station WABE." Georgia Governor Brian Kempe says lawmakers decided to extend the state's existing ban on cell phones. In K-38 schools, after seeing a positive impact.
The improved outcomes following last year's bill had been incredible, and this common
sense step will help both students and faculty learn and safer, distraction-free environments. The ban would start in the 2027-28 school year. Despite widespread cell phone bands in the country, a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that locking students' phones and pouches has a close-to-and-zero effect on standardized test scores.
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