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latest U.S. proposal for ending the war. The president is threatening to resume the attacks
“if Tehran doesn't agree to a deal amid the ongoing ceasefire, and U.S. naval blockade of”
Iranian ports. Here's President Trump speaking yesterday at the White House." "We're dealing with people that want to make a deal very much, and we'll see whether or not they can make a deal that's satisfactory to us." U.S. Central Command says an American fighter jet fired on an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman yesterday as it tried to breach the blockade and transit the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has pledged to provide safe passage
to commercial ships seeking to move through the narrow waterway. A federal judge in Georgia says the Justice Department can hold onto the 2020 election ballots and records seized by the FBI that happened during a January raid at a warehouse in Fulton County. Rowe Bolly with Member Station W. A. B. E. in Atlanta says President Trump has long made
“unfounded claims about voting fraud in the election.”
Lawyers for Fulton County had argued the ballots and records should be returned because they were taken improperly and unconstitutionally. While the judge said the federal seizure was "sertainly not perfect," he ruled the lawyers for the county had not proven the county's rights were callously disregarded. Fulton County Commission chair Rob Pitt says he's not surprised by the ruling.
"The decision is going against us. I will say and continue to say that we have a target on our back. The president is allies are coming for Georgia and Fulton County in particular." Separately, the federal government is seeking the names and personal information of thousands of 2020 Fulton County election workers and volunteers. For NPR News, I'm Rowe Bolly in Atlanta. There's new research on cell phone bans and schools across the
“U.S. and their effectiveness. More than two-thirds of states have implemented some type”
of restrictions. NPR Sequoia Carillo reports on the latest findings from the National Bureau of Economic Research. "Our cell phone bans in schools doing what they set out to do. Yes, and no. This week's study found that states with restrictions saw dramatically reduced cell phone activity in schools. Teachers reported that the number of students using cell phones in class dropped
on average from 61% to just 13%. On the other hand, the research found that the bans had a "close to zero" effect on test scores. But Thomas D, a professor of economics at Stanford
and a co-author on this study, characterized this research as the first draft of a new approach
to schooling. Even though these bans are very popular with teachers and across party lines, this is new territory, Sequoia Carillo, and Kerenus." widespread damage is being reported in areas of Mississippi from strong storms and tornadoes that move through last night. This is NPR News. The man accused of fire bombing a group of demonstrators and boulder Colorado last year
is due in court today. Mohammed Solaman is expected to plead guilty to charges that include murder. The attack in the city's downtown against people supporting Israeli hostages being held by Hamas and Gaza left one person dead and a dozen others injured. Solaman faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The billionaire founder of CNN Ted Turner, his being remembered as a committed philanthropist and media trailblazer who changed
how much of the world consumes news. Turner died yesterday at the age of 87 as Molly Samuel with member station WABE reports. Turner was a cable TV pioneer, founding TBS, CNN, headline news,
TNT, the Cartoon Network and Turner Classic movies. He gave a billion dollars to the United
Nations, creating the UN Foundation. And he was a co-founder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, which seeks to rid the world of nuclear weapons. As one of the largest landowners in the country, Turner protected millions of acres of land on his ranches. Well, also bringing Bisonburgers to diners at his chain of Ted's Montana Grills. In 2018, Turner shared he had Louis-Body dementia, a progressive brain disorder. He has survived by five children.
Threat Pyrenees, I'm Molly Samuel in Atlanta. Officials in Nepal say a large, unstable block of ice is slowing hundreds of climbers and their guides seeking to scale Mount Everest, the massive ice chunk hangs over a main trail to the peak. I'm Dave Maddingley in Washington. When Survivor premiered, it helped usher in a new era of reality TV. The show has evolved over its 50 seasons and fans have debated changes to the game for years. So what's the best
Survivor season of all time? We'll get into it on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. Listen via the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
