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The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a congressional redistricting plan that was just approved by voters last month. Virginia Democrats wanted to counter Republicans in other states who are redrawing their maps to give GOP candidates a stronger chance to win seats in the U.S. Congress. The Virginia Justice is ruled the state legislature made procedural errors and how it put
the redistricting question on the ballot. The Pentagon says the U.S. has disabled two more vessels that violated the U.S. Navy blockade in the Gulf of Oman and appears a Batrary reports that comes after the U.S. military
and Iran-traded fire again last night for the second time this week.
The U.S. Central Command says Iran attacked three U.S. naval vessels transiting near Iran's
“coast and that the military responded in self-defense by hitting Iranian missile and”
drone launch sites. Iran says it was the U.S. that started this latest round of violence Thursday night by attacking one of its oil tankers in the street of Harmuz. Iran says U.S. air strikes targeted three areas along the Iranian coast as well. MPR's Ayabatroy reporting.
Parents who are not making their child support payments may lose their U.S. passports. The state department says it's going to start revoking them under longstanding federal law as MPR's Christian Wright reports. The state department says it's taking away the passports of parents who owe more than $2,500 in child support debt, preventing them from international travel.
The agency says it's a way to keep parents from neglecting their legal obligations to their
children. The government has decided it's now strictly enforcing federal law on the book since the 90s. It allows the state department to deny or revoke passports because of significant child support owed.
But in the past, the government usually only restricted passports when parents with delinquent payments apply to get one or try to renew. Now the state department says it's working with health and human services to find out who hasn't paid up. Christian Wright and PR news, Washington.
Legal analysts are among those waiting to see what the U.S. Supreme Court decides about abortion access involving the drug myth of pristone and telemedicine. NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin says yesterday was the deadline for briefs in the case to be filed with the court. Last Friday an appeals court ruling ended telemedicine access to myth of pristone.
One of the medications used for abortion and the treatment of miscarriages. Then just to Samuel Alito put that order on pause for seven days and instructed the parties involved to file briefs. Now all the briefs are in. Two drug makers explained why they think the Supreme Court should preserve telemedicine
access. Louisiana explained why it thinks the justices should suspend that access. The Trump administration's Department of Justice which represents the Food and Drug Administration did not file anything. The Supreme Court Watchers say that's very unusual, especially since FDA's power to regulate
“prescription medicine is a key issue in this case.”
Selena Simmons Duffin and PR news, Washington. You're listening to NPR. The Labor Department says hiring was stronger than expected last month, employers created 115,000 jobs in April. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3%.
In the United Kingdom, early partial results from yesterday's local elections show big losses for prime minister Kier-Stormer's ruling party. Vote counting is underway today for seats on town councils in England and regional legislatures in Scotland and Wales. NPR's Learn Frayer has more from London.
These are seen as the British equivalent of the midterms, early results show big losses for prime minister Stormer's Center-left Labor Party and gains for the far-right anti-immigration reform party, particularly in working-class areas of northern England that used to vote labor. The next parliamentary elections aren't expected for another three years, but a trouncing
in these local polls could lead Stormer's party to house him. The Prime Minister acknowledged it's a really tough result. But told reporters he won't step down. Vote counting is still underway in Scotland and in Wales where pro-independence parties are vying for control of regional legislatures.
Lauren Fryer and PR News London. The renowned British nature broadcaster and wildlife expert David Attenborough turns 100 years old today. There are celebrations in the UK that wrap up tonight with a special concert in London. That is where fans dressed as bumblebees and lions have gathered to wish Attenborough
A very happy birthday.
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