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President Trump says the U.S. has delayed an attack on Iran because Middle Eastern allies asked him to pause those efforts.
“Trump says the attack was going to take place tomorrow, but now he's told military leaders”
to stand down. And Piers, Deepa Shiveram, has more. Trump said the upcoming attack on Iran would be delayed for a few days, but also said it
might never happen if Iran agrees to a deal.
I've put it off for a little while, hopefully maybe forever, but possibly for a little while. Because we've had very big discussions with Iran. Cutter and the U.A.E. both say a deal is close to happening, which is why they asked Trump to pause the planned attack.
Trump says a deal will ultimately have to include Iran agreeing to not have a nuclear weapon. Deepa Shiveram and Piers News, the White House. The Trump administration is rolling back drinking water standards for what are known as PFAS or forever chemicals. Federal health officials made the announcement today arguing the current rules from the Biden
“administration are not legally defensible, and Piers will stone has more.”
Forever chemicals have been linked to a variety of health concerns, including cancer, immune system problems, decreased fertility, and more. The environmental protection agency is planning to scrap the drinking water limits for four PFAS compounds, and addition, the agency will give utilities the option of delaying how quickly they implement standards for two other PFAS chemicals.
EPA Administrator Lee Zelden had signaled his plans to do this last year. Environmental groups criticized the rollback of standards, saying they're needed to protect Americans from toxic chemicals and their drinking water. We'll stone and PR news.
Popular the 14th, first in cyclical or teaching letter, will be about what it means to be
human in the era of artificial intelligence. And PR is Jason D'Rose reports, the Vatican has announced it will be released next Monday. The Encyclical title is "Magnificent Humanity." The Vatican says when it's presented next week, Paplia will be joined by the co-founder of the tech company Anthropic, Christopher Ola.
Anthropic is currently suing the Trump administration for illegal retaliation. Earlier this year, the administration ordered federal departments and agencies to stop using anthropics artificial intelligence program because the company refused to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology.
“The new Encyclical comes on the 1305th anniversary of another important Vatican document,”
Rarem Novara, about human dignity in the industrial age. Jason D'Rose and PR news.
An American doctor is among the newly confirmed cases in an Ebola outbreak in East Central
Africa. The doctor was working in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has been moved to Germany. For treatment, the World Health Organization is calling the outbreak of public health emergency of international concern. So far, there are 300 suspected cases in the DNC and Uganda with more than 118 deaths.
This is NPR. The South Carolina Supreme Court granted Alex Murdoch a new trial last week in the killings of his wife and son after finding that the clerk of court had tampered with the jury. Now his defense team is suing the clerk and saying they have new leads as they prepare to defend him again.
South Carolina Public Radio's Victoria Hansen reports. Murdoch's defense says they want to know if then call to County Clerk of Court Becky Hill acted alone with she tried to influence yours which she denied. They're seeking $600,000 in damages. The amount they say Murdoch spent defending himself.
Thus for the new trial, attorneys say they will pursue evidence not introduced before. They say they expect the trial to be held about a year from now, potentially in a different jurisdiction. The prosecution says this time it is considering the death penalty. Murdoch remains behind bars after putting guilty to both state and federal financial crimes.
For MPR News, Auditoria Hansen, in Charleston, South Carolina. Northwest Airlines is banning passengers from bringing humanoid or animal-like robots on to flights or check them as baggage. The policy update came after a man brought a robot named Stewie onto a flight with its own ticket and seat.
The humanoid bot was from a Dallas-based company that rents robots for events and videos of it on the flight went viral. Southwest says robots contain lithium-ion batteries that can cause fires on planes. The new law bans robots that resemble or imitate a human or animal in appearance, movement or behavior.
This is NPR News Live in Washington. Seattle, 1999, teen reporters hear a troubling rumor about a beloved teacher. They reported he later dies. I was one of those students. Now I'm uncovering what really happened because people said we killed a man.
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