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President Trump is praising the indictment of former Cuban leader, Raul Castro, calling it an important moment for Cuban Americans.
>> I think it's a very big moment for people that not only Cuban Americans, but people that came from Cuba that want to go back to Cuba.
“She's a family in Cuba, I think it's a very big day, very important day, they supported me to the end degree.”
>> Cuban Americans in South Florida are reacting to the indictment for Hay Markas as a professor in Miami-Dade County. >> We all want changing Cuba, we want freedom for Cuba, but what we don't want is a negotiated freedom that leaves much of the brutal regime impact.
>> The Justice Department on Wednesday announced murder charges against Castro and several others tied to the 1996 shoot down of two American civilian planes.
>> Meta has announced that it's cutting 8,000 jobs, and PR's John Roach reports the tech company is shifting another 7,000 positions into jobs that are more directly related to artificial intelligence. >> Meta flagged the job cuts last month and a company spokesperson said affected employees were notified on Wednesday. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has been retooling and investing heavily in artificial intelligence. It expects to spend nearly twice as much on capital expenditures this year as it did last year, and much of that will go into its efforts to catch up to rivals in the AI race.
>> The job cuts and reorganization come at a challenging time for Meta. Earlier this year it lost two court cases claiming its platforms have been harmful to children and young people's mental health. And in June it will return to court to face school districts.
“>> Suing over claims that social media companies caused a costly mental health and addiction crisis among students John Roach and PR news.”
>> The United States is threatening to revoke the visa of the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations unless he withdraws his run for a leadership role at the UN. That's according to a U.S. State Department cable obtained by NPR's den U.S. in Tel Aviv.
>> Palestinian UN ambassador Riyad Mansour is known for his emotional speeches last year during the Gaza war.
>> A State Department cable this week says his run for a vice president role at the UN General Assembly would fuel tension. The U.S. is threatening to revoke his delegations visas if he doesn't withdraw. >> Had the U.S. official unPalestinian affairs. >> Using visa restrictions is extremely rare. Generally it's counterproductive because you need diplomats to work out problems between governments. >> The State Department said it would not comment on specific visa cases. Daniel Estrin and PR news Tel Aviv.
>> Your listening to NPR news from Washington. Emergency crews are battling multiple wildfires across southern California including a blaze and see me valley northwest of Los Angeles. >> Thousands of people remain under evacuation orders as firefighters work to contain the flames.
“>> Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making a big changes to an important scientific panel is NPR's ping-hong reports panel creates guidelines that affect hundreds of millions of Americans.”
>> If you've ever gotten a routine mammogram or a colonoscopy or screening for depression and a physical, it's because of guidelines created by the U.S. preventive services task force. >> The panel of primary care clinicians recommend screenings and services people should and shouldn't get based on scientific reviews. >> Kennedy fired the two top physicians leading the panel. He's called the task force negligent and vowed to shake it up. >> Dr. Alex Christ is a family physician and former chair of the panel.
>> It's been the north star on how do we make guidelines and it's had such an influence on prevention and health in America to just throw this out is just reckless. >> Health officials plan to name new members to the panel in June ping-hong and PR news. >> The Department of Health and Human Services is urging families to reduce children's screen time. >> A new report is calling on parent schools and government agencies to work together warning some patterns of screen use compose harm to kids. >> The recommendation came from the surgeon general's office even though the position has remained vacant since the Biden administration.
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