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of former Cuban leader Rowe Castro.
“He's accused of several crimes, including murder.”
It's in connection with the downing of two civilian planes 30 years ago that killed four people. They were part of the Cuban exile group who were guiding migrants at sea." And beer's Ryan Lucas says Cuba rejects how that incident is being described. Cuba's president in a post on ex called this indictment, a political movie says there's
no legal basis for it, and he accused the U.S. of trying to fabricate things to justify military move against Cuba. He also accused the U.S. of lying about what happened in 1996. He said Cuba acted in legitimate self-defense after repeated violations of its airspace, and he also says the U.S. government at the time had been warned about those violations, but ignored
them and allowed these flights to continue.
MPR's Ryan Lucas reporting. Meanwhile, the Pentagon says the U.S. aircraft carrier and its supporting ships have arrived in the Caribbean Sea.
“That news came the same day as the U.S. indictment was announced.”
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a tense call this week. The two leaders appear to be divided on what to do next about Iran, and beer's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv. The Tuesday call between Trump and Netanyahu was tense, according to a person familiar with the matter not authorized to speak publicly.
Netanyahu spoke against a diplomatic deal being pursued to end the Iran war, while Trump said he would continue to pursue an agreement preventing any Iranian nuclear weapon. The person who spoke to NPR said Israel wishes to take part in a renewed U.S. attack on Iran. Trump spoke to reporters about his phone call with Netanyahu. Israel is on its highest level of alert, Israel's military chief said.
Above the skies and Tel Aviv, U.S. Air Force refueling planes conduct regular sorties. Daniel Estrin and PR news, Tel Aviv. In the U.S., House Republicans and Democrats united to pass a bill yesterday.
“It bans large corporate investors from buying more homes.”
The beer's Steven Bissaha reports the bill is also meant to address housing affordability. The main idea in the bill to make housing more affordable is to throw a lot of ideas at the problem. The bill is packed with new block grants, updates to old ones, and deregulation. Most of these provisions are meant to encourage home building across the country.
This is a modified version of a bill the Senate passed two months ago. Both versions banned corporate landlords with at least 350 houses from buying up any more. Investors can build new homes to rent out, but the house version of the bill strips out the Senate's requirement that those houses get sold off after seven years. The bill now heads back to the Senate to consider for final passage.
Steven Bissaha and PR news. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. SpaceX could launch its biggest ever rocket starship later today from southern Texas there won't be a crew aboard. This comes as SpaceX filed paper work for what could be the most expensive initial public
offering in history. More than half of adults aged 60 and older take at least two dietary supplements according to new research from the National Center for Health Statistics. And PR's Allison Aubrey reports the data track with a boom in sales of longevity supplements. About 60% of adults in the U.S. take supplements and researchers say they can help
by addressing nutritional deficiencies, but may also lead to intake above tolerable levels. The percentage of adults taking two or more supplements increases with age and as highest
among people 60 and older, global sales of longevity supplements are estimated at nearly $9 billion.
Some supplements have evidence behind them, such as taking omega-3 supplements to help lower triglycerides or a form of vitamin B known as niacinamide to protect against skin cancer. But many supplements on the market lack strong evidence, so experts say a buyer be wearer approach can be helpful, Alice and Aubrey and PR news. An original piece of the Eiffel Tower is going to be auctioned today, a French auction
has says it's a nine foot tall section of one of the Eiffel Tower's original spiral staircases. It was replaced with elevators in 1983. The starting bid for the Eiffel Tower staircase piece is about $140,000. I'm Core of a Coleman NPR news from Washington. New shows, new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time
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