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Beirut was on high alert today, after Israel, said it would escalate strikes in Lebanon against the militant group Hezbollah.
“In Pierce-Jane Raff reports, residents were streaming out of Beirut's largely Shiite southern”
suburbs.
"Over 1 million Lebanese have already been displaced by Israeli airstrikes, despite an ongoing
ceasefire. Israel has invaded southern Lebanon and launched hundreds of attacks a day. Killing more than 3,000 people since the war restarted March 2nd, according to the Lebanese health ministry." Iran backed Hezbollah has killed 22 soldiers in a military contractor, and two civilians
Israel says. The U.S. is negotiating a peace deal with Iran, but Israel opposes Iran's condition that the war in Lebanon also end, along with any lasting ceasefire with the United States. In Iraq and Pair News, Beirut. The White House is closely watching a series of high-profile Supreme Court cases.
If you're as Franco or Donia's reports, the decisions will likely help shape debate going
“into this year's mid-term elections and beyond.”
The Supreme Court justices are expected to issue major rulings on immigration, mail-in ballots, and presidential power. President Trump has taken advantage of almost every opportunity to pressure the justices to back him. As he did recently, on his efforts to restrict Berth Wright's citizenship.
"It would be a disgrace, it would be a disgrace if the Supreme Court of the United States allows that to happen."
Trump even attended oral arguments on the Berth Wright case, first by a sitting president.
Trump has said, though, he thinks the court will instead confirm the constitutional right to citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil. Don't go, or Donias, and P.R. News, The White House. Local authorities in Garden Grove, California, say a tank of toxic chemicals, no longer appears to pose a risk of exploding.
Jordan running with L.A. East has more.
“Rising pressures and a tank of a chemical used in plastic manufacturing raised alarms last”
week, as the pressure and temperature in the tank rose. On Friday the Orange County Fire Authority, where the tank was expected to either explode or spill toxic chemicals into the community. Nearly 50,000 residents were ordered to evacuate the area and Governor Gavin knew some declared a state of emergency.
But over the weekend, a leak in the tank brought down the pressure and fire chief TJ McGuvern says there is no longer a risk of a large explosion. "We are happy to report that the threat of a bloody is now off the table. That threat has been eliminated." They say there is no active leak of chemicals, but evacuation orders remain in place.
For NPR News, I'm Jordan running in Cyprus, California. "You as feature contracts are trading higher at this hour. You're listening to NPR News from Washington." More than 40 continental Army soldiers who fought the British 250 years ago have been reburied in upstate New York, for their remains were found in a construction site.
Emperors Brian Mann reports a new memorial has been built at the site near where they died. The remains were discovered in 2019 as workers dug the foundation for a new apartment building. Researchers, including Lisa Anderson at the New York State Museum, determined that the young soldiers, many in their teens, likely died in 1776 when a smallpox outbreak swept through military camps.
Knowing that so many of them were young, it just resonates with a lot of us. A new burial site was created in the Lake George battlefield park. Reverend Joseph Bush prayed as the remains were placed in the mausoleum. "We commit to those who fought so hard for our freedom."
In addition to the Revolutionary War soldiers whose names are unknown, researchers say the
remains include those of one woman and one young child, Brian Mann and Pierre News Lake George New York. The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is rising. The World Health Organization today says at least 220 people have died from suspected cases of the virus and officials say that number is rising because of a delay in detecting cases
that has health workers now playing catch-up. This says you've gone to authorities reported two new cases today bringing the number of infections there and the number of suspected cases in the region to around 900. This strain of the virus has no known treatment or a vaccine. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington News shows new music new movies keeping
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