Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Tensions are growing between Iran and the U.S. after the U.S. military attacked several sites
“in southern Iran last night, citing self-defense, Iranian officials threatened to respond”
by force. And today, the Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. of violating the fragile ceasefire agreement suggesting Washington's actions could undermine efforts to end the U.S. Israeli war in Iran through talks. It says those peace talks continue that apparently include reopening the Strait of
Hormuz. Green Sajadpur is an American policy analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He says mistrust between Tehran and Washington continues.
Negotiations between America and Iran are always zero-trust and zero-sum.
And what that means is that they are never happened quickly. Speaking there, two NPR's morning edition. A federal court is blocking Alabama's attempt to use a congressional map that favors Republicans. And here's Debbie Elliott reports, this ruling comes in a long-running, redistricting
case over black representation.
“A three-jaj panel is granting a temporary injunction sought by black voters who argued”
the state is trying to use a map that the same federal court found to intentionally discriminate against them. Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature pushed through the redistricting plan earlier this month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Louisiana case that race should not be used to draw district lines.
The black congressman, whose district is threatened, Democrat Shemari Figures of Mobile, says he's pleased with the ruling but notes the fight is far from over. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says the state will immediately appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Debbie Elliott NPR News.
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is outpacing efforts to respond. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, there are at least 220 suspected deaths and more than 900 suspected cases in the region. The outbreak is still largely centered in northeastern DRC, but over the weekend, more cases
were reported in Uganda bringing their total to 7 confirmed cases. On Monday, WHO Director General Tedros Adonam Gabriassus said the outbreak will likely get worse before it gets better. The outbreak is challenging for a few reasons.
First, delays in detection allowed the virus to spread for a couple of months, undeterred.
There are also no approved vaccines or treatments for the species of Ebola. That leaves victims with supportive care at clinics, which can be hard to come by in this region. Breed and Butter Public Health Responses, like tracing contacts of sick people and requesting that they isolate are the main tools for stemming the outbreak, Jonathan Lambert and
PR News. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump says his physical at Walter Reed Medical Center outside of Washington D.C. today went "perfectly." The White House says the visit was for an annual preventative medical and dental exam, but
this puts the health of the 79-year-old Trump back in focus. It's his fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office less than a year and a half ago. This year's NBA Finals will include the New York NICS, the NICS are advancing to their
first league championship series in 27 years after trotting the Cleveland Cavaliers last
night in the Eastern Conference Finals. Bruce Kahnbazer has more. The NICS thrashed the Cleveland Cavaliers 130 to 93 completing a four-game sweep of Cleveland and what has become an epic run to a championship bid.
“Anyone who watched game one of the series will never forget.”
With less than eight minutes to play, the NICS trailed by 22 points. Then team captain and eventual series MVP, Jell and Brunson, put the team on his back and engineered a stunning come from behind win. The NICS have now swept two consecutive playoff rounds and won 11 straight games, 10 of them by double digits.
They now wait the winner of the Western Conference Championship match. The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are nodded at 2-2 for NPR News. I'm Bruce Conviser in New York. Oklahoma City hosts San Antonio and game five of their series tonight. Wall Street is trading in McTerritory.
The Dow is down 199 points that's on about four tenths of a percent. The NICS is up 244 points that's up nearly 1%. I'm Janine Herbst and P.R. News in Washington. New shows, new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time job.
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