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and is sight along Iran's coast near the straight of Hormuz overnight, Iran says it

then struck a U.S. base, but it didn't say which one.

Kuwait then said it defended against incoming missiles and drones today, believed to be from Iran. These really military says that his beloved drone is killed and is really soldier in northern Israel and Israel is widening its offensive in Lebanon, and beer's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv. The soldier was killed and two other soldiers were wounded in the Hisbola drone attack on

a military area of northern Israel. The Israeli military is struggling to thwart increasing hisbola drone attacks, which have killed several other Israeli soldiers in recent weeks. In Lebanon, Israel says it has carried out a wave of attacks on hisbola targets around the southern Lebanese city of Tire, Israel warned residents to leave nearly the entire

city. Israel and Lebanon have been holding rare direct talks to try to end the fighting. Israel and Lebanese officials are expected to meet again Friday at the Pentagon. Daniel Estrin and PR news, Tel Aviv. Immigration courts inside the Justice Department are dramatically speeding up deportation hearings,

and beers humanibustio reports, the goal is to issue more deportation orders.

Immigrants are now being scheduled for massive master calendar hearings, those are being called mega masters, that include 100 or more people at a time.

That's up from two or three dozen people at a time, which had been typical for first hearing.

Immigration lawyers told in PR that these new hearings, largely target people without lawyers representing them. Those who show a belay or not at all are receiving removal orders, further truncating the already limited due process available to immigrants. In the past year, the Trump administration has pushed a streamlined cases through immigration

courts. News moving up cases of people from specific countries and encouraging judges to review cases faster. Humanibustio and PR news, Washington. The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Google employee for using confidential information

to bet on the site polymarket. And beer's Bobby Allen reports on the second criminal case tied to alleged insider trading on prediction markets.

Michele Spagnewolo is an Italian Google software engineer, residing in Switzerland.

Federal prosecutors say he gained access to internal documents showing who would be the most Google person of the year in 2025.

That led to $1.2 million in profit on polymarket.

He now faces commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering charges. He had an initial court appearance in New York and has been released on bail. Last month, the U.S. military official was charged with profiting off of classified information about the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. President Trump has vowed that prediction markets would thrive in his term despite the two

cases his administration has taken a mostly light touch approach to the controversial industry, Bobby Allen and PR news. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. It will be as hot in North Dakota's capital today as it will be in the capital of Arizona. Phoenix will probably hit about 91 degrees today.

It will reach around the same temperature in Bismarck, North Dakota. When his players at the French Open are dealing with soaring temperatures, that's led to one player collapsing on the clay. NPR's William Jones reports. "Yakub Menchick pounded a forehand to wrap up a five-set marathon win against Argentine

Mariano Nvone. He immediately dropped to the clay surface. Temperatures at Roland Garrison risen to above 90 degrees. After receiving treatment for severe cramping, Menchick was escorted back to the locker room on a wheelchair.

He later addressed the media to be there for more and for in half hours that's just insane, even with the brakes that you don't have that much time." Men's World Number 4 Novak Jocovitch is questioning whether players should be pushed to later in the day. Certain days that you have extreme heat and conditions, then maybe that's something to

consider. The French Open is being played as an extreme heat wave has been sweeping across Western Europe, but play has yet to be suspended. William Jones NPR News The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded space x launches of its gigantic Starship

rockets while it investigates a problem. SpaceX has launched a test Starship last week, the booster rockets separated properly, but the booster rocket engines switched off as it was returning to Earth, and it splashed down hard in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm Corvacuman NPR News

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