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Israel expanded its invasion of Lebanon with its deepest incursion of ground forces in the
country in 26 years. It's also intensified air strikes in southern Lebanon, damaging a hospital that's according to Lebanon's health ministry. Ampere's Janeraf has more. Israeli forces have been closing in on the city of Nabatea and southern Lebanon while Israel
continued strikes in the ancient city of Tyre. Lebanon's health ministry said 13 health workers were wounded and in the tack close to Tyre's Hiram Hospital, which was also significantly damaged. The Milton group has Bola claimed to tax on Israeli tanks and troops within Lebanon and launched rockets into northern Israel.
Israeli forces to control of a strategic crusader, Eric Castle, with fused across southern
Lebanon, raising the Israeli flag above the stone walls.
France is called for an emergency UN Security Council session to discuss the invasion. Jane Arrath and Pyrenees Beirut. Several states are holding primaries this Tuesday that includes California where voters
“will weigh in on races for governor, key battles that will help determine which party controls”
Congress, and a bitter race for mayor of Los Angeles. From member station KQED, Scott Schaefer has more. With Gavin Newsom termed out, the race to replace him has been unpredictable. Two Democrats, former State Attorney General Javier Basseraf and billionaire investor Tom Styer, along with Republican Steve Hilton, have emerged as the top contenders.
Meanwhile, voter-approved redistricting has Democrats hoping to flip up to five house seats. In Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass had been widely popular until last year's massive wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. She's in a tight primary battle with Nithia Romain, a progressive member of the LA City Council, and an unlikely challenger, Republican Spencer Pratt, a Trump endorsed former reality
TV star whose home was destroyed in the Palacades Fire. For NPR News, I'm Scott Schaefer in San Francisco. Employers added jobs in both March and April, and this week will find out if that positive streak stretched into May, and Pyre Scott Horsley reports.
“March and April saw the first back-to-back job gains in nine months.”
Forecasters think the hiring continued in May at a slow, but steady pace. On Friday, the Labor Department will report on both employment and unemployment for May. We'll also get a separate report this coming week on layoffs, and the number of workers who are voluntarily quitting jobs.
The pool of people working or looking for work has shrunk over the last year, as baby boomers retire and immigration dries up. It means the U.S. doesn't need to add a whole lot of jobs to keep the unemployment rate in check. The Federal Reserve would welcome signs of stabilization in the job market that would allow
the Central Bank to focus on curbing, stubborn inflation. Scott Horsley, in Pyre News, Washington. You're listening to NPR News. There's big news in cancer treatments. A new drug is proving much more effective than standard chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.
It appears you can goochy has more. The data is from a phase three clinical study on a drug called directs-on-rassip. It's a breakthrough in that it locks into pancreatic cancer cells in a clever way when certain genetic mutations are present. Julie Graylow is chief medical officer at the American Society of Clinical Oncology,
which publishes the most promising research during its annual meeting. She called the drug.
“The most innovative in terms of a new drug strategy and important in terms of immediately”
changing practice and offering a lot of help. Though it is not yet food and drug administration approved, the agency is already expanded early patient access to it. You can egoochy and PR News. At the weekend box office, back rooms and Indy horror film with internet origins took the
top spot with an estimated $81 million in its first weekend in theaters.
It's a small budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker. In second place another Indy horror obsession, with $26 million, this is young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. In their play Star Wars, the Mandalorian and Growgoow, which fell sharply in its second weekend, bringing in an estimated $25 million.
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