Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Israeli air strikes killed 11-E's army general, along with two other military personnel today, days after the two countries agreed to a U.S. brokered ceasefire. And here's Janna Raff has more. 11-E's military said a brigadier general, a captain and a soldier were killed in the air strike.
11-E's state media said they were killed by a drone attack that targeted their vehicle on a main road in southern Lebanon. Israel said it hit what it considered as a suspicious vehicle traveling in a combat zone, but added that it does not target the Lebanese military. Lebanon's president condemned the attack as a violation of Lebanese sovereignty.
The Lebanese army has been tasked with disarming Iran-backed his bola, which Israel is fighting
“and is key to the ceasefire plan agreed by Israel and Lebanon.”
Israeli strikes and other parts of South Lebanon's Saturday killed six other people, according to Lebanese authorities, Janna Raff and PR News Bay Route. The Supreme Court is entering the final weeks of this term, with decisions in nearly two dozen cases likely before the end of the month. And some of those could be blockbusters, including birthright citizenship.
And here's Kerry Johnson has more.
"In the biggest case of this term, and the one that's most important to President Trump
involves immigration, specifically that executive order he signed on day one after he returned to the White House. That order would strip the guarantee of birthright citizenship to babies born on American soil. For more than a century, people have understood the 14th amendment to ensure all persons
born here are Americans.
“At oral argument, the Trump administration had a rough go of things, even several of the”
conservative justices cast doubt on the administration's position." And here's Kerry Johnson reporting. The justices are also reviewing President Trump's power to fire government officials. The Eastern Congo Ebola continues to spread with more than 450 confirmed cases. This is the government re-imposed travel restrictions to the epicenter of the outbreak,
and at Livingstone has more. Without warning, the Congolese government suspended flights to and from the city of Buña, the capital of a Tory province.
It's the second time Congo has suspended flights since the outbreak began last month.
The Tory in Eastern Congo is the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, harboring over 94% of the confirmed cases. Social figures released on Friday showed that 71 new cases had been recorded in a single day. The number of Ebola fatalities also jumped. Congo's National Institute for Public Health said in a report that this shows there is
"rapid and ongoing community transmission." Eight workers on the ground, paint a similar picture. Hospitals are poorly equipped and overwhelmed, they say, "and there's no way of knowing the true number of people who have been infected." For NPR News, I'm Emmett Livingstone in Canchasa.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The NBA Finals are heading to New York with the NYX holding a two-games-to-nun lead over the San Antonio spurs. The NYX-deepest playoff run in decades has fans streaming of a championship. Walter Wuthman of Member Station WNYC reports, Tatoo Shops are seeing a surge in requests
for NYX-inspired ink. Walter Wanymuhika drove 30 miles from Long Island to Tatoo Studio and Manhattan's Chinatown. Muhika says he's been thinking of getting a NYX tattoo for years. Their dominant run through the NBA's Eastern Conference inspired him to commit. "Yeah, no, this is NYX season, this is this is this is our year and I had to believe
and I was like, you know what, confidence hat, time for the tattoo." Muhika walks out with a black and white NYX logo inked on his right calf. His parting words, "Let's call NYX baby." For NPR News, I'm Walter Wuthman in New York City.
"Popleo is in Spain for a week-long visit, this is the first visit by a Pope in 15 years.
He was greeted by the Spanish King and Queen in Madrid this morning. Leo will also address both houses of the Spanish Parliament and he'll visit the Canary Islands, the Spanish Archipelago, off the coast of West Africa, to meet with migrants and pay tribute to the thousands who've died at sea attempting to reach Spanish soil. The Pope arrives in a politically polarized country where the sex abuse crisis has hurt
the popularity of the church, this in a traditionally Catholic stronghold, tomorrow he celebrates Sunday Mass in the city center. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News from Washington." The surreal horror film "Backrooms" is a smash. The director is a 20-year-old YouTuber and it's based on his popular web series.
“Why is this online phenomenon taking off at the box office?”
We get into it on NPR's "Pop culture" happy hour. Listen via the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
