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on Israel after starting to fire on the country yesterday.
Israel also fired on Iran.
“Separately Israel said it's shutting down the single crossing for aid and goods into Gaza,”
citing security concerns, and Pierce Anas Baba reports from Gaza City." Israel closed the Karim Shalom crossing, citing what it calls "necessary security measures following Iranian missile attacks. This helps the entry of all aid and commercial goods into Gaza, as will as the entry and exit of aid workers and volunteer doctors."
Additionally, Israel has closed cheek points throughout the occupied West Bank. For the restricting movement between Palestinians it is there. Israel similarly sealed Gaza's crossings in the early days of the U.S. Israeli war on Iran, but reopened them after U.S. pressure. Meanwhile, Israel continues striking Lebanon and Gaza.
Gaza's official say nearly 30 Palestinians have been killed in Erstreich since Saturday,
including at least six on Monday. And the Svabo Anpion News, Gaza City. "Jury selection starts today and Los Angeles in a federal trial. It's for the suspect accused of setting what turned into the deadly Palisades Fire last year."
Steve Futterman reports. "Junathan Rinder Kinesh is charged with intentionally starting a different fire. The lockman fire just passed midnight on January 1st last year. Now, the prosecutors say the lockman fire then smoldered underground for a week before resurfacing and exploding into the Palisades Fire.
Defense attorney Steve Haney says his client is not guilty. He says the lockman fire was started by Errant Fireworks." "Junathan did not start the fire on January 1st. We believe strongly it was started by a fire." The Palisades Fire led to the death of a dozen people, nearly 7,000 structures were destroyed.
For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman, in Los Angeles. "A separate fire broke down at the same time last year in the Los Angeles area the eaten fire, killed 19 people. New York City mayors are on Mombani says a new watch party has been scheduled for fans during tonight's NBA finals game between the New York Nix and the San Antonio spurs.
“This comes after the U.S. Secret Service and New York City Police canceled a planned gathering”
outside Madison Square Garden. NPR's Brian Man has more." Mombani and President Trump will both be at game three of the NBA finals tonight, according to City officials, law enforcement determined a watch party for fans outside the garden wouldn't work because of heightened security surrounding Trump's visit.
The last watch party at the venue Friday night turned chaotic with more than two dozen arrests. The newly scheduled gathering will be held for 5,000 fans in Brian Park, also in Midtown Manhattan. Attendances free, but registration is required.
In a statement, Mombani said these watch parties have become a celebration of New York City itself. The next play at home tonight holding a two nothing lead in the series, Brian Man and PR News, New York. This is NPR.
The agriculture department has confirmed two additional cases of the parasite, the new world screw worm in Texas. They're in a four confirmed cases. The larvae of the fly can eat the flesh of animals. It is considered a threat to the nation's cattle supply.
Since 2020, election administrators have been facing an uptick in threats against their workers and candidates. Because of that, many officials are collaborating more closely with local law enforcement, and PR's Ashley Lopez reports. Katie Ryzenar with the nonpartisan states United Democracy Center says more and more election
officials are turning to local and state police to help them with information sharing, training, and dealing with emerging menaces like bomb threats. The number of threats that election officials face, that jurisdictions face, that election workers face, all mean that law enforcement does have a heightened role to play.
According to a survey from the Brennan Center for Justice, a whopping 89 percent of election
administrators said they plan to coordinate with at least one other agency or department to secure their elections ahead of the midterms, Ashley Lopez and PR News. Former Oregon Republican Senator Bob Packwood has died at the age of 93, that is according to a family statement published online. Packwood known as a moderate who backed reproductive rights and family leave policies,
spend decades in the U.S. Senate, he resigned in 1995 after the Senate Ethics Committee voted that he should be expelled. This was over-sexual misconduct to allegations. Minecraft of a coalman NPR News in 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.
