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President Trump says a deal between the U.S. and Iran has been reached NPR's Michael Levitt reports.
“"Ships of the world, start your engines, let the oil flow, Trump wrote in a truth”
social post announcing the deal, stating that the U.S. and Iran have agreed to open the straight of our moves. Iranian state media have also reported on the deal, signaling that Tehran is on board. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, which had been mediating the talks, also confirmed the deal on social media, stating that both sides have agreed to immediately halt hostilities
on all fronts, including in Lebanon. He also stated that assigning ceremony is expected to take place on June 19, in Switzerland. Michael Levitt and PR News, Washington." Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is hospitalized according to the statement to NPR from 2008, the former Senate Republican leader was admitted this morning, but little information about his condition is available, and PR's Eric
McDaniel has more. The 84-year-old Senator has suffered regular health challenges in recent years, and often moves about the capital in a wheelchair. In 2023, McConnell froze and appeared unable to speak for nearly 30 seconds during his weekly press conferences leader. He also suffered a series of falls, including one that resulted in a concussion and nearly six-week absence from the Senate.
“Donald's always appeared to have a somewhat unsteady gate, a childhood bout of polio left him with a partially paralyzed leg.”
He announced in 2024, he'd stepped down from leadership, and in 2025, that he'd not seek election to another six-year term in office. After more than four decades, McConnell's time in the Senate is set to conclude at the end of this year, Eric McDaniel and PR News, Washington. 12 people are dead after a plain crash in Butler, Missouri, South of Kansas City, Sunday morning. The aircraft went down shortly after takeoff, Madeline Fox from Member Station, KGUR has more.
Officials say the single-engine turbo-prot plane was operated by Skydive Kansas City. All 11 passengers were on their way up to Skydive. Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson says many of the Skydivers family members were watching from the ground. We just want to make sure that they're comforted. We have multiple clergy people here.
We have multiple volunteers attending to any needs that they have, or as much questions we can answer. For them early on. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. For NPR News, I'm Madeline Fox in Kansas City.
“The Carolina Hurricanes are the NHL Stanley Cup champions, Carolina defeated the Las Vegas”
Golden Knights, three to nothing in game six Sunday night, to win the best of seven series four games to two.
For the first time in American history, the South law of the White House Sunday night
was the scene of a seven-bout UFC card as President Trump and others welcome thousands of visitors to a temporary stadium erected for the event. The event was also being held in conjunction with the President's 88th birthday which is today. This is NPR News from Washington.
He may be best known in the U.S. for playing Michael Corleone in the Godfather series, but in England, Al Pacino has just been honored for playing Shakespeare, Vicky Barker reports from London. Since 1994, the Sam Wanamaker Award, named after the founder of Shakespeare's Globe, has been honoring those individuals who have best-advanced public understanding and enjoyment
of the plays of William Shakespeare. The judge's honoring Al Pacino for what they call his lifelong commitment to Shakespeare, including, they say, celebrated performances in the merchant of Venice, Julia Caesar, and Richard III among others. In a statement, the 86-year-old Pacino said he is deeply honored by the award, adding,
"Throughout My Life, the theater has given me a sense of purpose and belonging and Shakespeare
has always been a guiding force in that journey."
For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker, in London. The Alabama Republican Party has rejected a challenge to U.S. Senator Tommy Tubberville that claimed Tubberville is not live long enough in the state of Alabama to run for governor in November. Tubberville's former primary opponent pointed to what he said was proof that Tubberville
actually lives at a 5.6 million dollar floor to Beach House, and therefore is not eligible to run. But the party's 21-member steering committee rejected the challenge saying, "Tax record show, Tubberville is a legal residence. Tubberville claims that his legal residence is actually a small home in Auburn, Alabama. He'll face former U.S. Senator Doug Jones in the November election.
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