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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

The U.S. says Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group, have agreed to

a ceasefire.

The continued inviting in Lebanon led to the postponement of talks on a ceasefire deal

between the U.S. and Iran scheduled for today in Switzerland. And here's Caricon has more from Tel Aviv. The announcement comes as clashes between Israel and the militants escalated overnight with intensified Israeli bombardments killing at least 47 people and injuring 97, according to Lebanese health officials.

For Israeli soldiers were killed by Hezbollah. Israel says it will not withdraw troops from southern Lebanon where it occupies a great swath of the country. The mayor of Nabatea told NPR immediately following the 4pm start of the ceasefire. Multiple Israeli air strikes hit targets in the area lasting at least 20 minutes, including

one in the heart of his Lebanese city. Caricon and NPR News Tel Aviv. The Obama Presidential Center opened this week in Chicago, and as NPR's Tamar Keith reports,

it presents an America where the past 10 years never happened.

President Trump isn't a presence in the Obama Presidential Museum, though many of the milestones on the timeline of Obama's two terms displayed in the museum have since been reversed by Trump, and in his speech dedicating the center, Obama criticized his successor without saying his name. Trump on the other hand criticizes Obama by name frequently and without prompting.

Like at his G7 press conference this week, where he said Obama's name eight times. Tamer Keith and PR News Chicago. The Department of Homeland Security is canceling its plan to put an immigration and customs enforcement attention facility in a Georgia town. It's one of several warehouses around the country where similar conversion plans are

reportedly being scrapped. Molly Samuel from Member Station W.A.B.E. in Atlanta has more. Their had been outcry over the warehouse plans, which took shape under former DHS Secretary Kristi Nome.

Officials in the city of social circle worried about water and sewer capacity and how

close the warehouse was to an elementary school. Last month the Georgia town sued the federal government. Senator Rafael Warnock reacted to the cancellation in a news conference. These things that were happening in the quiet of night, we shot the light on it, we elevated at the people raised their voices, and they got their victory.

For the official said Congressman Mike Collins confirmed the cancellation, DHS says the agency is moving to use existing detention space. For NPR News, I'm Molly Samuel, in Atlanta. Wall Street is close today in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. You're listening to NPR News.

More young adults are living with their parents, about 25 million in 2025, that's according

to realtor.com, NPR Steven Besaha reports that's near the all-time high, such during the early days of the pandemic. This is not a case of just get a job so you can move out. 70% of these adults under 35 are employed. Hannah Jones is a senior economist with realtor.com and says this is really about housing

costs. Young adults did move out around 2022 when mortgage rates were low. Since 2022, housing costs have remained extremely high, mortgage rates increase, home prices remained quite high, a lot of, you know, that window of opportunity closed for a lot of young adults, since that means that they're staying at home for a longer.

Mielter.com reports the median home-listened price is up 34% since before the pandemic. Since 2000, about twice as many adults in the early 30s are living with their parents. Steven Besaha and PR News.

One of the host nations for the FIFA World Cup soccer is the first country to reach the

knockout stage. And if you lose in that stage, you're out of the world cup. Mexico down South Korea want nothing yesterday, sending fans out into the streets to celebrate honking car horns, chanting and waving Mexican flags. Meanwhile, the United States, playing Australia right now in Seattle, and if the U.S.

wins, it too will go to the knockout stage. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. One of here this podcast without sponsor bricks, Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR News now. Sponsor free through Amazon Music, or you can also support NPR's vital journalism and get

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