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Negotiations between the United States and Iran were caught off today after intense fighting

between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

The toxins with serlind are on hold after the two sides reached an interim agreement aimed at extending a ceasefire this week. Better in diplomat Richard Haustel's NPR that the tentative agreement is a good deal for it, Iran. A lot of the financial benefits accrue to Iran now, the ability to sell oil that it won't

have to discount because sanctions have been lifted. Assets that have been frozen for decades are going to be released. So essentially, Iran's going to get quite a few economic benefits upfront, which by the way will strengthen this regime. Vice President J.D. Vance has postponed leading a U.S. delegation to Lucerne to begin talks.

There's no word on when negotiations will resume. The Dallas County Medical Examiner has ruled the death in ice custody of a 41-year-old Afghan asylum seeker to be an accident. Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider reports.

Mohammed Nazir Paktiwals served alongside U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan for more

than a decade. He and his family were evacuated to the U.S. and resettled in Texas after Kabul felt the Taliban in 2021. On March 13, he was seized outside his home by ice agents. He was taken to Dallas, Parkland Hospital that evening with chest pains and shortness of

breath. According to ice, his tongue swelled the next morning. Hospital staff administered epinephrine and attempted life-saving measures, but he died. Paktiwals' brother, widow, and children are still baffled, saying in a statement, "We do not understand.

What kind of accident takes a healthy 41-year-old man who was in the care of the United States government? For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston." Recovery operations are underway across parts of the Midwest after major storms hit the region on Wednesday night.

George Hale from Member Station, W.F.I.U. reports tornadoes touched down in Indiana.

Sandy Sheffield has lived in the tiny town of Stein'sville, southwest of Indianapolis,

for 41 years, but says she's never seen anything like what happened late Wednesday night.

We were watching TV and the power went out and then we heard start hearing crashes. Outside in EF2, tornado was tearing through the rural community. Recovery efforts were still underway a day later in the disaster area where down trees cut power lines and blocked roadways. The red cross is operating an emergency shelter with food and beds for displaced people.

The tornado was among more than a dozen reported in the unusually powerful storm for this time of year. For NPR News, I'm George Hale in Bloomington, Indiana. This is NPR News in Washington. The remnants of tropical storm Arthur are spreading heavy rain across parts of the Gulf

Coast in Deep South. Flood watches and warnings remain an effect from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. Officials are urging residents to stay off flooded roads and forecasters say isolated tornadoes are also possible.

Our young adults are living with their parents, about 25 million in 2025, according to

Realtor.com. NPR's Steven Bessaha reports that's near the all-time high, said during the early days of the COVID 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, you know, extremely high, mortgage rates increase home prices are made quite high.

A lot of, you know, that window of opportunity closed for a lot of younger adults. Since that means that they're staying at home for longer. Realtor.com reports that median home listing price is up 34% since before the pandemic. Since 2000, about twice as many adults in the early 30s are living with their parents. Even Bessaha NPR news prices at the gas pump have fallen below four dollars a gallon

for the first time since March. According to AAA, the National average for a gallon of regular is about $3.97. Limers are Johnston NPR news in Washington. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.

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