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The evacuation of thousands of stranded sailors in the state of Hormuz has been paused.
“It comes after the British military says a cargo ship was hit by a projectile.”
The report of a strike came hours after Tehran threatened against vessels using the straight without Iran's permission. Venezuela's president says that at least 188 people have been killed and backed back earthquakes that hit the country yesterday. The rescue workers now rescue workers are searching through buildings for survivors as
help begin to arrive from nearby countries, Manuel Rueido reports. Major earthquakes are relatively rare in Venezuela. Latin American countries that have more experience with big quakes, including Mexico and Chile have said they're sending rescue teams in medical equipment there. And U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio said rescue teams from Virginia and California are
also on the way.
That's the most immediate need right now, is searching rescue efforts, and then we'll
also helping them with some overhead imagery, especially in coastal areas where they don't have full visibility over what the damage has been and what the impact has been.
“Venezuela's acting president Delciro Lidiguez said dozens of buildings collapse in the coastal”
city of La Guida, and the nation's main airport has been closed. For NPR News in Manuel Rueido, in Bogota. The Supreme Court today gave the Trump administration the green light to begin mass deportations of people who've been living and working legally in the U.S. for years. In some cases, even decades, the conservative majority ruled the president has virtually
unrestrained power to end the temporary protected status program, known as PPS. NPR's Hemenibu Stio has more on what it means for displaced people. With the cancellation or termination of TPS designation, that essentially means people have to figure out if they are going to immediately return, if there is a way that they might be able to adjust their status if they haven't already through, you know, some sort of
green card process or if they return and have to go back to wherever it is that they originated from. NPR's Hemenibu Stio reporting president Trump says he's refusing to sign any legislation unless Congress passes an elections overhaul, but the bill Trump calls the Save America Act is all but doomed in the Senate as NPR's Ashley Lopez reports.
Trump has said he believes the Save America Act would ensure Republicans never lose another
election, as his party faces a potentially bruising election cycle this fall. If passed, the law would prohibit states from registering voters who don't provide proof of citizenship. That includes birth certificates, passports, and some state and tribal IDs. Citizenship is already required to register to vote, and according to experts, non-citizen
voting is extremely rare. The law would also require voter ID for ballots cast both in person and by mail. The bill would also force states to hand over sensitive voter data to the Trump administration. It does not currently have the 60 votes needed in the Senate to overcome a filibuster. Ashley Lopez and PR news.
And from Washington, you're listening to NPR news. Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has announced the closure of the alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center. It was built in the Florida swamps last year. International advocates criticized it for unsafe and inhumane conditions.
Federal officials say they no longer need the extra capacity to handle detention and deportation because they have more permanent facilities. Vocalist David Clayton Thomas has died at the age of 84. He led the 1960s rock band Blood Sweat in Tears and PR's Felix Contreras reports. "What goes up must come down."
David Clayton Thomas had a rough start in music, having taught himself guitar well in a reformatory as a teen in Toronto. After eventually making his way from Canada to New York, he was heard by the leader of the then fledgling band Blood Sweat in Tears. And before too long, there were selling millions of rents.
A controversial trip to Eastern Europe in 1970 sponsored by the U.S. State Department put them in the crosshairs of a political cultural war that pretty much caused the demise of the band. David Clayton Thomas continued as a solo act, performing and recording with smaller jazz bands while advocating for restorative youth justice programs in Canada.
Felix Contreras and PR news. Astronomers have uncovered a pair of super-puff planets. They're about the size of Jupiter, but have less density than cotton candy. The findings were published in monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Featherweight Pair Orbiter Star about 1100 miles away.
It's NPR. This week on Consider This, in New York, big primary wins for a congressional candidate's back by New York City Mayor's Ron Lombani, a Democratic socialist.
“Does his brand of politics offer a new blueprint for Democrats?”
For far too long, we haven't been able to answer what we're fighting for, only who we're fighting. And now we have the answer. Mr. Ron Mombani, on Consider This, listen on the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
