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The United States launched a fourth round of strikes overnight targeting dozens of Iranian
“military sites along the street of Hormuz, Iran responded with attacks on U.S. bases”
in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan. NPR's Hidel al-Shaltsi reports the escalation comes as Washington reimposes a blockade on Iranian ports. NPR's central command said the latest round of strikes lasted seven hours and targeted Iranian naval capabilities and defense systems.
In response to a U.S. blockade, Iran's revolutionary guard threatened to block the bubble
mend-up street, a narrow vital waterway that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean that would effectively halt oil exports from the Middle East. This comes as President Trump walked back a threat to impose a 20% fee on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz after consultations with Gulf allies. Sirens were heard in Bahrain and Kuwait early Wednesday, and Jordan said it intercepted
missiles over its airspace. Hidel al-Shaltsi and P.R. News, Istanbul.
“A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying Vs. 2, or seeking”
to deport non-citizens working on or studying online content moderation. NPR Shannon Bon reports the judge says the policy likely violates the first amendment. The State Department has said the Vs. band targets for our nationals it says are "complicit censoring Americans."
In March, a group of independent tech researchers sued the administration saying the
Vs. policy itself is an attempt to silence views the government doesn't like. In a new order, U.S. District Judge James Bozberg says the plaintiff's arguments are likely to succeed, so the policy will be put on hold while the lawsuit proceeds. The State Department didn't respond to requests for comment. The coalition of researchers who brought the lawsuit said it welcomed the judge's decision.
Shannon Bon and P.R. News. The Trump administration has ordered immigration and customs enforcement to suspend most vehicle stops following two deadly shootings in just over a week, and P.R. Serio Martinez
“Beltran reports the order came a day after an ice officer shot and killed a Colombian”
national in Maine. DHS has accused Durang Guerrero in Maine of attempting to flee the scene. The agency's policy says that the force cannot be used solely to prevent someone from fleeing unless the person poses a significant threat. Paul Honker is a former chief counsel for ICE in Dallas.
The standards in principle are clearly a person has to pose a imminent threat of harm to use deadly force.
Honker says whether a depression poses an imminent threat is always from the perspective
of the officer. M.P.R. Serio Martinez Beltran reporting the Department of Homeland Security says the officer opened fire out of concern for public safety. This is N.P.R. The writer's guild of America is challenging Paramount's $81 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers
Discovery. The guild filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block the merger, arguing it would hurt moving in television writers. A coalition of 12 states led by California filed a separate lawsuit on Monday to stop the deal.
There's new research on climate change. N.P.R.s Alejandra Berundo reports a new study shows that a hotter planet could interfere with sleep. Remember Goldilocks and her porridge? Too hot?
Too cold? It turns out that there's a just right night 10 Pempercher for sleeping too. It's in the 50s. When it's hotter than that people lose sleep even if they're used to hot weather. And that Goldilocks night 10 Pempercher is getting more elusive as the planet heats up.
On average, hot nights cost about 56 hours of sleep per year, according to a new analysis from the research group Climate Central, Christina Doll is a lead scientist. We found that more than 10% of that sleep loss on hot nights is attributable to climate change, and that's primarily caused by burning fossil fuels that coal oil and gas. If you says the best sleep aid, burning fewer fossil fuels, Alejandra Berundo and Pianus.
The house has voted to make daylight saving time permanent across most of the country. While Makers passed the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday, states with existing exemptions would still be allowed to use standard time around the bill now heads to the Senate. You're listening to NPR news. This week on NewsMakers, I'm a surprise you even had me on.
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