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"Ly, from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi," saying, "is really Prime Minister Benjamin ...

travels to the US today for a meeting this week with President Trump who pause US military

operations with Iran over the weekend, and PR assembly fan has a latest from Tel Aviv."

"Friction between Trump and Netanyahu has been growing. Netanyahu has been accused by his critics and his role of fracturing his relationship with the US, and failing to stop the US from signing a nuclear energy agreement with rival Saudi Arabia last week." The US has also been pushing Israel to withdraw, from land inside Lebanon that Israel has occupied this year.

Trump has criticized Israel for continuing to strike in demolish homes inside Lebanon after a ceasefire. Plus, another ceasefire with Iran last month was not popular in Israel. A survey released this week by an Israeli think tank finds Israeli is considered a nuclear Iran-plus conflict within Israeli society as the two biggest perceived threats to their

country, Emily Fang and PR News Tel Aviv.

"The candlelight vigil scheduled tonight in memory of the three people killed in a

mass shooting during an annual food festival in Seattle yesterday. Several people were also wounded when gunfire erupted at the Seattle Center. One person's in custody, police are searching

for a second person who may have information about the shooting. Page Browning of Member

Station KU-W has more." Crowds of people were mulling about getting food from rows of food trucks at around 6 p.m. gunshots were fired. Police say it appears two people were trying to shoot at each other that this was some sort of fight that broke out, but in the chaos of the crowded scene, seven people were shot, and tragically three of them died last night, one after being rushed to the hospital, and

the four others who were injured received medical care of varying degrees and their in-recovery. "That's Page Browning reporting." The U.S. citizenship and immigration services announced a new change to the asylum process that could result in more cases being sent to immigration

court. And PR's Humanibustio explains the goal is to reduce the backlog of cases, but lawyers

warned people could get stuck in the court process. asylum is a protection immigrants can ask for once they are already in the country, typically they can apply at USCIS directly if they are here legally, like on a visa. The immigration court system is usually reserved for people who are already in the deportation process, but in the rule will allow USCIS officers to send cases to immigration court without interviewing

the immigrant first. USCIS Director Joseph Edlow said in a statement that the asylum system

has been exploited by people wanting a work permit and not with legitimate fear of persecution. But immigration lawyers warned that in immigration courts asylum approvals are at a record low, and people with valid claims of persecution might be denied. Humanibustio and PR news Washington. After listening to NPR news, more than 300,000 Haitians and several thousand Syrians living

in the United States could lose their temporary protected status starting today. The US Supreme Court ruling last month allowed the administration to end legal protections for people escaping violence and natural disasters in Haiti and Syria. A new survey finds three and four voters say the cost of child care is a major problem, and PR Center for Latin reports its among reasons affordability is the top issue this election year.

For parents who pay for child care, more than a third say it's one of their top two expenses.

That's according to a poll commissioned by the first five years fund, which advocates for expanding early learning and care. Nearly half of parents say child care challenges affect their work, and it's not just them, nearly 40% of all voters say they're affected when a college child care is disrupted. Nationally, there is a serious shortage of child care, and in many places it can cause more than housing or college tuition. A growing

number of cities and states are committing money to expand free and subsidized child care. They say their local economies depend on it, critics argue it drives up government spending. The Grammy winning singer and songwriter Carly Simon reveals in his statement that she is Parkinson's disease, and the 83 year old has also shared she had been treated for skin cancer on her face and that she has become more self-conscious about being seen in public,

but Simon says her new album reminded her that illness can change your life without becoming the whole of your life. It's NPR News. Have you ever been so upset that you can't even think straight? When we're distressed and in high anxiety, we tend to breathe from our chest, which is actually more hyperventilating and is the opposite of relaxing. So we want to breathe from our belly area. This week on the LifeKit podcast, tips for those painful, stressful

moments. Listen to LifeKit on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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