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>> Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.

President Trump Thursday announced a deal to stop fighting in Gaza.

He spoke to reporters Friday at Camp David saying it was a good deal.

>> We have an understanding with Israel. Israel is very happy about Israel. I hope this and they've been very good. They've been very good about it. Most people said that would be a deal, though, would be a deal.

But now, will it go through its ups and downs? It's a very complex situation over there. People are very complex and difficult. >> Later, both Hamas and Israel raised objections with Hamas saying it will not lay down its heavy weapons until the creation of a Palestinian state Israel's government says that

adamantly rejects such an effort.

The Justice Department is increasingly charging ICE protesters with conspiracy, which could lead to years in federal prison.

As NPR has made Anderson reports, many of these conspiracy cases have been dismissed,

but some protesters have been convicted. >> NPR looked at the use of one charge, conspiracy to impede or injure an officer over the last five years. The statute has been used infrequently, historically. But since 2025, the DOJ has charged more than 3 dozen people with it in at least 10 different

states. All of them involve people protesting ICE. Air in turn, with the foundation for individual rights and expression, says some of these cases involve things like property destruction. >> But some defendants aren't accused of personally engaging in that conduct.

So the concern there is that the government may be casting too wide in that. >> In a statement, the DOJ told NPR that federal prosecutors are right to prioritize these cases, and that people should not mistake impeding officers with peaceful protest. Mag Anderson and Pyrenees.

>> Public health nurses in Michigan have found themselves on the front lines of the cyclists

for ISIS outbreak, the state has more than 10,000 cases, Kate Wells is with her partner KFF health news. >> When it comes to public health, foodborne illnesses are some of the most complicated to investigate, especially cyclists for ISIS, because some of them may not appear for up to two weeks after eating contaminated food.

Linda Kim is a public health nurse in Washington County. She's been spending hours on the phone, helping patients comb through their grocery receipts and their takeout orders, Kim says the people she's talking to now have been much more forthcoming, compared to the people she contacted during a measles outbreak in the spring.

>> People regarded, and didn't want to talk to us versus this, it's just like food poisoning and people want to share for some reason where they got it exactly. >> Federal funding cuts have affected the state's public health system, reducing staff and capacity at the labs that handle disease samples. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, I'm Kate Wells.

>> Docs closed up across the board on Friday with the S&P 500 up 7% in the NASDAQ composite jumping up 1%. You're listening to NPR news. Cubans running from the island's economic crisis are looking for new destinations after the Trump administration cut off permissions to enter the U.S., as Katherine Osborne reports

many of them are looking south to Brazil. More than 41,000 Cubans saw asylum in Brazil last year. That's a record. And this year is on track for similar numbers. 57-year-old Jose Ramirez fled Cuba for Brazil in February, crossing the Amazon.

He said many Latin American countries are tightening borders like the U.S. >> But Brazil gives asylum seekers work permission and access to social services. Anti-migrant sentiment doesn't dominate local politics, says aid worker Ladi Saja Chirana. It's because we don't have a large percentage of migrants in Brazil. Now many in Brazil's small immigrant population are Cubans.

For NPR news, I'm Katherine Osborne in Rio de Janeiro. >> New York Friday joins several other states by filing a lawsuit against the prediction market platform, Cauchy, the suit calls the company an illegal, unlicensed gambling operation and it wants Cauchy to shut down and for for its profits. Cauchy and other prediction platforms argue they're federally licensed and regulated

and states have no authority over them.

Cameron Young, birdied seven of his first-day holes on Friday at the PGA Classic underway

and Detroit, before cooling a bit in the back nine, but his club tying 61 was enough to put him in a three-way tie for first with Patrick Cantley and Patrick Fishburn. Young is the number three golfer in the world. He's already had three tournament wins this season. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.

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