Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel is condemning what he calls a horrific act of terror by Israeli
“settlers against Palestinians and Piers' Daniel Esterner reports the U.S. is urging Israel”
to remove those besieging Palestinian homes in a village in the occupied West Bank. A group of settlers has camped outside Palestinian homes in the village of Kusra for days. One of the homes under siege belongs to a U.S. citizen. Palestinians and families have been trapped with restricted access to food and supplies. U.S. Ambassador to Israel, my cuckaby, says the U.S. asked Israeli forces to remove
the settlers whom he called Israeli terrorists. Israeli forces dismantled the settler tent Wednesday, but detained only one Israeli. Former mayor of the village, Hanyada, he said Thursday the settlers were still there besieging the Palestinian families in the presence of the Israeli army. This comes during a state of settler attacks and land takeovers.
Daniel Esterner and PR News, Tel Aviv. Todd Blanch has addressed the Justice Department workforce for the first time as Attorney General today. And Piers carried Johnson reports Blanch started at the bottom floor of the DOJ as an intern 30 years ago.
“In remarks at the Justice Department, Todd Blanch reminisced about his own early years”
at the agency.
He praised lawyers and support staff and the law enforcement agents who never know if they'll
make it home safe each night. "You make cases for us, you make sacrifices for us, you put your lives on the line every day." Blanch says he'll lead DOJ with integrity and uphold the rule of law. Justice Connection, a group that supports current and former workers there, says hundreds
of people have been fired because of their perceived politics and thousands more have left because of how the Trump administration is weaponizing the agency. Kerry Johnson and PR News, Washington. Annual flooding is underway in Juno, Alaska, each year glacial melt caused by climate change fills up a lake until it bursts out into the suburban valley below.
This year, Riverfront property owners are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best Alex Solomon of member station KTOO has the story. Meanderway has seen disastrous flooding in past years. Last year, water leaked through a temporary flood wall and indated some crawl spaces and garages.
But Sam Hatch's home was spared. That's because, in 2024, he raised it up on steel pilings drilled 30 feet into the ground. Hatch says he feels confident in his reinforced home, but he still thinks of the worst case scenario. "Alts been nightmare fuel as the barriers letting loose and just like ripping a house
to shreds. You can't make that thought go away. But they are bigger, they are heavier, they are thicker and more tied together, which in my mind decreases the chances of that happening." He says he'll stay home through the flood's crest.
For MPR News, I'm Alex Solomon in Juno, Alaska. This is NPR News from Washington. Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other today as U.S. states scheduled three lethal injection executions in one day.
If an execution scheduled in an Alabama takes place today, it will be the first time since
2010 that three executions occur on the same day in the U.S. Polls have opened in a local election in eastern England that pits anti-immigration lawmaker Nigel Farage against a comedian in a trash bin costume, and Piers Lauren Freyer reports on the unusual race. With Nigel Farage under campaign finance investigation, his mainstream rivals are boycotting
this race. Dozens of joke candidates have registered to run, though, including count-bin-face. He claims to be from an alien planet and wears a cape with a garbage bin on his head. He vows to build one affordable house, make arcade games easier to win, and cut your taxes while raising everyone else's.
NPR asked him where he is on the political spectrum. Well, I am the Galactic Center.
“Could you put that in like American political terms?”
Yes. I'm the Galactic Center. Binface's real name is John Harvey, an Oxford educated comedian. Polls show he could get around 20% of the vote, reflecting people's disillusioned with politics. Lauren Freyer and PR News London Swimmers are suffering more stingray stings as a marine
heat wave off Southern California draws them closer to shore. Two state beaches in Huntington Beach report more than 3,100 incidents so far this year. That's twice the number for all of 2025. Lifeguard's urge people to shuffle their feet to avoid getting stung, this is NPR.
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