Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder, Luigi Manjioni, September trial in New ...
has been postponed and definitely Samantha Max, a member stationed up with U.N.Y.C. reports
“on the future of the state's case is uncertain.”
Manjioni was scheduled to stand trial next month on state murder and weapons possession charges. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office accused him of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manjioni pleaded guilty to stalking charges in a separate federal case last week.
He admitted to following Thompson to New York City and killing him. Now Manjioni's defense team is asking a state judge to throw out the remaining charges. They say it would violate his rights to keep prosecuting the case after he pleaded guilty. The Manhattan Day's Office says it will fight that request. For NPR News, I'm Samantha Max in New York.
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott is in South Texas where construction on a controversial border project is on hold. Scott says he's conducting in on the ground evaluation in Big Ben National Park.
“The project has faced fierce bipartisan opposition critics say it is marrying a pristine environmental”
area in that the region's remote terrain already serves as a deterrent to migrants and smugglers. President Trump's special envoy is Sun and Laudger, co-star trying to move forward with the U.S. road map or postwar Gaza. He held marathon talks Monday with his Rayleigh Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in
PR's Daniel Estrin is in Tel Aviv. The main points of contention between Israel and Hamas are these. The plan calls for Hamas to disarm and for Israel to withdraw from the parts of Gaza that it's still occupies. Now Trump's board of peace put out this 15-point road map a few weeks ago and the road map
says that this would happen in stages that Hamas would disarm bit by bit and that Israel would withdraw its troops bit by bit. But Netanyahu came out and said he rejected that road map and he said all disarmament
of Hamas would have to be completed first before a single soldier moves from Gaza.
Capital Hill, the House Ethics Committee says it's investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against California Democrat Jimmy Gomez, here's in Piers Eric McDaniel. The New York Post reporter in April that Gomez was seen kissing a member of another office's congressional staff in 2023. A Gomez spokesman told the post at the time that the account shared with the outlet were
"not true," the Gomez later admitted to "personal mistakes" outside of his marriage. In a statement to NPR Monday, Gomez said "I take full responsibility and have committed myself to working through the pain privately." He said he didn't violate any house rules. So far, this Congress, two other members have resigned over sexual misconduct scandals, Democrat
Eric Swallwell and Republican Tony Gonzalez, a third Republican Chuck Edwards, ended his reelection bid. This is in PR, opening arguments expected in federal court in Oakland, California, Tuesday and a lawsuit against the parent company of Facebook and Instagram over alleged harms to children and teens.
A coalition of nearly 30 states led by California's Attorney General or seeking financial damages, plus changes to how Meta operates at social media networks, lawsuit accuses Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis, getting children addicted to its platforms, Meta lost a similar case in Mexico earlier this month. Wildfire activity remains high across several western states in Pierslor and Summer reports
said some of those states have struggled to pass rules that can help protect vulnerable communities. As wildfires have become increasingly destructive, researchers have learned how some houses are more likely to survive. It helps when buildings are made with fire-resistant construction materials.
It also helps when the flammable vegetation is cleared away from them. California has long-standing rules requiring homeowners to take those steps in areas at risk. From Washington and Oregon have backtracked on efforts to pass the same rules after public pushback. In some western states don't have any statewide rules.
Wildfire experts say that patchwork of regulations leaves many places vulnerable. Lauren Summer and PR News The major financial markets in Asia losing ground in Tuesday trading Japan's benchmark Nikkei has lost more than 2% and stocks are down in Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai after Wall Street slipped the S&P 500 fell half a percentage point but remained near the all-time
high set last week. This is in PR News.
This week on up first, the mid-terms and the Middle East were tracking major primary
elections in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming and abroad, the President's son-in-law Jared Kushner
“pursues a peace plan in Gaza, plus the U.S. Iran ceasefire hits a crucial 60-day deadline.”
They caught up on the week's biggest stories with of first, listen and follow wherever
