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Live from MPR news on Jail Snyder President Trump says he does not think the ...

strikes between the U.S. and Iran will last long and speaking to reporters in the

Oval Office, Trump said the upcoming mid-term elections do not factor into his Iran strategy. As soon as it's over, which I don't think will be very much longer, I don't know how much more they can take, but you know, whatever it is, it doesn't matter. And I'm not affected by the election. Number one, I'm not running. My part is running. And I'm going to help my

party. But I think my party respects the fact that we're not allowing the rent to have an

nuclear weapon. Fighting as escalated since U.S. strikes over the weekend hit Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the straight-of-war moves. Chevron has announced its doubling its production in Venezuela over the next five years, but impurities truly assignment reports a new oil would have implications for the planet.

These Chevron assets in Venezuela are some of the most planet-heating oil assets on Earth says Bosch Amadavi political science professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. This expansion is effectively a carbon bomb, and so if Chevron does produce this field,

that's roughly 52 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year additional.

He says that's equivalent to the emissions of about 12 million gas powered cars.

Chevron did not respond to a request for comment. The Chevron announcement comes

as the United Nations says the world has passed a dangerous threshold for global warming. Julia Simon and Pair News. Manyapolis Center and Police Chief Bill Peterson is confirming that three officers were injured in an exchange of gunfire and a high rise apartment building in the city's downtown. Three people were left dead including the suspect.

I'm truly sickened by this level of violence. That feeling is tempered only by the courageous actions of the Minneapolis police officers who responded without hesitation. Peterson says all three entered officers expected to make a full recovery. Authorities have not provided any information about the suspect, but police said police, but authorities said police were familiar with the person.

The nation's largest school district is banning tendertive AIUs and elementary

and middle schools in PRs. More than 900,000 students will head back to class next week in New York City Public Schools. A new ban on generative AI will apply to many of them. Pre-case students through eighth grade will not be allowed to use or be taught with any software or teaching tools that use the technology. The ban is not final. Mayors are on Mamdoni announced it as a one-year moratorium while the city spends the year

figuring out the impacts of AI on younger students. High school students will also be required to take a twice yearly AI literacy training to help them think critically about the technology. Sequoic Relo and Pernus. This is NPR News. Jersey and the Lindsey Clancy trial and Massachusetts are to return later today. They went home without a verdict after a fifth day of deliberations Wednesday.

They have twice told the judge in the case that they cannot agree on whether Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three young children in 2023. Clancy's attorney argues that postpartum psychosis lead to the killings. After weather service warning that heavy rains from the remnants of tropical storm at Ward will continue to threaten Eastern Texas through this morning. Ed Ward has dumped nearly two feet of rain in some places since

making landfall Tuesday, Texas authorities have rescued dozens of people from flood waters. Jazz Vocalist Cassandra Wilson has died. She was known for her distinctive voice and for blending genres. From member station WJSU and Jackson, Mississippi, Meredith Harrison reports. Cassandra Wilson's unmistakable voice carried the sound of Mississippi to audiences around the world. Her acclaimed recordings included blue light till dawn and new moon daughter.

Wilson attended Jackson State University before moving to New York. They are she emerged as one of the most celebrated and unconventional jazz vocalist of her generation. Wilson won two Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album. In 2022 she was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Wilson's manager said she died peacefully at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was 70 years old. For NPR News, I'm Meredith

Harrison in Jackson, Mississippi. This is NPR News. Hi, it's Terry Gross, host of fresh air. As we mourn the loss of the great Dolly Parton, it feels good to listen back to her reflecting

on her life and to hear some of her dollyisms. I always say that it's a good thing. I was a woman

because about a bit of man I would have been a drag queen just because I'm some damn goldie. We've dropped the Dolly Fresh Air interview on the NPR app and wherever you listen to podcasts.

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