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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The Israeli military says it's killed two senior Iranian officials. That includes a top security official, Ali Laranjani, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. The second is the head of Iran's powerful paramilitary group, the Besieged Forces. These are the highest profile assassinations in Iran since Israel killed Iran's supreme leader on the first day of the war. Israel also continues its attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon the Lebanese government says have been displaced in that country. NPR's Hadil Al Shalchi says several countries are very worried about displaced civilians.
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Mass evacuations, we have to remember, is a move Israel used in Gaza, where many Palestinians weren't allowed to go back to their homes. And it's worrying countries like Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the UK Yesterday issued a statement saying that a ground offensive must be averted and that it would lead to, quote, devastating humanitarian consequences and a protracted conflict.
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NPR's Hadil El Shelchi reporting. The war in Iran is driving U.S. gas prices higher. The national average is nearly 90 cents per gallon higher compared to one month ago. NPR's Camilla Domonosky reports.
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Crude oil prices have been volatile over the last couple of weeks, rising and falling, but prices at the pump have only gone in one direction, up. Diesel prices are up even more sharply, rising well over a dollar from before the Iran war began. Higher prices put pressure on households directly when they buy gasoline and indirectly as higher diesel costs push up costs for farming, construction, trucking and all forms of shipping. Meanwhile, the switch to summer gasoline, which cuts down on pollution in warm weather, could also help push prices higher in the coming weeks. Camila Domonosky, NPR News.
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President Trump says his administration is in ongoing talks with Cuba. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports. Trump is suggesting his administration could have a chance to take over the island.
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In an event in the Oval Office, Trump called Cuba a, quote, failed nation. He said taking the country would be a, quote, big honor.
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Taking Cuba in some form. Yeah, taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it, I think I could do anything I want with it. You want to know the truth?
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Trump has been saying for weeks that Cuba needs to make a deal with the US or face consequences similar to the ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. After seizing Maduro, the US Imposed a blockade on Cuba's oil supply from Venezuela. The island is facing a collapsed power grid and growing protests. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
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President Trump will welcome Ireland's prime minister to the White House today, the Irish Taoiseach Michal Martin. It's a tradition on St. Patrick's Day for the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland to pay a visit to US Leaders. Martin will also go to Capitol Hill today for a luncheon. You're listening to npr. Three teenagers in Tennessee are suing the artificial intelligence company owned by billionaire Elon Musk Xai. The teens allege the company's large language model was used illegally to make nude and sexually explicit videos and images of them when they were young girls. The lawsuit does not allege that the company's chatbot was used. The suit says the person who did this used the company's algorithm algorithm to make the unlawful images. In Texas, a Palestinian student protester from New Jersey has been released from a U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. She spent more than a year in custody. From member station KERA in Dallas, Priscilla Rice has more.
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Leka Cordilla had been held at the Prairieland Detention center since last March after she was arrested for allegedly overstaying her visa. She previously had been arrested while protesting at Columbia University against Israel's war in Gaza. She was the last out of four student protestors still in ICE custody. On Friday, a federal immigration judge ordered Kordia be released on a $100,000 bond. She was granted a smaller bond last year, but the Department of Homeland Security filed an appeal keeping her in custody. Her supporters and legal team say she will keep fighting to stay with her family in the U.S. for NPR News, I'm Priscilla Rice in Dallas.
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Wildfires in Nebraska have burned more than 1,000 square miles. Most of that is due to the biggest blaze in the state, the Morrill wildfire in western Nebraska. It's left at least one person dead. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News, in Washington.
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