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Dan Ronan
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Iran now confirms that its top security leader Ali Larjanjani and one other leader were killed during an Israeli airstrike Tuesday. NPR's Carrie Khan in Tel Aviv reports that Larjanjani was believed to have been directing Iran's war effort. Since Israel assassinated the supreme leader in the first hours of the war.
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Zayd Rad al Hussein
It was widely believed that Laranjani was running Iran. He he was also involved in talks with the Trump administration before the war. Here's Zayd Rad al Hussein. He's a former Jordanian diplomat and president of the International Peace Institute. He says he was surprised Larajani was
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targeted because he seemed to be the one person who the international community could talk to. And now with him apparently having been killed, it's difficult to see who one speaks to in the irgc, the IRGC
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being a powerful branch of the Iranian security apparatus.
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Dan Ronan
NPR's Kerry Khan, a former official in the ex Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad's government has been convicted in US Court of torture and immigration fraud. A jury handed down the verdict after a nine day trial in Los Angeles. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
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Ryan Lucas
The jury found Samir Usman Al Sheikh guilty of four counts of torture as well as immigration offenses. The now 73 year old was in charge of a notorious Syrian prison in Damascus from 2005 to 2008. Witness testimony and other evidence presented at trial Shod al Sheikh personally ordered inmates to undergo torture, including beatings with fists and cables. Evidence also indicated inmates were hung from the ceiling by their wrists for extended periods of time. And prosecutor Shod Al Sheikh lied about his role in the torture at the prison when he applied for his visa to come to the US in 2020 to become a permanent resident and later a US citizen. Sentencing will take place later this year. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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Dan Ronan
The Senate is beginning a marathon debate on what the administration is calling the Save America Act. Is NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports. The election bill is a top priority of President Trump's.
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Barbara Sprunt
The Senate voted to begin debate, an exercise that may take several days or even longer. The legislation would require proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote. President Trump has said he won't sign most other bills until Congress passes this legislation. Republicans need support from Democrats in order to reach the 60 vote threshold to get the bill over the finish line. Democrats do not support this bill. Non citizens cannot legally vote in federal elections. And officials and other experts say instances of them doing so anyway are rare. Barbara Sprunt NPR News, the Capitol.
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Dan Ronan
Illinois's lieutenant governor Julianne Stratton, has been declared the winner in the Democratic primary in the election held Tuesday night for the US Senate seat to succeed the retiring Senator Dick Durbin. And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. As Cuba's widening economic turmoil worsens, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the country's current leadership and its political and government systems cannot fix the country's problems. And the nation, he said, needs dramatic change. Cuba is now in the midst of a third major blackout since December amid the loss of critical oil from Venezuela as the US Conducts an energy blockade. The United Farm Workers has said it will not participate in activities this month honoring its co founder and the famed union leader Cesar Chavez. The union says it's become aware of sexual abuse allegations against Chavez, who died in 1993. NPR's Adrian Florido reports.
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Adrian Florido
In a statement, the UFW said it had been made aware of, quote, deeply troubling allegations that Chavez had abused young women and girls. The union did not say how it learned of these allegations, but said they're serious enough that it's seeking more information and wants to help possible victims. NPR has not independently verified the allegations against chavez. In the 1960s, he became a national leader for farm workers and civil rights. In a separate statement, the Cesar Chavez foundation said, we are deeply shocked and saddened by what we're hearing. Though details of the allegations have yet to emerge from fallout has been swift. In California, Texas and Arizona, events honoring Chavez's birthday, March 31, have been canceled or renamed. Adrian Florido, NPR News, Los Angeles.
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Dan Ronan
It was a mixed day on Wall Street. The Dow was down, the Nasdaq and the S and P were up fractionally. I'm Dan Ronan, NPR News, in Washington.
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Dr. Kathleen Jordan
Support for this message comes from Midi health. Co founders Dr. Kathleen Jordan and CEO Joanna Strober discuss why they started a virtual care platform for women in perimenopause and menop.
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The symptoms and experiences that women have in midlife, I think were underappreciated or possibly even trivialized. The changes of perimenopause and menopause create a broad spectrum of symptoms and can actually lead to long term health issues. But too few clinicians are trained in it.
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Joanna Strober
I also want to add often the type of care that women are needing is very iterative. It requires trying different medications, learning about their body and learning how to take care of themselves. And so what we've tried to do at Midi Health is create a new type of care system that is responsive to women's needs and helps them take care of themselves and stay healthy instead of just treating disease.
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Dr. Kathleen Jordan
MIDI Health Committed to helping women in midlife with perimenopause and menopause care. Accessible via telehealth visits@joinmidi.com.