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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ram. Iran has reversed its decision and is again imposing restrictions on ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. British officials say three commercial vessels came under fire today. They say the attacks caused damage, but no fires or casualties. It's day two of a 10 day ceasefire to pause the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The the agreement seems to be holding amid several incidents of violence, but many in Lebanon are not convinced it will lead to lasting peace. NPR's Kat Lansdorf reports from Beirut.
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46 year old Abir Mohamed Al Masri has been living in a tent in a parking lot with her six kids for nearly seven weeks. She says she'd much rather be in their apartment in the southern suburbs. But I don't trust the ceasefire. She said it's more of a truce than a ceasefire. We can't go home yet. Many of the more than 1 million people displaced in Lebanon during this war have headed back to the south where much of the fighting was happening despite warnings not to. But Israel is still occupying about 10% of the country after destroying whole villages to create what it calls a buffer zone to keep Hezbollah from firing rockets into Israel. Lebanese people from those villages cannot return. Cat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Beirut.
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A federal judge has blocked the proposed $6.2 billion merger between Nexstar and Tegna pending the outcome of an antitrust lawsuit. NPR's Matt Bloom reports.
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U.S. district Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley in Sacramento issued a preliminary injunction on the deal late Friday. It came in response to a complaint from eight Democratic attorneys general and DirecTV. The plaintiffs argue the merger could raise consumer prices and and lead to the consolidation of local news stations. The deal, valued over $6 billion, could create a company that owns 265 TV stations across 44 states. President Trump has endorsed the deal publicly, and the Federal Communications Commission and Department of justice have already approved it. Nexstar in a statement, says the merger will make local stations stronger and that it will appeal the judge's block. Matt Bloom, NPR News.
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Severe weather, including suspected tornadoes, swept through the Midwestern US Yesterday. No deaths were reported. Mark Chouinard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, says several states were affected,
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Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin. So a lot of those states did have pretty widespread severe weather yesterday. Wind and hail were the most common reports. A lot of large hail, a lot of strong winds. But there were also several tornadoes scattered about within that corridor as well. So definitely an active day of severe weather yesterday across the middle part of the country.