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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Iranian state media says Pakistan's powerful interior minister made an unannounced visit to Iran. As NPR's Dia Hadid reports, the visit comes amid a statement between Iran and the United States on ending the latest Mideast war.
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Iranian state backed media reports that the Pakistani interior minister, Mohsen Naqvi, met with his counterpart in Tehran, Iskander Momini. The Afghan offered no further detail. Naqvi has been a key interlocutor in Pakistan's efforts to mediate an end to the war, which began when the US And Israel began striking Iran in late February. While a ceasefire has held for weeks, both Iran and the US Are blockading the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea route that funnels about a fifth of the world's oil and gas and about a third of the world's globally traded fertiliser. That's wreaked havoc across the globe, contributing to increasing gas prices and fertiliser shortages. Dear Hadid, NPR News.
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Following the recent Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights act, voters from across the country are gathering in Alabama this weekend to rally in support of the 1965 law. Elise Gregg of the Gulf States Newsroom has more.
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The National Day of Action for Voting Rights began with prayer and worship at the historical Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma. From the pulpit, Congresswoman Terri Sowell, representing Alabama's 7th District, called the fight for vot rights not just a political movement, but a moral one.
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It was rooted in the belief that every child of God deserves dignity, equality and a voice in this democracy. And today that moral witness is indeed needed again.
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The service was followed by a march across the Edmund Pettus bridge, where in 1965 peaceful voting rights marchers were violently attacked by police and state troopers. For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Selma, Alabama.
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AI is speeding the growth of new businesses, especially among Gen Z entrepreneurs. NPR's Andrea Xu reports. That's according to a report from the payroll management company Gusto.
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Gusto surveyed just over a thousand entrepreneurs who launched businesses in 2025. Half said AI made the process significantly faster or less expensive. Aaron Terrazas is Gusto's economist.
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Think about a young startup.
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In the past, having to hire lawyers was very expensive.
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Having to hire admins was a luxury.
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Now, a growing share of new business owners are using AI chatbots to answer legal questions, handle accounting and write emails. And Gusto found the younger the entrepreneur, the more likely they were to rely on AI. More than 70% of Gen Zers under the age of 30 used AI to launch their businesses, compared with just over half of Gen Xers. And Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
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This is NPR News. Health officials are mobilizing to contain an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. NPR's Sidney Lupkin reports. There are hundreds of suspected cases, including one that crossed the border into uganda.
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There are 336 suspected cases and 87 deaths associated with a new Ebola outbreak in the DRC, CDC Africa said on Saturday. Health officials declared the outbreak on Friday. They they believe it began in late April. One Congolese man recently died after traveling from the DRC to neighboring Uganda. His body was then transported back to the DRC for burial. Health officials are working with multiple health agencies, nonprofits and pharmaceutical companies to get the outbreak under control. This strain of Ebola is not the same as the one that killed more than 11,000 people between 2014 and 2016. However, this strain has no known vaccine. Officials say it is not yet clear how fast the virus is spreading. Sidney Lupkin, NPR News.
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A young male humpback whale released just two weeks ago in a controversial rescue effort has been found dead off a Danish island after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany's Baltic Sea coast. The whale, injured from a fishing net, beached himself twice, leading to the rescue efforts. Sometimes scientists said the mammal, nicknamed Timmy, should be left to die. But a German businessman led an effort to rescue him and transport him on a barge to let it go in the North Sea. But his body washed up this week off the small Ott island, hundreds of miles from where he was released. I'm Jeanine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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