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Jeanine Herbst
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Israeli airstrikes killed a Lebanese army general along with two other military personnel today, days after the two countries agreed to a U S. Brokered ceasefire. NPR's Jane Araf has more.
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Jane Araf
The Lebanese military said a brigadier general, a captain and a soldier were killed in the airstrike. Lebanese state media said they were killed by a drone attack that targeted their vehicle on a main road in southern Lebanon. Israel said it hit what it considered a suspicious vehicle traveling in a combat zone, but added that it does not target the Lebanese military. Lebanon's president condemned the attack as a violation of Lebanese sovereignty. The Lebanese army has been tasked with disarming Iran backed Hezbollah, which Israel is fighting and is key to the ceasefire plan agreed by Israel in Lebanon. Israeli strikes in other parts of south Lebanon Saturday killed six other people, according to Lebanese authorities. Jane Araf, NPR News, Beirut.
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Jeanine Herbst
The Supreme Court is entering the final weeks of this term with decisions in nearly two dozen cases likely before the end of the month. And some of those could be blockbusters, including birthright citizenship. NPR's Kerry Johnson has more.
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Kerry Johnson
The biggest case of this term and the one that's most important to President Trump involves immigration, specifically that executive order he signed on day one after he returned to the White House. That order would strip the guarantee of birthright citizenship to baby born on American soil. For more than a century, people have understood the 14th amendment to ensure all persons born here are Americans. At oral argument, the Trump administration had a rough go of things. Even several of the conservative justices cast doubt on the administration's position.
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Jeanine Herbst
And here's Kerry Johnson reporting. The justices are also reviewing President Trump's power to fire government officials in eastern Congo. Ebola continues to spread with more than 450 confirmed cases. This has the government reimbursement impose travel restrictions to the epicenter of the outbreak. Emmett Livingstone has more.
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Emmett Livingstone
Without warning, the Congolese government suspended flights to and from the city of Bunya, the capital of Ituri province. It's the second time Congo has suspended flights since the outbreak began last month. Ituri, in eastern Congo is the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, harboring over 94% of the confirmed cases. Official figures released on Friday showed that 71 new cases had been recorded in a single day. The number of Ebola fatalities also jumped. Congo's National Institute for Public Health said in a report that this shows there is rapid and ongoing community transmission. Aid workers on the ground paint a similar picture. Hospitals are poorly equipped and overwhelmed, they say, and there's no way of knowing the true number of people who have been infected. For NPR News, I'm Emmett Livingstone in Kinshasa.
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Jeanine Herbst
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The NBA Finals are heading to New York with the Knicks holding a two games to none lead over the San Antonio Spurs. The Knicks deepest playoff run in decades has fans dreaming of a championship. Walter Wuthman of member station WNYC reports. Tattoo shops are seeing a surge in requests for Knicks inspired ink.
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Walter Wuthman
Giovanni Mujica drove 30 miles from Long island to a tattoo studio in Manhattan's Chinatown. Mujica says he's been thinking of getting a Knicks tattoo for years. Their dominant run through the NBA's Eastern Conference inspired him to commit.
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Giovanni Mujica
Yeah, no, this is Knicks season. This is our year. And I had to believe. And I was like, you know what? Time for that tat. Time for the tat.
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Walter Wuthman
Mujica walks out with a black and white Knicks logo inked on his right calf. His parting words, let's go, Knicks, baby. For NPR News, I'm Walter Wuthman in New York City.
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Jeanine Herbst
Pope Leo is in Spain for a week long visit. This is the first visit by a pope in 15 years. He was greeted by the Spanish king and queen in Madrid this morning. Leo will also address both houses of the Spanish parliament. And he'll visit the Canary Islands, the Spanish archipelago off the coast of West Africa, to meet with migrants and pay tribute to the thousands who've died at sea attempting to reach Spanish soil. The pope arrives in a politically polarized country where the sex abuse crisis hurt the popularity of the church. This in a traditionally Catholic stronghold. Tomorrow he celebrates Sunday Mass in the city center. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, from Washington.
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