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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ramm. President Trump has named current housing official Bill Pulte to serve as the acting director of National Intelligence. Pulte has no experience in the intelligence field and will continue to oversee the Federal Housing Finance Agency as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia is the leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He's troubled by the choice and says he's not alone.
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But now you've got a guy who, who again, loyal only to Trump and he's going to have all 18 agencies to oversee. I think it is that kind of unpredictability, that kind of potential abuse that's even got my Republicans concerned.
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Warner was interviewed on CNN's State of the Union. A drive by shooting in the west bank today has left one Israeli man dead. Officials say five other Israelis were injured in the attack. NPR's Greg Myhre reports from Tel Aviv. The gunman was also killed.
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The deadly shooting took place at a gas station in central Israel that's close to the boundary with the West Bank. Israeli police said the gunman fled in his car and continued shooting, wounding several more Israelis nearby. The suspect, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was then shot dead. Israelis and Palestinians clash frequently in the West Bank. Such attacks are much less common inside Israel. On Friday in the West Bank, Israeli troops fired into a car at a checkpoint and killed a seven month old boy. The Palestinian family said the car was stopped at the time of the shooting. Both parents were injured. The military acknowledged the shooting and said it was investigating. Greg Myre, NPR News, Tel Aviv, a
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huge luxury development backed by President Trump's son in law, Jared Kushner, is facing growing resistance in Albania. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports Kushner is proposing to build the resort on top of an environmentally protected coastal area.
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Every night for the past week, thousands of Albanians have marched along the main thoroughfare in the capital Tirana, each time ending up in front of Prime Minister Edi Rama's office to protest his government's lack of transparency surrounding Kushner's project on a wildlife preserve. At a protest yesterday at the proposed site of the resort in Zvrnich, Alby Batozzi was among hundred concerned about the
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project because it will not be for me, it will be just for that 1% of millionaires.
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This past week, state prosecutors froze the bank accounts of a landholding company tied to the resort. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Albania.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting a summit in London today on the war in Ukraine. He's to meet with the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany. The meeting comes after Ukraine's drone attack on St. Petersburg, demonstrating Ukraine's growing ability to to strike deep within Russia. This is NPR News. Police in Toledo, Ohio, are investigating a mass shooting at a street festival last night. Twelve people were wounded too critically. Deputy Police Chief Joe Hernandan says it appears at least two people fired weapons and were probably shooting at each other. Officials are urging that anyone who is there come forward with pictures or video. Federal agriculture officials and the livestock industry in South Texas are on high alert for additional cases of a parasite called the new world screwworm. NPR's Will Stone reports. It's the first detection in that state since the 1960s.
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The New World screwworm is a parasitic fly that lays its eggs in the wounds of livestock and other animals and feeds on their flesh. It was a devastating pest for the cattle industry in the 1900s, before a massive eradication program largely vanquished the fly from the U.S. jason Sawyer, chief science officer for East Foundation, a nonprofit and ranch. His industry has been preparing for this.
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It is a threat that can be mitigated and ultimately eradicated. You know, we've done it before, we can do it again.
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The eradication strategy largely relies on releasing millions of sterile male flies that mate with wild females, which causes the population to decline over time. Will Stone, NPR News.
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Broadway honors its own tonight at the Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall. New musicals the Lost Boys and Schmigadoon lead the nominations with 12 each. This was a record year on Broadway, GROSSING More than $1.9 billion. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington.
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