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Angie
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Jeanine Herbst
News, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The U.S. and Iran are continuing to trade attacks for the second day, leaving the fragile ceasefire agreement in limbo. The Pentagon says the US hit more than 170 targets in Iran over the past two days. Iran says it fired at US Targets in Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Ambassador Nicholas Burns, who served in President George W. Bush's administration and led negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, says the US has faced many challenges in dealing with Tehran.
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Ambassador Nicholas Burns
They suffered through it. They didn't flinch. We're dealing with an exceedingly difficult and often very untrustworthy government in Tehran, and it appears to be a government that's divided. There seems to be one faction that does want a ceasefire of the United States, but the stronger faction is defiant.
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Jeanine Herbst
Speaking there to NPR's All Things Considered, a new study published in JAMA finds that the number of people who died at the hands of law enforcement has grown significantly in the past couple of decades. And as NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports, young black men between the ages of 18 and 29 and had the highest mortality rate of all groups.
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Ritu Chatterjee
The researchers used mortality files from the CDC's National center for Health Statistics. They found that there had been nearly 12,000 deaths caused by law enforcement officers between 2003 and 2024. That included 270 children. Annual deaths of adults at the hands of law enforcement more than doubled in that time period. For children aged 17 and under, the annual deaths jumped by nearly five times, from eight to 37. Nearly 90% of all deaths were caused by firearms. However, the researchers note that deaths by law enforcement are underreported and their analysis may be underestimating the real toll. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
600 people have now died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Africa CDC. In total, more than 1700 people have gotten sick. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports.
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Jonathan Lambert
Two new suspected Ebola cases were reported in Kisanjani, nearly 500 miles west of the hardest hit Ituri Province. If confirmed, that'd bring the total number of affected provinces to 4. Africa CDC epidemiologist Wesem Mancula called the situation dire.
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Anastasia Si Lucas
This is the fastest growing Ebola outbreak
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Jonathan Lambert
ever in a press conference, he highlighted some good news. For instance, more than 2,000 Ebola tests are being processed each day. But health officials are still struggling with contact tracing, which is key to slowing down the outbreak. Ideally, nearly all new cases would come from known contacts, but right now, only about a third of new cases are underlining the virus's unchecked spread. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
In men's World cup soccer, France beat Morocco 2 nil today, reaching the semifinals. France plays the winner of the match between Spain and Belgium that takes place tomorrow. This is npr. The head of the Smithsonian is defending the institution after a White House report accused the National Museum of American History of being driven by a, quote, radical activist ideology. NPR's Anastasia Si Lucas has more.
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Anastasia Si Lucas
The Trump administration's Domestic Policy council issued a 162 page report on July 4th accusing the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. of telling a story of, quote, regret, tragedy and shame. In response, Lonnie G. Bunch III sent a memo to Smithsonian staffers, which NPR has obtained. In that email, Bunch said the Smithsonian's work is, quote, driven by scholarship, accuracy and an uncompromising commitment to tell the fullness of America's story. According to the Smithsonian's charter, all of its museums, 14 education and research centers and the National Zoo are meant to be run independently of the federal government. Anastasia Zyl, NPR News, New York.
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Jeanine Herbst
A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty in D.C. superior Court today to charges of deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. David Hearn faces a felony count of property destruction. Prosecutors say he deliberately pulled off part of the peeling pool liner, but he says he just put his hand in the water to examine the peeled liner. President Trump ordered a multi million dollar renovation of the pool, but it has faced issues including algae and and that peeling liner. Hearn's attorney says it's a concocted narrative. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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Angie
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