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In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Forecasters have issued a tropical storm warning for some of North Carolina's Outer Banks up to southern Virginia. Her Hurricane Erin is passing by. It won't make landfall, but its outer banks will sweep the Carolina coast. Forecasters are warning of flooding and storm surge. Several states are under heat cautions today. Extreme heat warnings are posted in western Mississippi as well as in the desert Southwest. It could hit 120 degrees in Death Valley, California, today. Dr. Ariel Cohen is with the National Weather Service. He says people need to take this seriously.
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Temperatures this warm will be capable of creating an environment where extreme heat related illnesses and even fatalities are a possibility.
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The triple digit temperatures will spread through parts of northwest Arizona and southern and central Nevada today. The Texas state House is set to hold a preliminary vote as early as today on a new congressional map. The GOP plan aims to create new districts that could send up to five more Republicans to the U.S. house. Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider reports the state House and Senate have different versions of the plan.
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A Texas House committee rushed through its alternative map as one of the first orders of business after Democrats returned on Monday and the chamber reestablished a quorum. The main difference between the House and Senate map is in the Houston area, where the House's proposed 9th congressional district would expand to include the largely rural and conservative Liberty County. That would all but guarantee that the district, which has long been represented by Congressman Al Green, would shift from Democratic to Republican. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
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Separately, state lawmakers in California have introduced measures to start redistricting in their state to try to send up to five Democrats to the U.S. house. They say they're responding to lawmakers in Texas. Israeli troops have come under a rare attack by more than a dozen militants in southern Gaza. Military officials say it may have been an attempt to abduct an Israeli soldier. NPR's Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv.
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Israel's military says more than 15 militants emerged from tunnel shafts near an Israeli outpost in southern Khan Yunis. Israel says Gaza militants opened fire, launched anti tank missile fire and infiltrated the military post, severely wounding at least one soldier. The military says it killed most of the Gaza militants. Hamas said its fighters, including a suicide bomber, killed Israeli soldiers. Israel has not commented on those claims. A suicide bombing would be a very rare Hamas tactic in the war. The military says it's carrying out strikes on the edge of Gaza City and calling up more soldiers for a planned takeover of the city as Israel weighs whether to accept a ceasefire proposal Hamas has endorsed. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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You're listening to NPR. The Trump administration has deployed several U.S. naval warships to the southern Caribbean to combat drug operations. A US Source familiar with the deployment, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the naval vessels include thousands of US Sailors and Marines. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says that in response, he is preparing some four and a half million Venezuelan militia members. South African police have arrested six people. They're accused of running an international criminal syndicate trafficking in rhino horn. Kate Bartlett reports. They're accused of smuggling about $14 million worth of rhino horns.
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Among those arrested was John Hume, widely known here as the Rhino Bar. The South African used to own the world's largest rhino breeding farm. In 2023, he sold the 2,000 animals to Conservation nonprofit African Parks. He was controversial for advocating for the legalization of the international trade and horns, which remains banned. Police now say between 2017 and 2024, Hume and his associates ran a scheme trafficking the horn of over 900 rhinos to southeast Asia, where they are used in traditional medicine. Africa's black rhino is critically endangered, while the Southern White Rhino is near threatened. For NPR News, I'm Kate Batchett in Johannesburg.
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Air Canada flights are resuming today after the carrier reached a tentative contract with 10,000 striking flight attendants. But Air Canada officials are warning it could take a week to get all of the carriers flights back on schedule. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.
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