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What recent developments have occurred in the Middle East involving U.S. troops?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. U.S. sailors and Marines are now in the Middle East. NPR's Shondalee Stuster reports.
U.S. Central Command said Saturday in a social media post that about 3,500 sailors and Marines arrived in the Middle East aboard the USS Tripoli. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, based in Okinawa, Japan, arrived in the Middle East on Friday, the Post said. The unit also has transport and strike fighter aircraft, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets. U.S. Central Command did not say what mission the unit will be carrying out. At least 2,000 additional soldiers have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East, where the U.S. already has 40,000 to 50,000 troops. Shondalese Duster, NPR News.
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon Saturday killed three journalists who were covering the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV said correspondent Ali Shoaib was one of those who died. Israel's military said it had been targeting Shoaib. They accused him of being a Hezbollah intelligence operative, but offered no evidence to support that claim. In New Orleans, thousands of people attended a No Kings protest on Saturday. There were marches and speeches, including one by civil rights leader Leona Tate. Mel Bridges with member station WWNO has our reports.
On November 4th, 1960, Leona Tate and three other six-year-old black girls were escorted by federal marshals into New Orleans public schools as the first black students to integrate public schools.
I am 71 years old and I'm still fighting. I'm still showing up. I'm still resisting. So what are you going to do to join me?
65 years later, Tate joined protesters in New Orleans' mid-city as they marched against President Trump's policies, including an immigration roundup in southeastern Louisiana. Tate says though the state and the country has made some social progress over the years, it's also regressed. A lot.
And now we're like... Way back in the 50s somewhere, you know, and I hate to see that for the children today.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order banning state officials from betting on prediction markets with insider information. NPR's Bobby Allen has more.
Services like Kalshi and Polymarket allow bets on future policies, military strikes, and election outcomes. And some lawmakers are growing increasingly worried that the betting apps can be exploited by people who have access to government and military secrets. Newsom's order prevents appointees of the governor from using non-public information to personally profit on prediction markets. In recent months, well-timed bets on things like the ouster of Iran's supreme leader and the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits. Both Cauchy and Polymarket say they already ban insider trading, relying on their own surveillance tools to catch suspicious bettors.
Bobby Allen, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. Hundreds of striking employees at the Bath Iron Works in Maine are going back to work. The shipyard says employees of one of the Navy's biggest shipbuilding contractors ratified a new four-year deal Saturday, ending a week-long strike. The shipyard had negotiated with the union for weeks before that strike began. The Arctic has set a new record for sea ice this winter. As NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports, there's less sea ice than ever.
A huge swath of the Arctic Ocean freezes in the winter each year.
What impact did the Israeli airstrike have on journalists in Lebanon?
Last year, there was less ice than ever recorded, going back to 1979. That's according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. And this year has set a new record again. with even less ice than last year, by a slim margin, according to newly released data. Sea ice is disappearing in the Arctic because humans are warming up the planet by burning oil, gas, and coal. Sea ice loss affects weather around the world. It also leaves coastal communities in the Arctic more vulnerable to storms, which in recent years has caused catastrophic flooding in parts of Alaska.
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