NPR News: 03-29-2026 3AM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon Saturday killed three journalists along with nine paramedics.
One of them was a correspondent for Hezbollah's television channel who has been reporting from the south for almost 30 years. Israel claimed without evidence he was a Hezbollah operative, in fact, a member of one of their elite forces.
What recent events occurred in southern Lebanon involving journalists?
But the actions that Israel described, identifying where Israeli forces were and contacts with Hezbollah, are actually normal journalistic practices. Israel didn't comment on the other two journalists killed with him.
That's NPR's Jane Araf reporting from Amman, Jordan. Houthi rebels say they launched a missile attack against Israel on Saturday. It's the second such attack in the past 24 hours. The Houthis have the ability to disrupt shipping around the Arabian Peninsula as well as the Red Sea, so their entry into the fighting in the Middle East is increasing tensions throughout the region. No King's protests were held across the country for a third time on Saturday. Millions of people rallied to demonstrate against the policies of President Trump. George Hale from member station WFIU reports from one gathering in Indiana.
A large crowd of protesters shut down traffic in Bloomington as they chanted and sang against President Trump's war in Iran and immigration crackdown. Healthcare consultant Kate Steger said she had lost work on USAID projects after the administration shut down that agency.
I really needed to express resistance to that and to really show that we are a country that cares about other people.
Steger says it's been hard to watch the destruction of humanitarian programs that were doing good abroad, but she's still hopeful.
We can turn ourselves around. I believe that.
For NPR News, I'm George Hale in Bloomington, Indiana.
As the partial government shutdown continues, extra-long security lines are still causing problems at some airports. TSA agents have not been paid for more than a month, and some are calling in sick or leaving for other jobs. At one of the world's busiest airports, travelers say these agents are long overdue to get a paycheck. Dormiah Vance of member station WABE reports from Hartsfield-Jackson International.
Passenger Alina Marlowe and her family were heading home to Seattle from Atlanta. She says the ongoing funding issues shouldn't be happening.
I think that that's proof of the failure of our country right now, honestly. That should not even be a thing. When you have people not getting their money for 42 days, like that's completely unacceptable.
This week, the Trump administration deployed ICE officers to airports amid TSA staffing shortages. President Trump has now signed a memo promising to pay TSA workers, but it's unclear exactly where the money would come from. For NPR News, I'm Dermaya Vance in Atlanta.
And you're listening to NPR News. Russia's military launched more than 270 drones at Ukraine early Saturday morning. Officials in Ukraine say at least five people were killed in the attack and more than a dozen others were injured. In Odessa, a regional official says drones hit a maternity hospital and a number of private homes. Indonesia is banning people younger than 16 years old from digital platforms that could expose them to harm. Michael Sullivan reports from neighboring Thailand that about 70 million children in Indonesia will be affected.
The new government regulation bans under-16s from access to digital platforms that could expose them to cyberbullying, pornography, online scams, and addiction. Children will be banned from having accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, and Roblox after Australia last year became the first country in the world to enact a similar social media ban as governments attempt to give parents, not tech giants, the power to protect their children. Neighboring Malaysia has already announced it will implement similar restrictions, and several European countries are also considering such bans. Indonesia's ban will roll out gradually until all the platforms named conform.
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