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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is under strain following Wednesday's Israeli attacks in Lebanon, said to be the deadliest day of the war. Lebanon says more than 250 people were killed, and in response, Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, and the Rambak Hezbollah militia says it will continue firing rockets until the attacks stop. NPR's Lauren Frayer is in Beirut.
Iran's foreign minister just posted on social media about what he called massacres in Lebanon. He pointed to the Pakistani prime minister's initial description of the ceasefires, including Lebanon, and said the ball is in the U.S. 's court that the world is watching. The White House has said it does not consider Lebanon to be part of the ceasefire. President Trump told PBS he considers it, quote, a separate skirmish. The White House says Vice President Vance is heading to Pakistan for talks Friday about the ceasefire. But Iran has suggested those talks might be canceled because of today's violence.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is condemning the Israeli strikes in Lebanon, and in a statement he called on all parties to cease hostilities. Australia's Prime Minister says Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire. Lebanon has declared Thursday a national day of mourning. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will force a war powers vote to put Republicans on the record with the U.S.-Iran conflict. Here's NPR's Claudia Grisales.
Democrats started forcing the Senate votes to limit President Trump's war powers before they left for a two-week recess. Now, Democratic Leader Schumer says they'll try again when Congress returns next week.
Congress must reassert its authority, especially at this dangerous moment. No president, Democrat or Republican, should take this country to war alone.
Schumer argued the conflict was a, quote, colossal failure that has made global conditions worse for the U.S. and its allies. Democrats need to build support on the GOP side. Only one Senate Republican, Kentucky's Rand Paul, has supported past attempts to limit Trump's military actions in Iran. Claudia Rosales, NPR News.
Now to Utah, where measles cases are climbing. The state has confirmed 583 cases since the outbreak started last summer. Sean Higgins with member station KUER has more.
State epidemiologist Dr. Leisha Nolan says while the outbreak started in a small community along the Utah-Arizona border, it's quickly spreading.
It is now hitting people from all different areas of the state with all different practices from all different kinds of communities. It isn't limited to any specific group anymore.
According to the state health department, more than 80 percent of cases are among unvaccinated people. Nolan says it's hard to know when the outbreak could slow down, but warmer weather could help as people spend less time inside. For NPR News, I'm Sean Higgins in Salt Lake City.
This is NPR News. In Oregon, an appeals court has handed a notable victory to a major West Coast electric utility. Oregon Public Broadcasting's April Ehrlich has more.
In 2023, a jury found Pacific Corp. grossly negligent for keeping its lines charged during a windstorm, potentially sparking four different wildfires across Oregon in 2020. Since this was a class-action lawsuit, the verdict meant thousands could claim damages against the Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility. But an appeals court now says the jury in that lawsuit received bad instructions. as jury members were told to assume that all evidence applied to all class members, but these were separate wildfires in different parts of the state. This decision could ultimately shrink how much Pacific Corp pays to people harmed in the 2020 Oregon wildfires. So far, that price tag has soared past $1 billion. For NPR News, I'm April Ehrlich in Portland.
A Long Island architect accused in a string of unsolved murders dating back to the 1990s facing life in prison. Rex Huerman entered guilty pleas Wednesday, admitting in court that he killed eight women in a case that stymied investigators until DNA evidence led to his arrest.
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