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What recent developments are there regarding the U.S. delegation to Pakistan?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to lead a U.S. delegation to Pakistan for talks this weekend on the ceasefire with Iran. The truce has been under strain. Iran says Israel's deadly attacks in Lebanon violate the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire and has choked off access to the Strait of Hormuz. Here's NPR's Daniel Estrin.
From Iran's perspective, they feel emboldened. This war that started with a call to replace the regime. Well, one Khamenei was replaced by another Khamenei. So, The regime is still there.
How is Iran responding to the ceasefire tensions with Israel?
It is proven that it can withstand the most powerful army in the world and the most powerful army in the region, Israel. And it discovered the Strait of Hormuz and what havoc it can wreak, not only on the Gulf, but on the entire globe.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon on Aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants, he made that announcement Thursday amid disagreement over whether the Iran ceasefire included Lebanon. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote speech at a conference for those who say climate change is not a problem. He championed the Trump administration's efforts to roll back climate policies, as NPR's Lauren Summer reports.
Zeldin spoke at a conference of the Heartland Institute, a free market group that denies that humans are contributing to climate change. Scientific research shows that burning fossil fuels has increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the highest level in human history. That traps heat, raising temperatures and making weather events like hurricanes more extreme. Zeldin celebrated the EPA's decision to stop regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. He says that policy was government overreach and focused too much on the worst-case scenarios. Lauren Summer, NPR News.
To Maryland now, which has reached a settlement agreement with the owner of a cargo ship that hit Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, causing its collapse. From Member Station WYPR, Scott Mascione reports.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown says the states reached a settlement with Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine Group, the owner and manager of the Dali. The ship accidentally hit the bridge more than two years ago. Brown says the settlement resolves a portion of the state's claims that deal with the crash and subsequent collapse of the bridge. The settlement does not resolve claims against shipbuilder Hyundai. The National Transportation Safety Board report found a loose wire was responsible for the ship losing power and ultimately hitting the bridge. The announcement comes after Ace American Insurance Company settled with the shipowner last week. The insurance company paid out $350 million to the state of Maryland after the incident.
There are still more than 50 parties, including the city of Baltimore, suing Grace Ocean and Synergy over the crash. For NPR News, I'm Scott Mazzioni in Baltimore.
This is NPR. California court has unsealed the secret warrants that a sheriff used to seize hundreds of thousands of ballots. The warrants raise questions as to whether the sheriff's investigation is valid. From Inversation KVCR, Madison Ahmet reports.
At issue is whether a crime was committed to justify a judge signing off on the warrants. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, obtained them to investigate an alleged vote count discrepancy in a statewide election last year. In that election, Californians voted to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats. Bianco recently seized some 650,000 of those ballots. Loyola Marymount law professor Justin Levitt says probable cause must be established to get a warrant, and that didn't happen.
Most disturbingly, there doesn't seem to be any indication of criminal wrongdoing.
The California Supreme Court has halted Bianco's investigation while it reviews the case. For NPR News, I'm Madison Ahmet in San Bernardino.
According to a study by the Associated Press, Major League Baseball's average salary has climbed 3.4 percent to a record of more than $5.3 million.
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