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Chapter 1: What recent actions has Ukraine taken against Russian oil terminals?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Ukrainian drones targeted another Russian oil terminal this weekend, sparking a fire and injuring two people. NPR's Joanna Kikisis reports Ukraine is targeting oil depots and refineries to weaken Russia's war machine.
Ukrainian defense forces said they hit one of Russia's largest oil terminals on the Black Sea, as well as logistics and ammunition hubs in occupied Ukraine. Ukraine has been using its own long-range drones in these strikes. NPR recently joined a military team that launches them.
A member of the unit who uses the military call sign Yuki said this is how Ukraine is imposing its own sanctions on Russia to force it into a just and lasting peace. The Trump administration is focused on its war on Iran and has loosened some sanctions on Russian oil. Joanna Kikissis, NPR News, Kyiv.
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil are asking the Supreme Court to hear his case.
Chapter 2: What legal challenges is Mahmoud Khalil facing in the Supreme Court?
They say the Trump administration targeted him for deportation because of his pro-Palestinian views. NPR's Kerry Johnson has more.
Immigration authorities arrested Khalil last year, the first of several actions against international students who spoke out about the conflict in Gaza. Lawyers eventually won his release, but the Trump administration is trying to remove him from the U.S. by claiming he misrepresented his work history. Khalil has accused the government of misconduct.
His complex legal problems are playing out in three separate courts. Now his lawyers say they will petition the Supreme Court to review the case. The ACLU says if he can be arrested for his speech, the administration can do the same to anyone with an unpopular opinion.
Carrie Johnson, NPR News.
Chapter 3: How is the Department of Justice addressing January 6th riot-related cases?
The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the January 6th riot. It says the information about arrests and convictions is partisan propaganda. About 40,000 people in Orange County, California, are under evacuation orders because of a hazardous chemical leak.
A storage tank overheated Thursday at an aerospace plastics facility and began leaking. Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey says they're trying to prevent the tank from cracking and sending the substance into the ground and beyond.
We're going to try to establish some diking and damming and divert it to a spot that could be a holding area. There's a trailer offloading spot. If you're familiar with that at commercial buildings, it kind of goes downgrade. We're looking for places that we can push this fluid should it fail and try to prevent it from getting into our storm drains.
our river channels and ultimately into the ocean doing an environmental disaster.
Chapter 4: What is the current situation regarding the hazardous chemical leak in California?
The governor has declared a state of emergency. This is NPR News. Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling to respond to the Ebola outbreak. Since it began a week ago, there have been more than 800 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.
Their work is complicated by the fact the epicenter is in a poor, hard-to-reach area where both armed groups and national armies operate. Doctors say there's no approved vaccine or treatment for this particular strain. A $50 billion federal fund for rural America promises to improve the way health care is delivered across the country.
Residents of a rural community in North Carolina say they know exactly how they'd use the money. Sarah-Jane Tribble with our partner KFF Health News has more.
When Martin General Hospital in eastern North Carolina closed abruptly in 2023, it left a county of about 22,000 residents with no hospital and no highly trained paramedics.
Chapter 5: How are health workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Deborah Pierce lost her brother, who died at home from a heart attack. He was 50 years old. The sad thing is we'll never know. if he could have been saved that night or not, because we don't have a higher level of care in this county. The Trump administration's $50 billion fund to support rural health care has limits on how much can be spent on hospital construction and expansion.
It can be used to improve emergency services, but local officials say they aren't counting on the federal money to reopen their hospital. Sarah Jane Tribble.
The family of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch said today he died from severe pneumonia that turned into sepsis. The two-time NASCAR champion died on Thursday at the age of 41. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.
Chapter 6: What impact will the $50 billion federal fund have on rural healthcare?
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