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Chapter 1: What recent events occurred in the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The evacuation of thousands of stranded sailors in the Strait of Hormuz has been paused. It comes after the British military says a cargo ship was hit by a projectile. The report of a strike came hours after Tehran threatened against vessels using the Strait without Iran's permission.
Venezuela's president says that at least 188 people have been killed in back-to-back earthquakes that hit the country yesterday. The rescue workers, now rescue workers, are searching through buildings for survivors as help begins to arrive from nearby countries. Manuel Ruedo reports.
Major earthquakes are relatively rare in Venezuela. Latin American countries that have more experience with big quakes, including Mexico and Chile, have said they're sending rescue teams and medical equipment there. And U.S.
Chapter 2: How are countries responding to the earthquake in Venezuela?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said rescue teams from Virginia and California are also on the way.
That's their most immediate need right now is search and rescue efforts. And then we're also helping them with some overhead imagery, especially in coastal areas where they don't have full visibility over what the damage has been and what the impact has been.
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, said dozens of buildings collapsed in the coastal city of La Guaira, and the nation's main airport has been closed. For NPR News, I'm Manuel Rueda in Bogota.
The Supreme Court today gave the Trump administration the green light to begin mass deportations of people who've been living and working legally in the U.S. for years, in some cases even decades. The conservative majority ruled the president has virtually unrestrained power to end the Temporary Protected Status Program, known as TPS.
NPR's Ximena Bustillo has more on what it means for displaced people.
With the cancellation or termination of TPS designation, that essentially means people have to figure out if they are going to immediately return, if there is a way that they might be able to adjust their status if they haven't already through some sort of a green card process, or if they return and have to go back to wherever it is that they originated from.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on TPS?
NPR's Ximena Bustillo reporting. President Trump says he's refusing to sign any legislation unless Congress passes an elections overhaul. But the bill Trump calls the Save America Act is all but doomed in the Senate, as NPR's Ashley Lopez reports.
Trump has said he believes the Save America Act would ensure Republicans never lose another election, as his party faces a potentially bruising election cycle this fall. If passed, the law would prohibit states from registering voters who don't provide proof of citizenship. That includes birth certificates, passports, and some state and tribal IDs.
Citizenship is already required to register to vote, and according to experts, non-citizen voting is extremely rare. The law would also require voter ID for ballots cast both in person and by mail. The bill would also force states to hand over sensitive voter data to the Trump administration. It does not currently have the 60 votes needed in the Senate to overcome a filibuster.
Chapter 4: What does Trump's proposed Save America Act entail?
Ashley Lopez, NPR News.
And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has announced the closure of the alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center. It was built in the Florida swamps last year. Immigration advocates criticized it for unsafe and inhumane conditions.
Federal officials say they no longer need the extra capacity to handle detention and deportation because they have more permanent facilities. Vocalist David Clayton Thomas has died at the age of 84. He led the 1960s rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears. NPR's Felix Contreras reports.
What goes up must come down.
Chapter 5: What led to the closure of the alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center?
David Clayton Thomas had a rough start in music, having taught himself guitar while in a reformatory as a teen in Toronto. After eventually making his way from Canada to New York, he was heard by the leader of the then-fledgling band Blood, Sweat & Tears, and before too long, they were selling millions of records.
You made me so
A controversial trip to Eastern Europe in 1970, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, put them in the crosshairs of a political-cultural war that pretty much caused the demise of the band. David Clayton Thomas continued as a solo act, performing and recording with smaller jazz bands while advocating for restorative youth justice programs in Canada. Felix Contreras, NPR News.
Astronomers have uncovered a pair of super puff planets. They're about the size of Jupiter but have less density than cotton candy. The findings were published in monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Chapter 6: What discoveries have astronomers made about super puff planets?
The featherweight pair orbit a star about 1,100 miles away. It's NPR.
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