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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Venezuela's health minister says at least 235 people are now known to have died in Wednesday's powerful back-to-back earthquakes. Some who died are foreigners, and a large number of people remain unaccounted for. as rescue teams try to find survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings. The BBC's Will Grant.
We've had journalist friends who've been on the site all day and they say that some people simply don't want to talk. They're sitting in huddled in families as the rescue services are working around the clock trying to reach those who are still missing. Trapped under the rubble, these are still the vital hours when people can be pulled from the rubble and there have been moments of hope. I saw video of a baby being pulled from the rubble and there have been a variety of people who've been saved. But it is a very, very difficult task because of course there is the recovery of bodies as well.
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed the White House victories in a pair of immigration cases that MPR's Jimena Bastillo says give President Trump more power to set immigration policy.
Both of these rulings reduce legal pathways to enter the country. The administration has a broader goal of mass deportations, and in order to reach that goal, the administration has increased the number of people who are eligible for deportation, even if they are legally here. This administration is very focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the country, while also keeping border crossings as minimal as possible. And these rulings allow the government to further change the immigration system.
The court is allowing the Trump administration to end legal protections for Haitian and Syrian immigrants and also cleared the way for the administration to potentially revive an immigration policy used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. The evacuation of thousands of stranded sailors in the Strait of Hormuz has been paused, posing a challenge to President Trump's efforts to reopen the passageway. It comes after a cargo ship was hit by a projectile. The report of a strike came hours after Tehran threatened vessels using the strait without Iran's permission, Impears Ayyabatrawi reports.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says ships must coordinate with its naval forces in order to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Its statement Thursday says transit outside of approved routes is, quote, prohibited and very dangerous, and that violators will be dealt with. It comes a day after nearly 50 ships carrying millions of barrels of oil made their way through the waterway along a route near Oman after an interim peace deal was signed between Iran and the U.S., Iran's foreign minister says his country is in dialogue with Oman to define the future administration of the waterway and its maritime services. The U.S. and Gulf Arab states say they will not accept tolls. However, Iran and Oman say they're discussing costs of services to administer navigation through the waterway.
There are now 24 confirmed cases of the New World Screw Worm in Texas. The flesh-eating parasite threatens the state's cattle industry, but as Texas Public Radio David Martin Davies reports, there's also concern for the state's deer population.
Texas now has more than 5 million wild deer, but before the screw worm was eradicated in the 60s, it's estimated the parasite killed 80% of newborn fawns. Dr. Galen Wilmeth Burleson is a South Texas veterinarian.
Unfortunately with wildlife, there is no proven treatment.
She says older generations remember when the scourge kept South Texas deer populations low.
My dad can tell me stories about when he was a kid, we didn't have a lot of deer down here because of screwworm infestations.
A major decline in the deer population would hurt the South Texas economy. The region is internationally known for its large white-tailed bucks, and hunting supports landowners, outfitters, and rural businesses. For NPR News, I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.
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