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What did doctors witness during the deadliest day for Palestinian civilians in Gaza?

Lakshmi Singh 0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. Many US allies are expressing alarm a day after aid operations in Gaza experience what may have been the single deadliest day for Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Local health officials say more than a hundred Palestinians were killed as they attempted to reach life saving supplies yesterday. Israeli defense denies it killed that many people and maintains that forces fired warning shots at crowds. And Pierzanis Baba spoke to Dr. Noor Sharif, an American doctor working at Gaza's Shifa Hospital.

Unknown 0:34

I saw you today once I entered the hospital in the ER, and I saw you freezed. I think I was in shock. I've never seen anything like this in my entire life.

Why are Western countries protesting Israel's aid‑drip policy and what are they accusing Israel of?

Unknown 0:44

Lots of young children have come in with Gunshot wounds to the head and to the abdomen, chest. People are coming in with severe malnutrition.

Lakshmi Singh 0:54

It's Dr. Sheriff speaking with NPR Zanis Baba in Gaza. More than two dozen Western countries are protesting Israel's actions. The group, including Canada, Britain, and France, issued a joint statement today condemning what they call the drip feeding of aid to Palestinians. They say more than eight hundred civilians have been killed while seeking aid. Israel says the statement fails to recognize Hamas's role in the crisis and that the statement is disconnected from reality.

How is Harvard University challenging the Trump administration’s cut to research funding in federal court?

Lakshmi Singh 1:23

Harvard University lawyers appeared in federal court today challenging the Trump administration's decision to cut more than two and a half billion dollars in research funding. And Pierre's Alyssa net warning reports from outside the courthouse in Boston.

Alyssa Nadwarny 1:35

Inside lawyers from the university and the Trump administration were arguing over two billion dollars in canceled federal funds. The Trump administration argued that this is really a contracts issue, and as a federal government, they have the right to cancel or freeze or renegotiate contracts. Harvard is arguing that the government's actions violate their First Amendment rights and their academic freedom and that the government failed to follow the Administrative Procedure Act. So even if the government has rights to cancel money, Harvard argues that they didn't follow the proper procedure in doing so.

Lakshmi Singh 2:12

Commissioners in Kerr County, Texas say the region's fully shifting to the recovery stage of emergency management more than two weeks after devastating floods in central Texas. Texas Public Radio's Maria Nevada reports.

Marian Navarro 2:25

Over the weekend, Texas and Kerrville officials reduced the number of missing in Kerr County from ninety-seven people to just three.

What is the current status of recovery efforts after the devastating floods in Kerr County, Texas?

Marian Navarro 2:33

Here's Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly.

Unknown 2:35

Most of them were tourists that came in town that uh left and went back home and didn't report back in that they were there. That's what a lot of that was. But the recovery's gonna look like it's gonna start with the debris.

Marian Navarro 2:45

Kelly says crews will take cadaver dogs over large debris piles one more time to triple check for any human remains. Commissioners say debris cleanup efforts across the county could take anywhere from six to eight months. It's NPR.

Lakshmi Singh 3:01

Microsoft is scrambling to seal off a vulnerability that cybersecurity experts say hackers have exploited. In the company's SharePoint software.

How are hackers exploiting a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability and what risks does it pose?

Lakshmi Singh 3:10

The flaw exists on a version of the collaboration tool that clients install locally rather than connect to online. The Department of Homeland Security warns that if hackers break in using this flaw, they could access everything hosted on the platform, including secret cryptographic keys and essentially take control. Chasing down hornets and other venomous stinging insects is not exactly what most people envision, perhaps for summertime activities, but a few dozen intrepid souls do just that and they do so for a niche pharmaceutical market that often saves lives. Brian Bull of Member Station KLCC in Oregon reports.

Unknown 3:51

At a campground in Venita, Oregon, Jeannie Howell vacuums up a nest of yellow jackets from an old fence post. She figures there's three hundred insects here. Hal sells the yellow jackets to pharmaceutical company Hollister Steer Allergy, which in turn creates venom immunotherapy medicine that helps people with severe reactions to wasp and hornet stings.