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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Gaza Health Ministry says more than sixty thousand Palestinians have been killed in the twenty one months of war between Israel and Hamas. The latest figures come as criticism of Israel grows amid the spread of starvation in Gaza. NPR's Elner Beersley reports many Israelis dismiss the reports of starvation as Hamas propaganda.
That rhetoric starts at the top with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military officials who say there is no starvation, and the images coming out of Gaza are fake news. That is upsetting to sixty five year old Israeli peace activist Marjorie Morgan. I'm ashamed
of what we're doing. We of all people should not be starving millions of people just down the road. It's a war crime.
Morgan says the Israeli media for the most part doesn't cover the starvation.
It's shocking that people don't want to know about it, don't want to hear about it, don't want to see it. It's not on TV. We're living in a bubble. The three main news stations never cover it.
Morgan says most Israelis are living in a bubble. Eleanor Beardsley, in Pierre News.
Tel Aviv. A Federal Appeals Panel has issued a ruling that weakens federal voting rights protections in seven states. For voters with disabilities and those with limited proficiency in English. NVR's Anza Lewong reports it's the latest court ruling that may end up curtailing enforcement of the Voting Rights Act across the country.
An immigrant advocacy group called Arkansas United sued over a law in the southern state that bans a person from helping more than six voters cast their ballots. A part of the Voting Rights Act, known as Section 208, generally allows voters who need help because of a disability or inability to read or write to get help from a person of their choice. A federal judge ruled the Arkansas Law violated the Voting Rights Act. But after an appeal by Republican state officials, a panel of the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has now found that private individuals and groups like Arkansas United do not have the right to sue under this section of the Voting Rights Act. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court extended a pause on a similar ruling about a different Voting Rights Act section.
The High Court is expected to be asked soon to take up a full review of that ruling. On Zila Wong, NPR News.
Lawyers for the accomplice of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is asking the Supreme Court to overturn her conviction. Glenn Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking in New York. Epstein had pleaded guilty in Florida, an agreement that said his potential co conspirators would not be charged. NP former prosecutor Mitchell Telm Evner tells NPR's morning edition the court is being asked to throw out the New York case because of agreement in Florida.
It is unusual for co-conspirators to be granted immunity, and it's even more unusual for unnamed co-conspirators to be granted immunity. And this thing was a mess, and it is highly unusual.
He said the Supreme Court may decide not to consider the case. At Let's Check in Wall Street, the Dow is down 152 points. This is NPR News. More information is emerging about the gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building yesterday. New York City Mayor Eric Adams says a note was found in his body saying his mental illness was caused by a football injury. And the NFL doesn't do enough to protect players. The NFL headquarters is located in that building. A nineteen year old has won the International Chess Federation's Women's World Cup. Divya Deshmook was the underdog at the All Indian chess final Amkari Khandikar reports she now stands a chance to be the first Indian women's world chess champion next year.
For more than five years, 38-year-old Kanero Humpy has been India's top-ranked woman chess player. At this year's World Cup, an opponent half her age pushed her to tie breaks, forced her to make a series of errors under time pressure, and ultimately surrender. Divya Deshmuk was in tears after the win. Her victory makes her India's eighty eighth Grandmaster, a title only given to the world's best.
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