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“US and Iranian delegations are set to hold peace talks in Islamabad starting on Saturday. The negotiations led by vice president JB Vance are aimed at preserving a fragile ceasefire between the two countries. NPR's Carrie Khan reports Israel's ongoing offensive in Lebanon is threatening to derail those efforts.”

“The astronauts will hit Earth's atmosphere going nearly 24,000 miles per hour. One source of anxiety, the heat shield. After a test flight without a crew found some unexpected damage a few years ago, NASA investigated and changed the reentry procedures to deal with this issue. The Artemis two astronauts were heavily involved; they were not just doing what we were telling them to do.”

“US district judge Paul Freeman sided with The New York Times earlier this month in deciding that the department's new credential policy violated journalists' constitutional rights to free speech and due process. On Thursday, he ruled the Pentagon had tried to evade his ruling by expelling all reporters from the building unless guided by escorts. The judge called the actions a blatant attempt to circumvent a lawful order.”

“Fans in LA went from ecstatic to heartbroken when they logged on to buy Olympics tickets and saw prices in the hundreds and thousands of dollars. Seats at the games start at $28, but go as high as 5,500, including a whopping 24% service fee on each ticket. And the cheap seats sold out fast.”

“George Peery is an emeritus professor of political science. Other than taking out the leaders of a corrupt and repressive regime, he sees nothing good about the war. I think it's a disaster from the beginning. It is separating us from our NATO as well as their Arab allies, and it is impacting the world's economy in ways that I don't think this administration had any clue about.”