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Live from NPR News in Washington,

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I'm Nora Rahm. Egyptian

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officials are attempting to negotiate a

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new ceasefire deal between Israel and

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Hamas. They sent a

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delegation to Israel yesterday to urge

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it not launch a ground offensive

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in Rafa in southern Gaza while

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discussions continue on the release of

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Israeli hostages held by Hamas. A

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top Hamas official says the group is

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considering the latest proposal from Israel and

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will respond soon. The

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details were provided. Student protests

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and solidarity with Gaza have spread

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to campuses across the U.S. They're

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demanding that universities disclose financial ties

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to Israel and to vest. NPR's

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Jasmine Garz reports. The protests have

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moved into schools not historically associated

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with activism, like the University of

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Southern California. Several schools

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have come under fire for allowing police

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to come onto campus. Over

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100 protesters were arrested at Columbia

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University last week. The

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University of Texas in Austin and the University

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of Southern California also saw

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student activists arrested. At

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Emory in Georgia, the student newspaper reported

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that the Atlanta police deployed tear gas

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into the crowd of protesters. With

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graduation nearing, many universities are changing

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plans. The University of

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Southern California has canceled its main

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ceremony. Columbia says it's

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negotiating with student protesters to have

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the campus cleared by May 15th

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for graduation. Jasmine Garzt,

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NPR News, New York. Testimony

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this week from the former chief executive

1:34

of the National Enquirer suggests the tabloid

1:37

turned its business model on its head

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during Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for the

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White House. NPR's David Folkenflick

1:44

reports when it came to Trump,

1:47

David Pecker testified he held backstories

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of scandal instead of publishing them.

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Pecker was a pal of Trump's for many years,

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but he's a witness for the prosecution in the

1:56

criminal trial against Trump in a New York state

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courtroom. Pecker testified that that

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in 2015 he promised Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, that

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he would serve as the campaign's eyes and ears.

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In two cases with Cohen's goading, Becker

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paid hefty fees to get exclusive rights to

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stories that he thought could damage the campaign,

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including $150,000 to a former Playboy model who

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alleged an affair. Becker also alerted

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Trump to Stormy Daniels' claims of a tryst.

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Cohen paid her off. Becker testified that

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Trump thanked him with a dinner at the White

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House. David Falkenflick, NPR

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News. The National Weather Service

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has issued tornado watches today for parts

2:31

of Oklahoma and Texas. Several

2:34

tornadoes were reported yesterday in Iowa

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and Nebraska. Jason Sunday

2:38

said his home near Elkhorn, Nebraska,

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was destroyed. His family had just

2:42

moved in a month ago. Pretty devastating. It was my

2:45

wife and I's dream home. We're

2:48

thankful to be alive. He said he

2:50

had served in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan

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but he had never been so scared. No

2:55

major injuries were reported yesterday. This

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is NPR News. Summer

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hasn't quite hit the desert Southwest

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yet but one organization in Arizona

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is already gearing up for the

3:07

inevitable triple digit heat. From

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member station KJZZ, Kathy Ritchie

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reports. For older adults experiencing

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homelessness, Justice Center in Phoenix

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is life saving, especially during

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the oven hot summer months.

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Rudy Solis is the director of

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operations. Well, right now we've been working

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on all of our outside equipment. We're getting ready

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to fire it up this coming week. We

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have large evaporative coolers, very

3:32

large evaporative coolers. Last year,

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the Phoenix area experienced record setting heat.

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People showed up at Justice Center with

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signs of dehydration, heat exhaustion, even heat

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stroke. That's the scary part. When you see someone

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fall on the ground, you go into convulsions and

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you don't know how dehydrated they are.

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But there's only so much Justice Center

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can do since they don't offer overnight

3:53

stays. For NPR News, I'm Kathy Ritchie

3:55

in Phoenix. Police in Washington, D.C.

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are investigating a shooting out of the scene.

4:00

outside a nightclub last night. They

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say five people were wounded. None of

4:04

their injuries are believed to be life-threatening. Officials

4:07

say it appears a dispute began in the

4:09

club and then spilled out into the street.

4:12

Police recovered a firearm nearby and took

4:14

a suspect into custody. Secretary

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of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a

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visit to China yesterday in talks designed

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to ease tensions between the world's two

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largest economies. On his way to

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the airport, he stopped at a record store in

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Beijing and bought two albums, one

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by Taylor Swift and one by Chinese

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rocker Dou Wei. Blinken said

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music is the best connector regardless of

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geography. I'm Nora Rahm,

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NPR News.