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From Npr News in Washington,

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I'm Winter Johnston The Israeli

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military says troops in Gaza

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have recovered the bodies of

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three people killed by Hamas

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and the October Seventh Attack

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on Southern Israel and Pr

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is Daniel. As during reports,

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the public is increasing the

0:37

pressure on Israel to negotiate

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a hostage release deal with

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the Palestinian militant. Group. The military

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says it found the bodies of to

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Israeli citizens and a French Mexican dual

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national. Last week troops also retrieved the

0:51

bodies of for Israelis. The army says

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they were all killed on a road.

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October seventh and Hamas took their bodies

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to Gaza to bargain with Israel for

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the release of Palestinian prisoners. The army

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says the bodies were found in Job

1:04

Bhalla in North Gaza. The sight of

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heavy combat in recent days. By Israel's

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count, this leaves a hundred and twenty

1:10

five hostages remaining in Gaza. Thirty nine

1:13

of. Them confirmed dead. Public pressure

1:15

for a hostage release deal is

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growing after video footage of Hamas

1:19

capturing female soldiers in October was

1:21

released this week. Israel's war Cabinet

1:23

said it would renew hostage release

1:26

talks. Daniel. Estrin, Npr News Tel

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Aviv. New York City is stepping

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up efforts to replace migrants out of

1:32

shelters and Pr is Jasmine Guards reports

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a new rule allows people to stay

1:37

in the facilities for a month before

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they have to find a place of

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the around. New York will begin determining

1:43

on a case by case basis whether

1:45

to allow migrants to stay in a

1:48

shelter for more than thirty days in

1:50

return. The city has said it will

1:52

clear at the backlog of immigrants who

1:54

are we applying for shelter space, eliminate

1:56

the use of waiting rooms, and. provide

1:59

consistent access to bathrooms, showers,

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and food. Over 180,000 migrants

2:04

have been in New York City's care at some

2:06

point since 2022, and

2:09

officials have said they are overwhelmed. Other

2:11

cities have also begun narrowing access

2:14

to shelters. Chicago has imposed a

2:16

60-day shelter limit on adult migrants,

2:18

and Massachusetts has limited stays for

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families to nine months. Jasmine

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Garzt, NPR News, New York.

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The parent company of Ticketmaster is

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pushing back against a lawsuit

2:30

filed by the Justice Department

2:33

that accuses it of monopolizing

2:35

the entertainment industry. NPR's

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Alina Seljuk reports Live

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Nation has repeatedly denied

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violating antitrust laws and

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says the lawsuit won't

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solve the issues that

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fans care about. Live

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Nation argues that none of the typical

2:52

frustrations people talk about about things like

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fees or availability of tickets would

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be resolved by breaking up the company.

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It said the artist said the ticket

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prices before fees, that production costs are

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constantly going up, and that ticket scalpers

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are really the menace of the

3:08

industry. That's NPR's Alina Seljuk reporting.

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On Wall Street, Dow futures are

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trading higher at this hour. This

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is NPR. The

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National Weather Service says a

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tornado touched down in Southwest

3:22

Oklahoma for nearly an hour

3:24

on Thursday. There were no reports

3:27

of injuries. Meanwhile, cleanup

3:29

operations continue in Southwest

3:31

Iowa after a series of

3:33

tornadoes devastated communities earlier this

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week. The Department

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of Health and Human Services is

3:40

launching a $50 million program to

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improve cybersecurity in healthcare.

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NPR's Jenna McLaughlin reports the

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announcement comes in the wake

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of cyber attacks on hospitals

3:52

and clinics across the country.

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One of the country's largest private hospital

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networks, Ascension, is still struggling to recover.

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from a cyber attack that forced doctors and

4:01

nurses to revert to pen and paper. And

4:04

that's just the latest destructive and costly

4:07

digital breach, impacting an industry that can't

4:09

afford disruptions and care. Now

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the Department of Health and Human Services

4:14

is committing $50 million to work on

4:16

tools to protect hospital networks. Through

4:19

its research wing, HHS is seeking

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proposals to help create reliable digital

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backups of healthcare networks, for example,

4:25

in addition to tools to help

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automatically uncover vulnerabilities and hacking attempts.

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General Goughlin, NPR News. The

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NCAA and the five power conferences

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have agreed to a settlement that

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will pave the way to allow

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schools to pay student athletes. The

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$2.8 billion deal, if approved by

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a judge, would allow thousands of

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former and current players to be

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