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#Breaking #News #USA Months After Election, Italy's Populist Parties Seek More Time To Negotiate Coalition The two major winners of March's elections, the far-right League party and anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, have so far failed to compromise. The crux of talks now: Who should be prime minister? Read more on NPR

#Breaking Casino Owner Discusses Supreme Court Ruling On Sports Betting The Supreme Court has given the green light on sports betting, but will that really change the industry? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ed Sutor, CEO and President of Dover Downs Casino and Hotel in Dover, Delaware about the decision. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Casino Owner Discusses Supreme Court Ruling On Sports Betting The Supreme Court has given the green light on sports betting, but will that really change the industry? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ed Sutor, CEO and President of Dover Downs Casino and Hotel in Dover, Delaware about the decision. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA White House Reacts To The Killing Of Dozens Of Palestinian Protesters In the bloodiest day there in years, Gaza officials say Israeli troops killed more than 50 Palestinians during protests along the border with Israel. Israel says it was defending its border from incursions but Palestinians say the dead include several teenagers and that more than 1,200 people were shot. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Why The ZTE Case Is Causing Some In China To Think About Economic Relations With U.S. President Trump has pledged to help rescue one of China's top telecommunication firms, which the U.S. Commerce Department has penalized for violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea and Iran. The penalties have convinced many Chinese that they can no longer rely on the U.S., and must manufacture their own hi-tech products. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA In First Election Since Defeat Of ISIS, Iraqis Deliver Surprising Results Iraqis voted in their first election since the defeat of ISIS. Even though turnout was low, the results were surprising. The sitting prime minister is trailing in third place. Early results suggest the big winner could be the Shiite cleric whose militia fought U.S. troops after the invasion of Iraq. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA U.S. Ambassador To Israel Defends Response To Gaza Protests As the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem opens, David Friedman, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, is defending Israel's response to Palestinian protesters. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Palestinian Ambassador To The U.S. Discusses New U.S. Embassy In Jerusalem The United States officially moves its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Monday. Husam Zomlot, Palestinian ambassador to the U.S., shares his view on the White House's recognition of Jerusalem, a disputed city, as Israel's capital. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA U.S. Embassy In Jerusalem Opens As Mass Protests Take Place In Gaza As the United States opens its controversial embassy in Jerusalem Monday, it's getting mixed reviews with celebration from Israelis and disappointment among Palestinians. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA First Lady Melania Trump Hospitalized After Treatment For Kidney Condition A spokeswoman for the first lady says she will be hospitalized all week after undergoing a surgical procedure to treat a kidney condition. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA NRA Teens Can't Anonymously Challenge Florida Gun Laws, Judge Says "Jane Doe" and "John Doe," 19-year-olds who want to buy guns, tried to join an NRA suit against Florida's ban on gun purchases by people under 21. A judge reluctantly ruled they can't use pseudonyms. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Supreme Court Upholds Individual Rights In Two Key Criminal Justice Cases The Supreme Court on... decided that a defense attorney may/may not concede his/her client's guilt over that client's express objection. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Decades After He Lost His Feet Climbing Everest, Double Amputee Summits Peak Severe frostbite claimed Xia Boyu's feet during his first failed attempt in 1975. Then, lymphoma claimed his legs beneath the knee. Still, Xia kept trying — and on Monday, he finally reached the top. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Actress Margot Kidder, Who Played Lois Lane, Dies At 69 Margot Kidder's acting career spanned decades, from TV series in the late 1960s to seven films in the past five years. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Decades After He Lost His Feet Climbing Everest, Double Amputee Summits Peak Severe frostbite claimed Xia Boyu's feet during his first attempt in 1975. Then, lymphoma claimed his legs beneath the knee. Still, Xia kept trying — and on Monday, he finally reached the top. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA PHOTOS: U.S. Embassy Opens In Jerusalem As Tens Of Thousands Protest In Gaza The day was marked by violence and bloodshed, as tens of thousands of Palestinians protested the embassy opening and Israeli army forces killed dozens of protesters. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Before They Walk Into A Classroom, These New Teachers Will March On The N.C. Capitol Recent graduates Cristina Chase Lane and WinnieHope Mamboleo will be joining the profession just as teacher strikes sweep the nation. Instead of feeling demoralized, they say they feel galvanized. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Southwest Jet Loses Some Cabin Pressure During Flight, Lands At Dallas Love Field Flight 861 was on its way from Denver to Dallas when the crew radioed ahead to ask for help. Four of the 120 passengers said they had ear pain as a result of the cabin issue. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Sports Betting Ban The Supreme Court has struck down a federal ban on sports betting. It's one of three decisions coming out of the high court on Monday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA On East Coast Oyster Farms, 'Women Are Rising Up From The Bay In A Big Way' More women are joining their male peers among the ranks of oyster farmers. This could be because of growing marine science programs — and a desire to have a hands-on connection with the food system. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Icy Moon Of Jupiter Spews Water Plumes Into Space Researchers have evidence supporting the existence of plumes of water shooting up from the interior of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Supreme Court Rules States Are Free To Legalize Sports Betting "Congress can regulate sports gambling directly," the court wrote in a decision released Monday, "but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own." Read more on NPR

#Breaking Supreme Court Rules States Are Free To Legalize Sports Betting "Congress can regulate sports gambling directly," the court wrote in a decision released Monday, "but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Poor People's Campaign Seeks To Complete Martin Luther King's Final Dream The 1968 Poor People's Campaign lasted 42 days. The new campaign vows 40 days of nonviolent direct action to focus on issues that activists say are linked to poverty, including systemic racism. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA U.S. Dedicates New Embassy In Jerusalem U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, praised "the vision, the courage and the moral clarity" of President Trump in making the U.S. the first country to open an embassy in the disputed city. Read more on NPR