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This is NPR News Now. The latest headlines every hour. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. People on the Gulf Coast are being urged to take shelter as Hurricane Isayas barrels ahead. It's the first hurricane of an unusually quiet Atlantic season. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltrans in Pensacola, Florida. Conditions in the Florida bandhandle have quickly deteriorated. The wind has picked up.

The rain is becoming more intense. In this area, state officials have said they're hoping that it will weaken by the time it hits the shore. Governor Rizanti said the state has prepared to respond to it as a major hurricane. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Pensacola, Florida. Ukraine's president Volodemir Zelensky says the White House's decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel will only prolong the war. NPR's Joanna Kikisis reports that President Trump announced the deal after speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel is the White House's latest attempt to lower fuel prices, which have risen sharply since the U.S. war on Iran.

In a voice message to reporters, Zelensky slams Trump's decision as weak and says Russia will make billions. That means more money for this war. More money. money to inflict suffering on us, he said. It only feeds Putin and gives him the ability to keep fighting. Ukraine's negotiating team is in Florida trying to restart peace talks. Zelensky says the team is being used as, quote, a smokescreen. Joanna Kekisksis and PR News cave. Senior ICE official Marcos Charles says federal officers shot and wounded a Dominican man in New York

yesterday because they believed their lives were in danger. Ice officers shot 28-year-old Oscar Belgall. in the neck while he was driving with his five-year-old son. DHS says the officers didn't see the child. Vice President J.D. Vance expressed doubts today about the Pentagon's plan to live stream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nadal Malik Hassan. I hope that people don't forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people. Now that said, I mean, look, if it's ultimately live streamed, I'm not going to be watching it. Hassan killed 13 people and injured 32 others during a mass shooting at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas. The U.S. has not conducted a public

execution since the 1930s. Public executions are rare globally. Only Iran in Afghanistan carried out public executions last year. Families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America's wealthiest, while the youngest families saw their wealth decline in the past three years. That's according to the Federal Reserve's survey of consumer finances. It underscores how robust stock market gains have made wealthier American families even richer since the survey conducted every three years was last completed in 2022. This is NPR News. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say the fly Dubai co-pilot attacked the captain of a flight to Tel Aviv last month, intending to crash the plane into Israel's main airport terminal.

The UAE's top prosecutor says the Omani National aimed to cause maximum casualties drawing inspiration from the September 11th attack, the co-pilot confessed to acting alone. President Trump has announced a $100 million program to support individuals who pursue PhDs in STEM research. NPR's Alyssa Nadwerni reports this new push comes as the administration has created a lot of uncertainty around scientific research. The White House says it is ushering in, quote, a golden age of science research. That includes a shift away from federal funding and toward private industry investment. But Nome Ross, a scientist who co-founded grant witness, an organization that tracks federal grant funding, sees it differently. I am always enthusiastic about more investment into science, but you could think of this as someone planting a tree somewhere where they just burns down a forest, right? In the last two years, the Trump administration has canceled or paused more than $11 billion in federal research money to universities.

Lab shut down, projects halted, researchers let go. and that's fed into a feeling that U.S. scientific research is falling behind countries, like China. Illesan Adwarny, NPR News. The draconid meteor shower peaks tonight. It comes as earth barrels through the debris stream left by a comet. Unlike most meteor showers, the draconids are best viewed in the evening just a few hours after sunset. I'm Rylan Barton. This is NPR News from Washington.