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Neuroscientist Ethan Cross says you may think it's healthy to vent about what's bothering you, but... The problem is you often leave that conversation feeling really good about the person you just communicated with, but all the negative feelings are still there. Sometimes they're even more activated. Tools for managing our emotions. That's on the TED Radio Hour podcast from NPR. Live from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Trump administration officials say the Rhode Island doctor turned away at Boston's Logan Airport and sent back to her native Lebanon, was found with what they describe as extremist

materials linked to a US designated terror group. More from NPR's Toby Smith. Officials say Rasha Alllawi, a kidney transplant doctor affiliated with Brown University, went to Lebanon for the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah, a US designated terrorist group, and that she expressed support for him.

Court documents reportedly describe photos of him on her phone. Her lawyer, Stephanie Marzouk, declined to comment on those allegations, but says Aloe shouldn't have been denied due process. We're not going to stop fighting to get her back in the U.S. to see her patients where she should be, and we're going to try to make sure the government follows the rule of law. Marzouk says they tried to stop Aloe's plane from leaving, citing a court order, but officials would not listen.

Tovia Smith inPR News, Boston. Federal judges ordering the Justice Department to provide a sworn declaration by noon tomorrow, with details on alleged Venezuelan gang members and others deported under a 200-year-old law, despite his order to turn the plains around. Hearing today centered on whether the government complied with the judge's temporary restraining order with a debate about when exactly the order was issued, where U.S. custody of her deportees ends, and whether an oral order carries the same weight as a written one. Senior Justice Department officials have argued the order came too late to stop the deportations as

planes were already outside U.S. territory. Pentagon officials say Houthi military targets were hit in Yemen over the weekend by U.S. aircraft and ships, the strikes and retaliation for Houthi rebels attacking U.S. warships and commercial vessels. Here's NPR's Tom Bowman. The targets included radar sites, training camps, drone storage and manufacturing locations, a broader set of targets than in previous years. Officials say there were dozens of military casualties, but none among civilians. The Houthis say 53 people have been killed, including five children and two women.

One U.S. official tells NPR the strikes could continue for days, if not weeks. The Houthis say they'll continue targeting ships in the Red Sea until Israel lifts its blockade of Gaza. Tom Bowman, NPR News. Parents can help their teens by talking to them about what they're watching online. That's a recommendation from a new report about screens in teens. NPR's Katie Riddle has more. It's not so much time spent watching screens, but what they're watching that can be dangerous

for teens. That's why talking to them is important. Mitch Prinstein is chief science officer with the APA. It can really open up the door to conversations that these days I think happen so rarely because there are so many devices and opportunities for kids to do this independently now. Parents don't need to have all the answers, says Prenstein. They just need to stay engaged. Katie Riddle, NPR News. The Dow is up 353 points. This is NPR. There's still the matter of actually being accepted, but Harvard University

now says undergraduate tuition will be free for students whose families have annual incomes of less than two hundred thousand dollars. Students whose families have incomes of under a hundred thousand will get a completely free ride, including not just tuition, but also food, housing, health care, and travel costs. Harvard says the expanded financial aid will begin in 2025-2026 academic year. According to University, it would mean about 86% of US

families will qualify for some type of financial aid. Former or Forever 21 has declared bankruptcy for the second time. The fast fashion chain was once a formidable anchor for American malls. The first one bankrupt five years ago. More from MPR, Selena Solyuk. Forever 21 grew massive in the early 2000s

by making designer style fashion accessible, bringing runway styles to mall shoppers for cheap prices. This was the dawn of fast fashion. The chain expanded aggressively and over time struggled to compete with even faster, even cheaper online rivals. Companies like ASOS and Boohoo and now Shien and Temu shipping ultra-fast fashion from China. Forever 21 survived its first bankruptcy in 2019 as a smaller company with new owners. Now it's back on the auction block, losing money and shoppers, blaming online competition and high inflation, warning that this could be the

end of the line. Forever at liquidation. Alina Seluk, NPR News. Critical futures prices moved higher, oil gained 40 cents a barrel to settle at 67.58 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.