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On NPR's Thru Line, the firemen kept shouting to them not to jump, but they had no other choice. Frances Perkins witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire that changed everything. She was the first woman in a U.S. cabinet created social security and the 40-hour work week. The woman behind the new deal on NPR's Thru Line, wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman The Israeli military says it has taken control of the skies in Western Iran to the capital Tehran

Israel and Iran are trading fire for a fourth day The Iranian Ministry of Health says Israeli strikes have killed more than 200 people in Iran Israeli officials say Iranian strikes have killed more than 20 people in Israel. And Piers Hadil Al-Shelji reports. Israel's military said it now has quote aerial superiority over Iran's capital Tehran. It said it has destroyed a third of the Iranian military's missile launchers, allowing Israeli forces to operate over Tehran without facing major threats. The Israeli military said that it had struck the command center of Iran's elite military Quds Force.

The Quds Force is a subset of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which coordinates activities with Iranian allies. Iran has not responded to the Israeli military's claims. While President Trump said that the two sides needed to quote make a deal, he also told reporters that quote, sometimes they have to fight it out. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel a deal. He also told reporters that quote, sometimes they have to fight it out. Hadil Alshalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. The group of seven economic summit opens today in the Western Canadian province of Alberta. The host is Canadian Prime Minister Mark Kearney. Several of the G7 leaders at the meeting want to talk about several issues and NPR's Danielle Kurtz-Levin says the Canadian leader has his

specific agenda. Boosting the response to wildfires, building infrastructure and using AI for economic growth. Now, Trump for his part has his own priorities. His White House has said that he wants to talk about migration, critical minerals, trade and drug smuggling among other things. But given the timing of this meeting, the Iran-Israel conflict, that's sure to be a big part of the conversation and also Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine. And Piers Danielle Kurtz-Lehmann reporting.

The Agriculture Department estimates about half the workers in that industry do not have legal status in the U.S. And Piers Jimena Bustillo reports President Trump's efforts to increase deportations is leaving that industry feeling uneasy. Last week, federal immigration officials carried out several arrests at a meatpacking plant in Nebraska and at farms in California. The move was seen by farmworker advocates as the biggest targeted sweep on the agriculture

sector so far this year. For months, administration officials have sent mixed messages over how protected farm and food system workers are from the goal of deporting everyone without legal status. Trump has said that he wants to provide some solutions to farmers, but other cabinet officials are united on another message that anyone without legal status has to leave. Still, labor advocates say even if arrests don't happen at the work sites, arrests in the communities where workers live could still disrupt the supply chain. Jimena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.

The New York Times is also reporting the Department of Homeland Security will reportedly pause efforts to deport certain migrants that includes migrants in agriculture and the hotel and restaurant industries. This is NPR. Authorities in Minnesota have arrested the suspect wanted in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their two spouses. The former speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband have been killed. Suspect Vance Belter was armed but surrendered to authorities in rural Minnesota yesterday. He had eluded them for two days. Democratic officials say the killings were

politically motivated. Catastrophic flooding in two states has left several people dead. Five people have been killed in West Virginia, and several people are still missing. In San Antonio, Texas, 13 people died in a storm late last week. New research examines the benefits of music therapy for cancer patients. Researchers say the combination of talk and musical expression is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy. NPR's Yuki Noguchi explains.

Cynthia cherished Malloran's worries outlasted the breast cancer she survived at age 39. So she signed up for a study and underwent music therapy. She talked to, hummed along with, or co-wrote songs about her troubles with her therapist. Picture yourself feeling unwell and someone is serenading you. Just you. And how much better you feel because you're being seen and cared for that way. The research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology found that benefits of music therapy lasted at least four months for two-thirds of patients. Yuki Noguchi, NPR News.

And I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News from Washington.