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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. Maryland's governor, Wes Moore, says he's sending state police into Baltimore to assist city officials working to fight crime. Scott Mascioni from Member Station WIPR reports the move coincides with the Trump administration's plans to deploy National Guard troops to the city. The state police are tasked with conducting proactive enforcement in high-crime areas. They aim to have a visible presence to deter. crime, according to Maryland governor, Wes Moore. It comes after President Trump threatened to send

National Guard troops to Baltimore, claiming it would reduce crime. Moore says that would not be helpful and that crime needs to be addressed holistically. We said that we were going to take all the above approach to public safety, that you were never going to militarize your way into safe streets. Baltimore is experiencing record low crime rates and is on track to have the fewest homicides in half a century. For NPR news, I'm Scott Mossioni in Baltimore. The administration has imposed financial sanctions on three prominent Palestinian rights groups. NPR Zeyabatrawi reports Secretary of State Marco Rubio says they've been sanctioned for working with the International Criminal Court to arrest and prosecute Israelis.

The ICC issued arrest warrants last year for Israel's prime minister and former defense minister over the war in Gaza. The court had also named Top Hamas leaders for arrest, who were later killed by Israel. Rubio says the ICC's work threatens U.S. national interests. The Palestinian groups newly sanctioned by Treasury Department are Al-Hak al-Mizhen Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. They said in a joint statement only states that disregard international law take such measures against human rights groups working to end a quote genocide. A. Abatrawi, NPR News, Dubai.

Apple is the latest tech firm to face a copyright lawsuit over how its artificial intelligence systems are trained. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, a group of authors alleged the tech giant used their copyrighted books without permission. Authors Grady Hendricks and Jennifer Robertson say Apple made no attempt to pay them after using their copyrighted books to make the company's AI tools smarter. The lawsuit-seeking class action status comes in the wake of a major settlement in a separate AI copyright case. AI Lab Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion. to authors and publishers who alleged the company used pirated versions of their books to train

its Claude Chatbot. The judge in that case said Anthropic could have bought the books from the authors, but the company instead chose to steal them. The AI boom has been made possible by tech companies sucking up vast swaths of human knowledge under a legal defense known as fair use. But now, a wave of lawsuits are attacking that behavior as illegal. Bobby Allen, NPR News. This is NPR News from Washington. Tonight's Powerball Jackpot is now the second biggest in U.S. history and estimated $1.8 billion. NPR's Amy held reports no one's been able to hit all six numbers in more than 40 straight drawings. Without a winner, the price keeps rolling over until someone eventually wins.

I bought a ticket because I'm going to win. How often do I buy the ticket, every drawing? That's Sharon Taylor of Philadelphia, whose dreams grow with the prize. Set up a trust fund for my grandchildren. Don't tell anybody where I'm at. The odds, though, are terrible. One in almost 300 million. Still, data show lottery spending is on the rise.

Americans spent an average of more than $300 playing in 2023, and researchers say when times are tough, participation grows. Same when the prize grows. At the last Powerball drawing, more than 160 million tickets sold, a near 200% increase from the week before. Amy held, NPR News. And Powerball is played in 45 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Hawaii is under a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Kiko. Forecasters say tropical storm force winds, heavy rainfall, and high surf are possible in the next couple of days,

and could reach the Big Island and Maui by tomorrow. The National Hurricane Center says Kiko, weakened a bit from a major category four storm to a category three storm, with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour, but remains far from land in the Central Pacific Basin. This is NPR News.