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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. South Korean officials say they've reached a deal for the release of more than 300 people who were detained in an ice raid at a Georgia-Hunday electric vehicle battery plant last week. As Molly Samuel from Member Station, WABE reports, the facility is one of many major Korean investments in the state. The plant is a joint venture between Korean companies' Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solutions. It's under construction near a Hyundai EV and hybrid car factory that began production last year. Georgia has long-running business ties to South Korea, and the state maintains an office in Seoul.

475 people were detained in the raid, most of them, South Korean nationals. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the month-long investigation is the biggest in agency history. A South Korean official said they plan to push-to-review visa policies, and the country is chartering a plane to bring the Korean workers home. For NPR News, I'm Molly Samuel in Atlanta. At the U.S. Open in New York City, Carlos Alcaraz beat Yonik Sinner, claiming his second trophy at Flushing Meadows and 6th overall as a major. Meanwhile, President Trump attended the event,

receiving a mix of booze and cheers from the crowd. It's the first time a sitting president has visited the tennis championship in a quarter century. And peers Luke Garrett is traveling with the president. The stadium cameras cut to President Trump during the national. national anthem. Trump stood saluting in the Rolex-sponsored box, and the crowds erupted. Throughout the championship match, President Trump appeared on the stadium video screens, always sparking a mixed roar from the crowd. That's in contrast to celebrities, including Danny DeVito and Bruce Springsteen, who received resounding cheers. The last U.S. President to

attend the U.S. Open was Bill Clinton in 2000. Luke Garrett, NPR News, New York. Israel's Supreme Court has ordered an end to the policy of drastic. reducing food to Palestinian prisoners. The policy has lasted since the Hamas attack in October of 2023. And Pierce Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv. After the Hamas attack, Israel's far-right national security minister ordered prisons to reduce Palestinian inmates' caloric intake of food. Israeli rights groups argued in court this amounts to starvation based on testimonies of released detainees. Israel currently detains a record high number of Palestinian inmates for alleged security offenses, according to prison figures. The court's ruling says Israeli

prisons must provide inmates with adequate food to maintain their health. The judges said it was a matter of humanity, and that Israeli food policies worsened the suffering of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Israel's national security minister criticized the ruling and said prisoners would continue to face the minimal conditions required by law. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Japan's Prime Minister Shigero Ishiba is resigning, following growing calls from his own party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election. Ishiaba, who's been in office for less than a year, resisted growing demands from within that party for more than a month.

This comes a day before his Liberal Democratic Party was to decide whether to hold an early leadership election, a virtual no-confidence motion against him, if approved. A study finds that a majority of preschool-aged children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder were prescribed medications. But as NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports, medication should not be the first line of treatment for young children with ADHD. Researches looked at the electronic health records at pediatric clinics affiliated with eight academic institutions across the country. Of the more than 700,000, three-to-five-year-old seen at these clinics between 2016 and

2023, 1.4% were diagnosed with ADHD. Nearly 70% of those kids were prescribed medications before they turned 7 and more than 40% got their prescriptions within 30 days of their diagnosis. Preschool 8 children with symptoms of ADHD

are at risk of social and emotional problems as well as failure in academics. And the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends then the first line of treatment for such young children is to give parents the tools to manage behavior in kids. The findings appear in JAMA Network Open. Drithu Chattagy, NPR News.

And I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.