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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The Israeli military says it launched strikes on targets in Iran in the early hours of Saturday. This all comes as the Biden administration is pushed for months to avoid a wider war in the region.

And Piers Osmanhaled reports. A senior administration official told reporters the United States did not participate in Israel's military operation, though President Biden had encouraged Israel to pursue a targeted response. And the U.S. official says that is what has transpired. The Israeli military has said these strikes were in retaliation for months of continuous attacks from Iran against Israel. The Biden administration official says this should now be the end of the direct exchange of fire between Israel and Iran, though if Iran responds, the United States is prepared to help Israel. The White House insists its aim in the region is to de-escalate tensions.

Asma Khalid, NPR News. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigned in Texas Friday before he flew to Michigan where he held a rally in Traverse City. He told the crowd that everyone likes him him but one group in particular shows him strong support. We're doing unbelievable with men that never had anything like it. White men, black men, men like me. Vice President Kamala Harris meanwhile addressed a capacity crowd at Houston's Shell Energy Stadium Friday. The theme of the rally was reproductive freedom and as Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider

reports Harris drew a direct line between former President Donald Trump's anti-abortion rights policies and threats to women's lives. Harris said that Texas and the country are facing a health care crisis because of the repeal of Roe v. Wade. She blasted Trump as the architect of the crisis, saying the former president has claimed he's proud about his role in the end of Roe. And one has to ask, proud that women are dying?

Proud that doctors and nurses could be thrown in prison for life, for administering life-saving care? Proud that young women in America today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers? How dare he? Harris claims that if Trump is re-elected, he will enact a nationwide abortion ban. Trump has said he would leave abortion legislation to the states. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston. The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has pleaded not guilty to federal sex

trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. Michael Jeffries entered his plea Friday in a Long Island courtroom. He's free on a 10 million dollar bond. Prosecutors alleged that the 80-year-old Jeffries, along with two other people, lured men into sex parties in the Hamptons by offering the possibility of modeling for the retailer's ads. Stocks closed mostly down on Wall Street Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 259 points. You're listening to NPR News.

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 6-3 in game one of the World Series Friday night as Steve Futterman reports from Dodgers Stadium. This has to go down as one of the most memorable World Series games in history. There was such a buildup before this series. The Dodgers and Yankees, New York, Los Angeles, Shohei Otani and Aaron Judge. And in the end, game one ends on a dramatic walk off grand slam homerun. The Dodgers were down to their final out. They were trailing three to two. That's when Freddie Freeman hit the grand slam. The Dodgers win game one

6 to 3 and Freddie Freeman is the hero for MPR News. I'm Steve Futterman at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Law enforcement officials say Russian actors made a video that pretends to show mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania. The FBI says it's part of Moscow's attempts to sow distrust in the election process in the lead-up to the November elections. The video began to be widely viewed on Thursday afternoon. Health officials in Wisconsin say pizza that was inadvertently laced with THC has likely

sickened dozens of people there. THC is the principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The officials say an employee of a pizza shop in Stoughton mistakenly used a jug of oil while making pizza. The oil contained THC. Four astronauts have returned to Earth after spending almost eight months at the International Space Station. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico before dawn on Friday. After landing, NASA said one of its astronauts had a medical issue and is now in stable condition. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Support for this podcast and the following message come from Dignity Memorial.

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