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The Israeli military attacked military targets in
Iran overnight. The hours-long assault in response to Iran's October 1st ballistic missile attack on
Israel, which Iran said was retaliation for the Israeli killings of Hamas and his bala leaders.
MPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi has more.
In a statement released by the Israeli military, it said it had, quote, Salchi has more. government said there was minimal damage. A U.S. National Security Council spokesperson said that the U.S. did not take part in Israel's military action, calling it targeted and extensive.
The official said the U.S. was prepared to defend Israel should Iran choose to retaliate
further but hoped that would not happen and this would be the end of direct military exchange
between the two.
Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Egypt's war of ministry is warning about serious confrontations across the Middle East,
saying a ceasefire deal in Gaza is the only way to de-escalate tensions in the region.
President Biden formally apologized Friday for a nationwide boarding school system that for
decades forcibly assimilated indigenous children. Now, our Vermonter and Lakota elder, whose family
experienced those schools, wants to know what will happen next. Vermont Public's Elodie Reed has more.
This is the first ever formal presidential apology for a federal policy that lasted between
1819 and the 1970s. Vermont resident and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe citizen Beverly Littlethunder
wished it happened earlier in Biden's presidency.
Restitution of action would be demanding that every treaty that the United States had ever
signed with any of the nations in this country be brought out, looked at, and honored.
Following the apology, Biden said he was committed to fulfilling federal treaty obligations with
Indigenous nations.
Little Thunder's Nation recently filed a new lawsuit over the Dakota Access Pipeline, alleging it violates an 1868 treaty. For NPR News, I'm Elodie Reed.
Former President Donald Trump apologized when he finally took the stage at a campaign rally in
Traverse City, Michigan last night. Thank you very much. I am so sorry. Here's what they wanted to do. We got so tired up and I
figured you wouldn't mind too much because we're trying to win.
Many supporters left before Trump arrived some three hours late to an outdoor rally. He said
an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan conducted in Austin, Texas ran long. With early voting starting statewide in Michigan
today, Trump is to rally supporters in Novi as Democratic rival Kamala Harris will appear
in Kalamazoo. This is NPR.
Voters in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia are going to the polls in a parliamentary
election today.
The election is seen as a fight to determine whether Georgia moves closer to the European
Union or leans back toward Russia.
The election has been dominated by foreign policy and marked by allegations of a smear
campaign.
Officials in the Philippines are warning that tropical storm Trami could circle back and
hit the country again next week.
The storm on Thursday sparked extensive flooding at landslides.
Dozens of people were killed.
Trami is on the track toward Vietnam now, but the Philippine weather agency says it
is possible.
The storm could make a U-turn because of weather conditions in the South China Sea.
It was a mixed week on Wall Street with a flurry of corporate earnings news. PRC's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled while the
tech-heavy Nasdaq eeked out a modest gain.
Some of the nation's best-known corporations suffered setbacks. Boeing reported a multi-billion
dollar loss as a crippling strike by the jet maker's machinist dragged on. McDonald's
temporarily stopped selling quarter-pounders in some states, when onions on the burgers were linked to a deadly E. coli
outbreak. Tesla, meanwhile, reported better-than-expected earnings. Mortgage rates continued to climb,
topping 6.5 percent. The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes last
month fell to their lowest level in nearly 14 years. For the week the Dow dropped more than
two and a half percent, the S&P 500 index fell about one percent, and the Nasdaq rose less than
two-tenths of a percent. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington. And I'm Giles Snyder. This is MPR
News from Washington. Who's claiming power this election? What's happening in battleground states? And why do we still have the electoral college?
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