Hamas Leader Killed, Harvard's President Resigns, NRA Trial in New York
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🗓️ 3 January 2024
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| 0:00.0 | A top Hamas leader was killed in Lebanon's capital of Beirut, the militant group accused Israel of carrying out the drone strike that killed him, as did Lebanese leaders. |
| 0:11.6 | Could this attack in Lebanon trigger a wider war? |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Leila Faldil and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:18.6 | Harvard's president has resigned after just six months on the job. |
| 0:25.0 | Claudine Gay had come under fire for her congressional testimony about anti-semitism on campus |
| 0:30.0 | and allegations of plagiarism. Does her departure point to an even bigger |
| 0:35.0 | political battle across academia. Plus New York's attorney general is hoping |
| 0:40.1 | to oust the National Rifle Association's longtime leader Wayne Le Pierre |
| 0:44.4 | from his position on corruption charges. How strong is her case? |
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| 1:17.0 | A senior Hamas leader and six other members of its armed wing were killed in an explosion in Lebanon. |
| 1:24.0 | Lebanon blames Israel, which has not claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| 1:28.6 | It's the first such killing after Israel vowed to target Hamas officials in other countries after the militant Palestinian |
| 1:35.0 | groups October 7th attack on Israel. |
| 1:37.9 | Lebanese leaders have warned that the assassination could open another front in the |
| 1:42.4 | war on Gaza. |
| 1:43.4 | And PR's Jane Arraf joins us now to discuss this from Amman Jordan. |
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