Iran and US Pause Fighting Again, TPS Work Permits, July 4th Teen Death Investigation
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🗓️ 10 July 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
More than 300,000 Haitians and thousands of Syrians are about to lose their right to work in this country, and with the work permit goes the driver's license, leaving people in places like Springfield, Ohio waiting to see what happens next.
The family of Nolan Wells speaks out today, weeks after the Black teenager was found dead on a Mississippi barrier island following a Fourth of July trip with friends, a case that's drawn national attention now that the family has hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:54) Iran and US Pause Fighting Again
(05:35) TPS Work Permits
(10:50) July 4th Teen Death Investigation
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| 0:00.0 | Iranians buried the country's supreme leader in the city where he grew up. A week-long funeral ended, |
| 0:07.8 | and so did the latest exchange of fire between the United States and Iran. What happens with peace talks now? |
| 0:13.8 | I'm me Martinez. That is Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.7 | A change is coming for many Haitians and Syrians in the United States. |
| 0:24.4 | Any day now, the Trump administration gets final clearance to revoke their permission to work. |
| 0:28.9 | We hear from Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, the people, President Trump, and Vice President |
| 0:33.0 | Vance attacked during the 2024 campaign. |
| 0:35.3 | Also, how did a Mississippi teenager die on a coastal island |
| 0:39.1 | on the 4th of July? Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump is raising questions about the fate of Nolan Wells. |
| 0:45.5 | Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:54.0 | Fighting between the United States and Iran appears to be on hold again. |
| 0:58.7 | This is after two days of an exchange of missile and drone strikes that is testing a ceasefire |
| 1:04.2 | between the two. |
| 1:05.0 | The U.S. says it hit more than 170 sites inside Iran. |
| 1:09.3 | Iran says its attacks hit neighboring Gulf states targeting U.S. bases there. |
| 1:13.7 | All this just as Iran was burying its Supreme Leader. NPR's Kerry Khan has been following all of this from Tel Aviv. |
| 1:19.5 | Hi there, Carrie. Hi. |
| 1:21.1 | I mentioned the funeral of Iran's Supreme Leader, which I know has been going on for several days. |
| 1:25.5 | But what was the scene there at the end? |
| 1:35.2 | Last night was the end of this week-long funeral for Ayatollah Ali Homanai, and four of his family members. |
| 1:38.8 | They were all killed in the first day of the U.S. Israeli War on Iran. |
| 1:43.6 | And here are some of the final prayers before his burial in his hometown of Mashat. |
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