Keeping Iran From Engaging, FAFSA Fiasco, Death Penalty

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🗓️ 25 September 2024

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As the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah intensifies, concern grows about the potential involvement of Iran. Last year, there were a number of issues with the form to get federal student aid. A new investigation is detailing what went wrong with FAFSA, and Missouri executed a man even though the office that worked to convict him says they made a mistake.

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0:00.0	Israeli strikes Pummel Lebanon killing hundreds as the Lebanese group Hezbollah hits back, including
0:08.0	launching a missile that reached Tel Aviv but was intercepted.
0:10.8	Will this open warfare envelop the region and draw in Hezbollah-Kis-Baker Iran?
0:15.2	I'm a Martinez with Leifottal and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.3	College is expensive and a lot of Americans need help like federal student loans to pay
0:26.0	but there were a lot of problems in the last cycle with the form to get that financial aid.
0:30.0	The new investigation is detailing what went wrong with FAFSA, how did it affect students.
0:35.0	And in Missouri, the state executed a man even though the office that worked to convict him
0:39.4	says they made a mistake.
0:41.1	Why did a potentially innocent person have to be killed? And what does that say about
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