Akela Sherrills remembers the day in 1992 when the Bloods and Crips gangs in his Watts neighborhood agreed to a ceasefire.

We had a barbecue. It was like it became a family reunion. I mean, we had a three-decade war, you know, so the release was just extraordinary.

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The U.S. and Iran have opened a set of negotiations in Oman today.

Iran wants to keep the discussions limited to its nuclear program, but the Trump administration wants much more.

NPR's Greg

Mirey reports these include demands for Iran to limit its ballistic missiles and cut support

for militant groups in the Middle East. The sides are far apart, and here's the real catch.

And in most negotiations, if the two sides can't agree, the diplomats go home and decide

whether to meet again.

This scenario is different. The U.S. has spent a month moving Navy ships and warplanes into the region.

If there's no deal, President Trump could unleash attacks on Iran.

NPR's Greg Mirey reporting.

A federal judge in Boston has blocked a data-sharing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service and federal immigration officials.

NPR's Jude Jaffe Block reports this is the second time a federal judge has ruled against efforts to use IRS data to find and deport people.

Last August, the IRS shared the addresses of 47,000 non-citizens with immigration and customs

enforcement. But a federal judge in D.C. found last year that data exchange was unlawful. Now, a second

federal judge, this one in Boston, has blocked ICE and the Department of Homeland Security from

inspecting or using that data and has paused the data sharing agreement

while the case goes forward. The judge cited taxpayer privacy laws and also raised concerns

about immigration agents misidentifying people and wrongfully arresting them at their homes.

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