Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. Israel continues carrying out attacks aimed at Hezbollah targets despite a ceasefire. The strikes have killed a number of civilians.

And Pierce-Janna-Raf reports the State Department says representatives from Israel and Lebanon will meet in Washington next week for two days of talks that are focused on long-term peace and security agreements.

The Israeli military says it targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot in the village of Tura in South Lebanon.

It says it took care to minimize civilian casualties, but those known killed in the attack were three women, an elderly disabled man,

and a girl who were at home when the airstrike hit their three-story building. Israel did not

provide proof of the Weapons Depot claim. It has intensified attacks lately ahead of talks

expected in Washington next week with Lebanon. The militant group, Hasbola, has responded

to the Israeli attacks with strikes on Israeli military targets. Jane Arraf and Pyrnews,

Beirut. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the threat of a widespread

hanta virus outbreak remains low. Global officials have scrambled, though, to keep the

viruses spread contained. And peers, Alana Weiss has more. CDC officials sought to temper

concerns of another event like the debilitating COVID-19 pandemic. The current outbreak of the

andy strain of the hanta virus arose last month on a cruise ship and has so far

killed three people more than two dozen americans were on board the ship seven have already returned home

an additional seventeen remain aboard the boat the CDC said that the risk of infection to the

american public is still low.

The 17 Americans aboard the ship will eventually be sent to the University of Nebraska for monitoring.

CDC officials insist that their time at the medical center is not a quarantine.

Alana Wise, NPR News.

Times running out in some states for registering to vote in this

year's primary elections. And Pierce-Honzi-Lawang reports these states are getting ready to hold

their primaries next month. Eligible voters in South Carolina, who want to cast balance in the

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