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NPR News: 07-19-2025 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 19 July 2025

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0:00.0

When you walk into NPR headquarters, one of the first things you see is a big map of the country covered with little blue dots.

0:07.0

Each dot represents a local public radio station. That's the NPR network.

0:11.9

I'm Catherine Marr, CEO of NPR.

0:14.7

With federal funding for public media eliminated, your network is under serious threat.

0:19.8

Help us plan for the road ahead at donate.npr.org.

0:24.8

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Gaza health officials say at least 72 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military across Gaza today, including more than 30 trying to reach food distribution sites.

0:39.7

And peers, Emily Fang, has more.

0:41.5

A hospital in southern Gaza reported 31 people died from Israeli artillery fire while trying to

0:46.7

collect food from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

0:49.8

That's a U.S. and Israeli back group which has replaced the United Nations in distributing

0:54.0

food and aid.

0:55.5

But hundreds of Palestinians have been killed since late May by Israeli gunfire or in stampedes triggered by warning shots trying to get that food.

1:04.5

Israel's military said, quote, suspects approach them. They fired warning shots.

1:08.7

And quote, there are reports of casualties that they are

1:11.7

investigating. Because Israel's military has let in so little food and the dangers of getting that

1:17.5

food, Gaza health officials say a, quote, catastrophic famine is now threatening thousands of more

1:23.2

lives. Emily Fang and Pier News, Tel Aviv. President Trump is suing Rupert Murdoch over a Wall

1:30.2

Street Journal report that the future president sent Jeffrey F. Steen a lewd birthday card more than 20

1:36.2

years ago. Trump calls the story a lie. And peers David Fokinflik has more. Murdoch is also the

1:42.4

controlling owner of Fox News and he has been one of Trump's

1:44.9

most important political allies. The suit also names the journal and two of its reporters. It follows

1:51.1

Trump's litigation against ABC, CBS Meta and X, each of which paid his future presidential library

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