Rafah Airstrike Fallout, Trump Trial Closing Arguments, Summer Wildfire Jobs

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🗓️ 28 May 2024

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International condemnation continues in response to an Israeli airstrike on Rafah that killed at least 45 people, according to the Gaza health ministry. Attorneys will deliver their closing arguments in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial. And as the summer fire season kicks off more than a quarter of the U.S. Forest Service's wildland firefighting jobs are vacant ahead of what's forecasted to be a warmer, drier summer.

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0:00.0	An Israeli air strike hit a displacement camp, set it on fire and killed at least 45
0:07.0	Palestinians in Rafah, the attack is sparking renewed calls for an end to the Israeli offensive.
0:12.2	The military said it used precise munitions while the Prime Minister called to strike a
0:15.6	tragic mistake.
0:16.8	I'm Leila Falden.
0:17.8	That's Michelle Martin and this is up first from NPR News. Attorneys will deliver closing arguments. news.
0:23.0	Attorneys will deliver closing arguments in former President Donald Trump's New York City
0:27.0	hush money trial, but will the questionable credibility of Trump's
0:30.7	former fixer and personal lawyer Michael Cohen hurt the prosecution's case.
0:35.4	And summer wildfire season is here but a quarter of firefighting jobs remain vacant.
0:40.3	They can afford to take the job but they can't afford to live in the place they're taking the job.
0:45.0	They have to compete for housing in the local market or live in their car.
0:48.0	Once the plan to deal with the shortage, stay with us.
0:50.0	We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
1:05.8	On the TED Radio Hour, linguist Anne Kurzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person. I sometimes get into arguments with people where they
1:11.6	will say to me but it can't be singular, and I will say, but it is.
1:16.2	The history behind words causing a lot of debate that's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR.
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1:33.0	Trials in multiple states, state and federal charges, plea deals, witness testimony, gag orders, the trials of former President
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