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Good morning, I'm Pavan Mahal, filling in for Sarah Naffa. In the news today: The Justice Department says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face trial before any deportation; a majority of U.S. adults favor allowing religious chaplains to provide support services for public school students, an AP-NORC poll finds; and Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of change in Iran. Also, scientists say they've extracted some of the oldest rocks on Earth in northern Quebec. |
This courtroom sketch depicts Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting in court during his detention hearing on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. (Diego Fishburn via AP) |
Justice Department says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face US trial before any move to deport him again |
The Justice Department said Thursday that it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him, addressing fears that he could be expelled again from the U.S. within days. Read more. |
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Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new AP-NORC poll shows |
Few U.S. adults support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools, but a majority favors allowing religious chaplains to provide support services for public school students, a new poll finds. The survey shows the complexity of Americans' attitudes toward religious expression in schools, which varies depending on the kind of expression and sometimes crosses partisan lines. Read more. |
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About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say that religious chaplains should be allowed to provide support services for students in public schools, but most do not think teacher-led prayer or a mandatory period during school hours for private prayer should be allowed in public schools.
Americans are more likely to oppose allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools than to favor this. About 4 in 10 are opposed, while roughly one-quarter are in favor and about one-third are neither in favor nor opposed.
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Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel |
From abroad, Iranian Kurdish dissident groups have been watching closely for signs that Iran's theocracy could falter in its grip on the country. Now, with the fragile ceasefire with Israel holding and many Iranians trying to return to a normal life, questions swirl about whether and how much the war has weakened Iran's clerical rule, in place since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Read more. |
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A handful of Iranian Kurdish groups — many with a distinctly militant past — have long found a safe haven in northern Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region, but their presence has been a point of friction between the central government in Baghdad and Tehran. Their armed bases were shut down and their movement within Iraq restricted, but the groups have not entirely given up their weapons.
The dissident groups are walking a fine line, balancing the differences among themselves and with their hosts in Iraq, the Iraqi Kurds and the Iraqi government in Baghdad — neither of which they want to antagonize. Despite having shared grievances over the marginalization of Kurds in Iran, the Iranian Kurdish parties have not been able to build a consensus.
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This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for Greek braised chickpeas. (Milk Street via AP) |
Put chickpeas at the center of the plate with citrus and honey
Greek cooking expert Diane Kochilas shares an ultra-simple yet remarkably delicious dish of chickpeas layered with tomatoes, herbs, orange and honey that is baked for a couple hours to meld and concentrate the flavors. |
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