NPR News: 03-24-2026 1AM EDT

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1:04Trump gave Iran 48 hours to open the straight-of-or-moves, or the U.S. would strike Iranian power plants. On Monday, he postponed that deadline for five days, saying the U.S. and Iran have held talks. Oil prices are retreated following Trump's remarks, but Brent crude has since moved back above $100 of barrel in Asia. Trump administration wants to build an up-bed space to detain 100,000 unauthorized immigrants, but they're contending with significant local opposition. NPR's Anusha Mather reports that pushback stems from a range of concerns. The Department of Homeland Security has proposed buying up and leasing warehouses across the country to convert them into ice detention centers. Their vision is a hub and spoke model, with eight large centers each holding up to 10,000 people. The large centers would each be fed by 16 more regional processing centers. But in many cities, their efforts have been thwarted by grassroots outcry. Some communities like Oakwood, Georgia cite costs and infrastructure

2:07as the main issue. Others like Jackson County, Missouri cite political and moral concerns. In Merrimack, New Hampshire, conservative Hutchins, Texas, and even deep-red Oklahoma City, community-uproar led DHS to back away from proposed detention sites. Anusha Mather and PR News, Washington. On Capitol Hill, the Senate voted Monday to confirm Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne mulled to serve as President Trump's next homeland security secretary. He replaces Kristi Nome. The Supreme Court may be poised to toss out a Mississippi law that allows some mail-in ballots to be counted after election day. The Court heard arguments Monday in the case that has the potential to make mail-in voting harder for some voters as impure as Ashley Lopez reports. 14 states plus D.C. and some U.S. territories count mail-in ballots that are received after election day, as long as they're post-marked on time. The Republican National Committee argues this is an illegal practice because Congress set an election day. They argued that means that all

3:07voting and receipt of ballots end that day. However, Mississippi officials argued voters submitting their ballot in the mail-by-election day complies with federal statute, even ballots that aren't received by officials until after election day. Members of the Court's conservative majority appeared to be skeptical of this argument, though two of the six were tougher to read. Liberal members of the Court suggested, however, that it is up to Congress to set rules on how states run elections. Ashley Lopez and PR News. This is NPR. Sunday night's crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport is renewing focus on staffing shortages, fatigue, and other factors. That expert say has long strained the air traffic control workforce. The crash between an air Canada jet and a fire truck that had been given the okay to cross a runway killed two pilots. Scores of people were rushed to the hospital. Investigators say the flight data recorders have been recovered. A Colombian military cargo plane crash Monday, the plane was carrying more than 120 people when it crashed just after takeoff in southwestern

4:11Colombia. Officials now say at least 66 people were killed, and multiple others remain missing. Rescuers have shuttled dozens of survivors to hospitals. One of the best ways to prevent kidney stones is to drink more water. NPR's Allison Aubrey has more on this latest research. About a million Americans go to the ER with painful kidney stones each year. The kidneys filter blood to remove waste from our bodies and help the body balance fluids electrolytes and acid. But imbalances can cause crystals to form and lead to stones. A review of 31 studies found that among people who had already had a kidney stone, it's possible to significantly reduce the likelihood of a recurrence by increasing fluid intake. Experts recommend about eight cups of water per day. The researchers found a low sodium diet and decreasing animal protein may help too, and there's some evidence that adding a little lemon juice to water may also reduce recurrence. Allison Aubrey NPR News. This message comes from Mint Mobile.

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