NPR News: 03-28-2026 11PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Protest organizers say millions of people attended no Kings rallies across the country today. Here in Albany, New York police say between 3 and 4,000 people line central avenue this afternoon waving signs and banners. Stacey Newman of Albany says despite the cold in the winds, she had to show up. I'm here so my kids don't have to be here. I don't like the way that our country is going. I don't like getting into words that we have no place being in. I don't like not having health care. I don't like not having a future for my kids, so I'm here so they don't have to be. In the distance, one woman is offering free whistles to protestors along with instructions on how to use them. If you see an ice agent, on the streets, three short blows. If they are kidnapping somebody, three long ones, two warnings. This is for warnings. OK, it's a live everybody. Israel killed three Lebanese journalists on Saturday. It was a targeted attack on their vehicle as NPR's Jaina Rath tells us.

1:02The journalists had been reporting on Israel's invasion of South Lebanon. The drone strike killed correspondence Ali Shueh and Fatima Ftumi along with cameraman Muhammad Ftumi in a strike on their vehicle in South Lebanon, their organization said. Shueh had covered South Lebanon for his bullets, Elmanar television for almost 30 years. Tumi was corresponded for Al Mayadine TV, who had been reporting live earlier Saturday. Video of the attack appeared to show a double tap strike to consecutive attacks on the vehicle. The Israeli military, after the killing, accused Shueh without providing evidence of being a Hezbollah operative, its description of his activities, naming locations of Israeli troops, and maintaining contact with Hezbollah militants, mirrored normal journalistic practices. It did not mention the two others killed in the attack. Jaina Rath and Pyrr News, Amman. As the partial government shutdown continues, extra-long security lines are still causing problems at some of the country's airports.

2:03TSA agents have not been paid for more than a month and summer calling in sick or leaving for other jobs. At one of the world's busiest airports, travelers say those agents are long overdue to get a paycheck. For my advance, a member station, W-A-B-E, reports from Hartzfield, Jackson, International Airports. Pessinger Alina Marlow and her family were heading home to Seattle from Atlanta. She says the ongoing funding issues shouldn't be happening. I think that that's proof of the failure of our country right now, honestly. That should not even be a thing. When you have people not getting their money for 42 days, but that's completely unacceptable. This week, the Trump administration deployed ICE officers to airports amid TSA staffing shortages. President Trump has now signed a memo promising to pay TSA workers, but it's unclear exactly where the money would come from. For MPR News, I'm Dormi Advance in Atlanta. And you're listening to NPR News. Police in France say they stopped a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building

3:05in Paris this weekend. Officers spotted two suspects outside the building early Saturday morning and said one of the suspects was trying to light a device. One person was arrested and they're still searching for their accomplice. A federal judge in Sacramento is paused a merger of local television giants that was championed by President Trump. As MPR's Amy Held reports, direct TV sued, arguing the merger concentrates market power, reduces local news, and will result in higher prices for consumers. U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley ordered, next start, temporarily keep Tegna's assets separate, pending a review of anti-trust laws. If the merger goes through, next start will operate hundreds of stations reaching 80 percent of U.S. households. Congress had passed the law limiting owners to less than half of that, but the FCC granted a waiver, and last week approved the merger. Earlier President Trump had endorsed it, posting on social media the deal would quote, help knock out the fake news. In a move critics called censorship, next start ordered its ABC stations in September

4:07to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Nunley has ordered, next start, and Tegna to appear at an April 7 hearing to determine next steps. A group of eight Democratic-led states are also suing Amy Held and P.R. News. The U.S. men's soccer team lost a World Cup warm-up match to Belgium on Saturday, five to two. Belgium tied the game 1-1 just before the end of the first half and then scored four unanswered goals in the second half for the route. Matt Turner was in goal for the U.S., he was his first appearance for the team since last June. I'm Dale Wilman and P.R. News.

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