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KAZU News
Researchers have confirmed avian influenza in at least 16 elephant seals, one sea otter and one sea lion. More animals show signs of infection. Plus, California lawmakers condemn the Trump administration's use of the Defense Production Act to order oil drilling off the California coast.
KAZU Green Room
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Watsonville Film Festival
The Watsonville Film Festival opens tonight at Green Valley Cinemas. This year's theme is "art as resistance."
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Asia is feeling the energy shock of the war on Iran. NPR's A Martinez talks to Sam Reynolds of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
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Israel's ground moves in Lebanon raise pressure on Western countries, Europeans leaders reject Trump's demand to help with the Strait of Hormuz, blackout leaves millions without power in Cuba.
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A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that puts a hold on the Trump administration's overhaul of vaccine policies, including cuts to the number of recommended vaccines for children.
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As the war in Iran continues, millions of migrant workers in the Gulf are caught up in the ongoing conflict, adding to their already vulnerable existence.
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European leaders are rejecting President Trump's demand they send military assets to the Middle East to help open the Strait of Hormuz, which is being obstructed by Iran.
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NPR's A Martinez asks Ian Lesser of the German Marshall Fund of the United States how NATO regards President Trump's request for help to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
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Cuba plunges into darkness as nationwide blackouts hits over 10 million people on the island, worsening an energy crisis fueled by oil shortages and U.S. sanctions.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited Riker's Island Monday to observe Iftar, or the breaking of the fast, with inmates. It's part of his efforts to reframe Muslim life in the city.
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Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas since last March. -
The three girls say that the nonconsensual nude images were created by a perpetrator who used AI company xAI's image generation tools.
