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5 min readLive from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Pentagon says six U.S. service members are dead after their military refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq as they supported the war in Iran. The cause of the crash is under investigation, though the U.S. military says it wasn't shot down. That brings the U.S. military death toll from the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran to at least thirteen U.S. service members. The Trump administration says the temporary relief will last until April eleventh and is supposed to cool oil prices. The US says it applies only to Russian oil already in transit and will not help Russia much financially. Speaking to reporters in Paris, Zelensky said this does not bring us any closer to peace. Zelensky spoke alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, who said there is no justification for lifting these sanctions. Joanna Kakisis, NPR News, KY. An official in Lebanon says the armed man who crashed his vehicle into a Michigan synagogue yesterday had lost four family members in his native country after an Israeli airstrike last week. The FBI says it was a targeted attack on the Jewish community, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer calls it an anti-Semitic attack. Country. Especially at this moment where we have seen such a rise in anti-Semitism and more attacks on the Jewish community. Forty-one-year-old Ayman Mohammed Ghazali, who was killed in
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- 1 (00:04) **Six U.S. Service Members Killed in Iraq Aircraft Crash** - A U.S. military refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq; the cause is under investigation but the military says it was not shot down.
- 2 (00:47) **Trump Administration Grants Temporary Relief on Russian Oil Sanctions** - The relief lasts until April 11th and is intended to cool oil prices, applying only to Russian oil already in transit.
- 3 (01:33) **Michigan Synagogue Attack Linked to Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon** - An official says the armed man who crashed his vehicle into a synagogue had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike last week.
- 4 (02:10) **TSA Officers Miss First Full Paycheck Amid Government Shutdown** - The partial shutdown continues, with TSA officers struggling financially.
- 5 (02:49) **White House and Congress Agree on Immigration Officer Changes** - The agreement follows the deaths of two American citizens in Minnesota.
- 6 (03:02) **President Signs Executive Orders on Housing and Mortgage Affordability** - One order aims to reduce housing regulatory burdens and incentivize zoning reform; the other targets mortgage regulations to ease home loans.
- 7 (03:33) **Pre-Industrial Pollution Found in Alpine Glacier Ice** - Researchers in the Alps discovered evidence of pollution from ancient mining and fires in ice layers spanning 6,000 years.
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