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--:-- Dale Willman: Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump is on his way to the Middle East, where he'll mark what is hoped to be the end of the war in Gaza.
--:-- Dale Willman: President Trump is arriving in Israel tomorrow, just for a few short hours. He's going to be delivering a speech at Israel's parliament. He's going to be meeting the families of hostages. And then he flies to Egypt, to Sharm el-Sheikh, for a short ceremony dubbed the Middle East Peace Ceremony.
--:-- Dale Willman: There will be major regional and international leaders there. Hamas and Israel are not attending.
--:-- Daniel Estrin: That's NPR's Daniel Estrin reporting from Tel Aviv.
--:-- Dale Willman: Israel, meanwhile, says it expects that Hamas will release all the remaining living hostages sometime Monday morning. And in Gaza, families are waiting for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
--:-- Dale Willman: The releases are all part of the latest ceasefire that went into effect on Friday morning.
--:-- Maria Aspen: Wall Street will be watching the country biggest banks this week for clues about the health of the economy and NPR Maria Aspen reports that investors are also looking for reassurance after President Trump threatened to escalate the trade war with China.
--:-- Maria Aspen: JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are among the big banks unveiling their quarterly report cards on Tuesday to kick off the latest round of financial updates from big companies.
--:-- Maria Aspen: Investors expect good news overall. Corporate profits have been beating expectations this year. That's despite spikes of market chaos and ongoing uncertainty over how President Trump's tariffs are reshaping the global economy and raising prices for consumers.
--:-- Maria Aspen: The big banks in particular have a window into how consumers and businesses are spending money or cutting back. That's especially important during the ongoing government shutdown when federal data about the jobs market and inflation is delayed.
--:-- Dale Willman: Maria Aspen, NPR News, New York.
--:-- Caroline Eggers: Authorities still don't have any answers to what caused an explosion that killed 16 people at a Tennessee munitions plant on Friday.
--:-- Caroline Eggers: As Caroline Eggers with member station WPLN reports, the company handles multiple types of explosives for the military. The company is called Accurate Energetic Systems.
--:-- Caroline Eggers: According to its website AES produces several types of explosives including TNT or trinitrotoluene.
--:-- Caroline Eggers: But officials involved in the investigation have not disclosed what type of explosives were in the building.
--:-- Caroline Eggers: During a press conference, Agent Tyra Cunningham of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said more verification was needed.
--:-- Caroline Eggers: Any information that we give to the community, we want to be 100% spot on, so I will not speculate.
--:-- Dale Willman: TNT is one of the most common explosives used by the military. The company also produces a component of C-4.
--:-- Dale Willman: For NPR News, I'm Caroline Eggers in Nashville.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, and you're listening to NPR News.
--:-- Dale Willman: The president of Madagascar says an attempted coup is underway in that Indian Ocean Island country.
--:-- Dale Willman: His comments come one day after soldiers began to join anti-government demonstrations there.
--:-- Dale Willman: People have been protesting against service failures and alleged government corruption and nepotism.
--:-- Jeff Brady: According to federal census data, more U.S. homes are now using electricity for heating and a smaller share are using natural gas.
--:-- Jeff Brady: As NPR's Jeff Brady reports, that's significant because climate scientists say that trend will have to accelerate to meet climate goals.
--:-- Jeff Brady: Natural gas has been the most popular fuel for heating homes. It also the cheapest.
--:-- Jeff Brady: But Census Bureau data show electricity often in the form of efficient heat pumps is becoming more popular.
--:-- Jeff Brady: Fifteen years ago just over a third of homes heated with electric power, that's climbed to 42 percent.
--:-- Jeff Brady: The share of homes heating with natural gas has slipped two points to 47 percent.
--:-- Jeff Brady: Gas is mostly methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
--:-- Jeff Brady: Scientists say to avoid the most damaging consequences of a hotter climate, nearly half the known gas reserves will have to stay in the ground.
--:-- Dale Willman: Around the country, a few state and local governments have passed bans on installing gas in new homes.
--:-- Jeff Brady: Jeff Brady, NPR News.
--:-- Dale Willman: In college football, Indiana has climbed to third in the latest AP rankings after a 10-point win over Oregon on Saturday.
--:-- Dale Willman: That's its highest poll ranking in program history.
--:-- Dale Willman: The Ohio State University, meanwhile, remains in first and Miami is in second.
--:-- Dale Willman: Texas A&M is in fourth place with Mississippi landing in fifth, rounding out The top 10 are Alabama in sixth, followed by Texas Tech, Oregon, Georgia, and LSU.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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