--:-- Lakshmi Singh: At Alt Latino, we celebrate Latin music all year round. But during Latin Music Month, we really amp it up. Once again, we're turning the tiny desk into El Tiny and bringing you 11 hot off the desk performances. Hear musical giants like Gloria Estefan in a more intimate setting. And get to know newer artists like Makario Martinez. Celebrate Latinidad with us all month long on the Alt Latino podcast from NPR.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A broad group of major news organizations is declining to sign on to the Pentagon's new restrictions on press access. NPR is one of them. Even Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's former employer, Fox News, says it won't go along with it.
--:-- David Folkenflick: NPR's David Folkenflick reports Hegseth's bid to clamp down on leaks has major implications for news outlets tasked with holding powerful institutions accountable to the American public. There's the concern that if you were to sign up for this, that you would be, in a sense, exceeding to the Pentagon's interpretation of what would be a violation of policy, but also with implications that somehow you're acknowledging that perhaps you are compromising national security.
--:-- David Folkenflick: Major news organizations reporters covering the Pentagon would argue anything but that they help national security by explaining to Americans what the Pentagon is doing in our name with our tax dollars and to our fellow citizens who serve under them.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The man accused of firebombing the residents of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in April has pleaded guilty. Tom Reese of member station WESA has the latest.
--:-- Tom Reese: Governor Shapiro speaking at a news conference said he's grateful to have closure after learning Cody Balmer will spend 25 to 50 years in prison as part of a plea deal. Charges range from attempted murder to terrorism.
--:-- Tom Reese: Shapiro and guests were asleep inside the Harrisburg home after celebrating Passover when Balmer entered and threw beer bottles filled with gasoline into a dining room.
--:-- Tom Reese: Shapiro says the threat of violence remains with him. I think it's important that in this time of rising political violence that none of us grow numb to it or accept this as the normal course of doing business for elected officials.
--:-- Tom Reese: The governor's residence has undergone extensive security upgrades in the aftermath. For NPR News, I'm Tom Reese in Harrisburg.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, the far-right conspiracy theorist found liable for defamation over claims the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: Israel says it opened fire during an incident in northern Gaza, even as a ceasefire deal remains in place between Israel and Hamas. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: The Israeli military said its troops opened fire on quote several suspects It said these individuals were crossing the yellow line that marks the boundary Israeli troops have pulled back to in the first phase of the US peace plan for Gaza
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: The military asked Gaza residents not to approach troops in this area and said those individuals were violating the ceasefire agreement. Hamas, in a statement, said it was Israel who violated the truce and that a number of Gaza residents were killed as a result.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: Gaza's local health authority said six Palestinians have been killed in two separate events in the Strip. Overall, though, for now, the ceasefire is broadly still holding.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: This is NPR.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Top gymnasts from Israel won't be allowed to compete at a world championship event that gets underway later this month in Indonesia.
--:-- Brian Mann: NPR's Brian Mann reports a sports tribunal in Switzerland has denied an emergency appeal by Israeli athletes. Despite the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Indonesia is denying visas to gymnasts from Israel.
--:-- Brian Mann: Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country, and its government has been fiercely critical of Israel over the war in Gaza. Six Israeli athletes and Israel's Gymnastics Federation called on the Court of Arbitration for Sport to intervene.
--:-- Brian Mann: They argued the International Gymnastics Federation has an obligation to make sure all qualified gymnasts are able to compete or cancel the event
--:-- Brian Mann: In its ruling the Court of Arbitration for Sports said it still reviewing the case but no emergency action will be taken ahead of the competition The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships get underway October 19th in Jakarta.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Grammy-winning artist Angelo has died, according to a statement from his family.
--:-- Host: The revered R&B singer whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer passed away following a prolonged battle with cancer. His family says D'Angelo leaves a legacy of extraordinarily moving music.
--:-- Host: One of the most notable moments was D'Angelo's video of How Does It Feel in 2000, which touched off conversations around sexuality and vulnerability and black male representation.
--:-- Host: D'Angelo was 51 years old. This is NPR.
--:-- Host: Before Gwendolyn Christie was cast as Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones, she had a hard time finding a good role. The feedback she'd always get was the same, and it wasn't particularly helpful. Because you're too tall and you're too unconventional looking.
--:-- Host: And I just thought, gosh, how limited.
--:-- Host: Gwendolyn Christie from Game of Thrones, Severance, and more on Bullseye for MaximumFun.org and NPR.
