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--:-- Kristen Wright: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
--:-- Greg Myrie: Israel returned the remains of 45 Palestinians to Gaza, part of an exchange of bodies under the ceasefire agreement.
--:-- Kristen Wright: NPR's Greg Myrie reports the exchanges of the dead are taking place, but they're not complete.
--:-- Greg Myrie: The remains of the 45 Palestinians were delivered to the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, according to officials there.
--:-- Greg Myrie: This comes a day after Hamas handed over to Israel the remains of four dead hostages held in Gaza.
--:-- Greg Myrie: Under the ceasefire, Hamas is supposed to return all 28 dead hostages.
--:-- Greg Myrie: Hamas says it needs more time to locate all of the Israeli bodies due to the heavy fighting.
--:-- Greg Myrie: Some may be buried under rubble.
--:-- Greg Myrie: Still, Israel was expecting more than four sets of remains initially.
--:-- Greg Myrie: Some Israelis are now saying the country should not hand over any more Palestinian bodies until all the Israeli remains are returned.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Greg Myrie, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
--:-- Kristen Wright: The government shutdown is in its 15th day now.
--:-- Kristen Wright: The Senate failed again yesterday to advance a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Republicans and Democrats are still at a stalemate.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Affordable Care Act subsidies are a major sticking point.
--:-- Kristen Wright: One Republican voted against the GOP measure.
--:-- Kristen Wright: A group of House Democrats marched to Speaker Mike Johnson's office on Capitol Hill yesterday to demand that he swear in a newly elected representative from Arizona.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Swear her in! Swear her in!
--:-- Adelita Grijalva: I'm Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat, and I won a special election last month.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Democrats accused Johnson of delaying her swearing in because she could force a vote on the release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
--:-- Adelita Grijalva: I have not had one word from Speaker Johnson. Not one word.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Johnson was not in his office.
--:-- Kristen Wright: He says he'll swear her in when the House is back in regular session.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Los Angeles County has declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing ICE raids.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Supervisors there say it is the first time they've taken this action against the federal immigration crackdown.
--:-- Destiny Torres: LA County is home to some 950 immigrants without legal status.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Supervisors say immigration raids have destabilized neighborhoods and created a climate of fear.
--:-- Destiny Torres: Local state of emergencies are typically designated after natural disasters like flooding, earthquakes, and fires, as well as crises like homelessness.
--:-- Destiny Torres: The declaration allows the county to seek financial aid from the state, expedite contracting, and possibly consider an eviction moratorium.
--:-- Destiny Torres: Some business advocates were concerned about the move, saying a moratorium could destabilize housing if passed as a result.
--:-- Kristen Wright: The declaration remains in place until the board moves to end it.
--:-- Destiny Torres: For NPR News, I'm Destiny Torres in Los Angeles.
--:-- Kristen Wright: This is NPR News in Washington.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Grammy winner neo-soul singer D'Angelo has died at the age of 51.
--:-- Kristen Wright: As NPR's Rodney Carmichael reports, D'Angelo was at the forefront of a soul music revival of the 1990s and early 2000s.
--:-- Rodney Carmichael: A sometimes reluctant icon, D'Angelo was best known for his hits Brown Sugar and Untitled, How Does It Feel.
--:-- Rodney Carmichael: The neo-soul movement he helped to find included contemporaries and collaborators, ranging from Erykah Badu Maxwell and Angie Stone to Raphael Sadiq Questlove and Jay Dillow
--:-- Rodney Carmichael: The release of Voodoo in 2000 shot D to superstardom and sex symbol status
--:-- Rodney Carmichael: Following a long period of reclusion from the music industry, including battles with depression, he began his own creative resurrection, culminating with the release of his final studio album, 2014's Black Messiah.
--:-- Rodney Carmichael: D'Angelo had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Rodney Carmichael, NPR News.
--:-- Kristen Wright: President Trump has posthumously awarded Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
--:-- Kristen Wright: It's the highest civilian honor.
--:-- Kristen Wright: The conservative activist widow Erica Kirk accepted the award at the White House yesterday.
--:-- Kristen Wright: It would have been Kirk's 32nd birthday.
--:-- Kristen Wright: Trump called him a fearless warrior for liberty.
--:-- Kristen Wright: The founder of Turning Point USA was shot and killed while speaking at an event in Utah last month.
--:-- Kristen Wright: I'm Kristen Wright, and you're listening to NPR News in Washington.
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