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From NPR News: 06-12-2026 5AM EDT — Jun 12, 2026
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This message comes from Mattress Firm. Sleeping hot can ruin your night. Mattress Firms Sleep Experts can match you with a temper breeze designed to deliver cooling comfort for hot sleepers. Visit Mattress Firm and upgrade today. Restrictions apply , Soree forest Details . Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Dave Mattingly . President Trump says the U. S. and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war, and he expects it to be signed within days, possibly in Europe . We have a signing soon and the documents are in pretty final shape. So we'll see. We'll see him. Very good should be done , that should be done pretty quickly. The President was speaking yesterday at the White House after canceling more airstrikes against Iran. However, a spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry says no agreement has been finalized. The president has said many times in recent weeks that a deal with Iran is close. The president is expected to meet with some top AI executives in the coming days, and PR's Windsor Johnst on says the president is expected to focus on ways the public can share in the wealth created by the tech industry. As policyholders debate who should benefit from artificial intelligence, Cornell tech professor Helen Nissenbaum says it's important to remember what AI is built on. We get sucked into the idea that the machines are creating rather than understanding that the machines are creating from what humans have created. Nissenbaum argues that everyday Americans don't get compensated for AI using what it gleans from them. Open AI has suggested a public wealth fund that could give all people a share of AI profits , while Anthropic has called for policies to help workers benefit if the technology displaces jobs on a large scale. Winsor Johnston and PR News, Washington. Shares of SpaceX begin trading on the NASDAQ today. Elon Musk Company has already pulled off the largest initial public offering of stock in the history of Wall Street. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, SpaceX confirms its IPO has raised seventy five billion dollars . The men's World Cup Soccer tournament is underway in the US, Canada and Mexico. The U. S. plays its first group stage match tonight against Paraguay. NPR's Joel Rose says public transit agencies in the host cities will be moving millions of fans to the matches, and already there are concerns about the main rail hub in New York City. NJ Transit is so worried about problems with New York's Penn St ation that it's chartered two large boats to ferry fans across the Hudson River after matches if necessary. The agency's CEO Chris Kalori says he told a top aid to start working on a backup plan during a recent string of infrastructure failures at Penn Station. Lance, I think I texted you at some ungodly hour and said, yeah, we're going to need a bigger boat. Glory says he will not hesitate to blame any rail problems on Amtrak, which owns Penn Station and the nearby tracks. Amtrak officials say they're prepared to deliver smooth and reliable service. The first match in New Jersey is set for Saturday. Joel Rose, NPR News . This is NPR News from Washington . In Minnesota, Vance Belter has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the slangs of the state's former House Speaker, Melissa Hortman and her husband and the wounding of a state senator and his wife . Belter changed his plea to guilty on six federal charges prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty. Belter was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus forty years The couples were shot at their homes nearly a year ago when Belter showed up during the night, disguised as a police officer, he still faces state charges. There's new research on workers in the medical field and their ability to prevent the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. Are Daniel reports . Postpartum hemorrhage, or excessive bleeding after childbirth affects twenty seven million women each year and kills forty three thousand . In the delivery room, it can be a race against time, says Adam DeVal, professor of maternal health at the University of Oxford. If you intervene early enough, you can then give treatments promptly. To do so, Deval says it's essential to measure the blood loss rather than merely eyeballing it, which allows medical workers to identify and treat these hemorrhages with multiple interventions simultaneously, altogether in
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