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🎧 Israel issued its first-ever evacuation order since the war in Iran began for a 300-yard radius of a building in the Bachura neighborhood of Beirut, NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi tells Up First. The Israeli military claims it is killing and targeting Hezbollah operatives, but the specifics of what was targeted in that building last night are unclear. An official not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that the strike was symbolic and was meant to send the message that Israel would not tolerate Hezbollah’s fire much longer. The Lebanese president has recently called for direct talks with Israel to end the war and asked the international community to help bolster its army to try to disarm Hezbollah. Israel hasn’t commented publicly, but the official told NPR that Israel sees positive signs from Lebanon to crack down on Hezbollah. Al-Shalchi says it wouldn't be surprising if talks happen soon. 

🎧 Security officers exchanged gunfire with the alleged suspect in Michigan, who was found dead. Authorities identified him as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali. He was a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon.  NPR has confirmed that an Israeli strike in Lebanon killed two of Ghazli’s brothers and two of his brother’s children earlier this month. His parents were wounded and are in the hospital. Authorities have not yet shared a motive for the attack and say that their investigation will take time, according to Alex McLenon of NPR network station WDET.
🎧 Authorities identified the Old Dominion University shooter as 36-year-old Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, from Sterling, Va. Members of the ROTC class wrestled him to the ground, and he was ultimately killed. Jalloh was honorably discharged from the Virginia Army National Guard in 2015. Steve Walsh of NPR network station WHRO says he seems to have been radicalized in the following years. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and five years supervised release in 2017 after he pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq. He was released in 2024. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism, citing his previous arrest and witness reports of him yelling “Allahu Akbar,” the Arabic phrase for “God is Greatest.”

🎧 The bill, which has over 40 provisions, aims to drive down housing costs by encouraging more homebuilding, NPR’s Stephan Bisaha says. The nation is millions of homes short of meeting the demand, but Bisaha explains that the federal government doesn't have a "big lever" it can pull to mandate more construction. So the legislation is an amalgam of different programs and incentives that co-sponsor Sen. Elizabeth Warren describes as a "giant meatball." It includes a popular provision banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes. While people blame these investors for driving up prices by outbidding families, research on this is mixed. Bisaha notes that large investors own few homes across the U.S. and, in some cases, they help lower costs.