What to Know About the Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire, and R.F.K. Jr.’s Shifting Tone on Vaccines
4/17/202615 min
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Here’s what we’re covering:
10-Day Cease-Fire Between Israel and Lebanon Goes Into Effect, by Euan Ward, Isabel Kershner, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Fuller
Hegseth Again Threatens Attacks on Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure, by John Ismay
White House Declines to Offer Congress an Estimate of Iran War Cost, by Tony Romm
In Las Vegas, Trump Brushes Off Rising Fuel Prices, by Chris Cameron
Trump to Nominate Doctor Who Has Publicly Supported Vaccines as C.D.C. Director, by Apoorva Mandavilli
Utah Becomes the New Center of U.S. Measles Cases, by Teddy Rosenbluth
Roger Adams Dies at 71; Invented the Rolling Sneakers Known as Heelys, by Richard Sandomir
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:30
[instrumental music playing] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Friday, April 17th. Here's what we're covering.
Christina Goldbaum0:38
[wind blowing] My colleagues and I are walking down the main highway that connects Beirut to southern Lebanon. We left our car because the traffic coming down here is so bad. Thousands of families who were displaced from their homes in the south have been making their way back since the announcement of a ceasefire.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:01
My colleague Christina Goldbaum is on the ground in Lebanon, where a ceasefire went into place late last night intended to stop the fighting between Israeli forces and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
Christina Goldbaum1:14
Since the Israeli military has bombed the two main bridges connecting the north to the south along this highway, there's now just this one crossing, kind of dirt, ad hoc road crossing that people are using. Their cars are going one by one across,