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A Fragile Cease-Fire Between Iran and Israel, and Toxic Homes in L.A.

A Fragile Cease-Fire Between Iran and Israel, and Toxic Homes in L.A.

The Headlines
Jun 24, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, Florida’s new “Alligator Alcatraz” for migrants. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/world/ceasefire-iran-israel-trump" target="_blank"><strong>Hours After Israel and Iran Agree to Truce, Its Fate Is Uncertain</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley, Isabel Kershner and Aaron Boxerman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/politics/supreme-court-south-sudan-migrants.html" target="_blank"><strong>Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Migrants to Countries Other Than Their Own</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/politics/florida-alligator-alcatraz-migrant-detention-center.html" target="_blank"><strong>Florida Builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center for Migrants in Everglades</strong></a>, <i>by Hamed Aleaziz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/realestate/los-angeles-fires-toxic-homes.html" target="_blank"><strong>‘Unsafe to Inhabit’: The Toxic Homes of L.A.</strong></a>, <i>by Blacki Migliozzi, Rukmini Callimachi and K.K. Rebecca Lai</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/science/vera-rubin-telescopes-first-images.html" target="_blank"><strong>Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images</strong></a>, <i>by Kenneth Chang and Katrina Miller</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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