Six minutes of news from around the nation.

Iran said to be considering US proposal to end war; Ted Turner, CNN innovator is dead at 87; Medicaid cuts put 300,000 Pennsylvanians' health coverage at risk; Minnesota prepares to implement high-profile crypto kiosk ban; LGBTQ+ groups celebrate transgender elders this Mother's Day.

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The Public News Service Daily Newscast, May the 7th, 2026.

I'm Mike Clifford.

Iran indicated it is still considering the U.S. proposal to end the war.

Axios reported Wednesday that the White House believes it could be closing in on a 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran.

Axios describes the memorandum as a one-page 14-point memo which could set a framework for more detailed negotiations.

Among the provisions are a suspension on Iranian nuclear enrichment, the lifting of sanctions, and restoring free transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

And Ted Turner, the brash media mogul who created CNN and the 24 cable news broadcasting cycle, is dead at the age of 87.

He had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia back in 2018.

Meantime, major Medicaid cuts tied to the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Act are hitting Pennsylvania hard, three million state residents rely on Medicaid, and federal changes could compromise coverage for up to 300,000 people.

Pennsylvania Secretary of Human Services Valerie R. Couch says she's hearing anxiety and fear from providers too.

She warns the damage won't stop at Medicaid, saying H.R. 1 puts the entire health care system at risk, particularly in rural communities, and that states simply can't absorb these cuts on their own.

Those who lose coverage will go without care.

Hospitals and providers will see more uncompensated care, losing critical funding for their work.

The cost of private insurance will rise due to uncompensated care.

More hospitals will close.

New data from Protect Our Care estimates that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cut about $46 billion in federal Medicaid funding over 10 years in Pennsylvania.

Danielle Smith reporting.

Nearly 900 hospitals and clinics across all 50 states are at risk of cuts.

That's according to Protect Our Care.

Next in Minnesota, where retail sites have until August 1st to comply with a new state law that bans cryptocurrency kiosks.

The state joined a short list of jurisdictions that outlawed the machines this week amid mounting concerns over people being scammed.

Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday signed the ban, hailed by consumer advocates and police departments.

AARP says nationwide, machines that handle virtual currency transactions were used in scams that led to nearly $390 million in reported losses last year.

Jay Hopalov with the organization's Minnesota office says because there's a three-month window before the law takes effect, there's a good chance more people will be targeted.

In between now and the start of August, people can still send money using these machines and people will be scammed.

So anyone who says you ought to send them money using a crypto kiosk, it's a big red flag.

He says if you do get scammed this summer, you need to reach out to local law enforcement and the kiosk operator to seek a refund.

This is Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection.

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Many older transgender women informally adopt younger trans people and form a parent-child bond of choice.

This Mother's Day, trans advocates are celebrating the women who care for the whole community.

Jeanetta Johnson is CEO of the Miss Major Alexander L. Lee Black Trans Cultural Center in San Francisco, which runs the Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Justice Project.

The program is named after Miss Major Griffin Gracie, who took Jeanetta under her wing when she wanted to leave a life of drugs and prostitution behind.

I was 30-something years old, and I knew that I could potentially die on the streets.

She raised me, made me become an adult, made me find a safe way to live and to love myself.

Ms. Major, who passed away last year, was considered the matriarch of the trans community in San Francisco, always ready with a meal or some good advice.

I'm Suzanne Potter.

And fallen members of the military, firefighters, police officers, veterans, and their families are being honored this month through nationwide events sponsored by Dallas-based Carry the Load.

Co-founder Stephen Hawley says the nonprofit works to put the meaning of Memorial Day back into observances.

During Memorial May, 75 Carry the Load walks are taking place across Texas and the country, giving loved ones an opportunity to reflect.

That's the beautiful part of our events.

It's kind of open to interpretation of how you want to participate, whether it's a physical backpack or a lot of people bringing pictures of loved ones who made that ultimate sacrifice.

The observances will culminate with an event at Rivershawn Park in Dallas on May 24th and 25th.

A list of nationwide commemorations is available at the nonprofit's website.

I'm Freda Ross reporting.

Finally, the U.S. House has passed a version of the Farm Bill without an immunity shield for pesticide makers if their products are found to be carcinogenic.

Our Mark Moran reports food and clean water advocates are encouraged that it doesn't contain a so-called cancer gag act, but it does make large cuts to food and nutrition assistance programs.

Last year, the Iowa legislature defeated a provision that would have provided chemical makers such as Bayer, which produces the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup, immunity from cancer lawsuits.

In response, Bayer took its fight for immunity to the federal level.

Food and Water Watch Iowa organizer Jennifer Breon says public sentiment is catching up with science, suggesting that glyphosate is carcinogenic.

That's a validation of all the activism and all the work that Iowans have done to make sure that there was no Cancer Gag Act either in Iowa or at the federal level.

The Farm Bill, which was last rewritten in 2018, has been extended through the end of September.

It awaits action in the Senate.

Pesticide makers have said they are complying with current labeling laws with their products.

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