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The Pentagon has released the names of four of the six U.S. soldiers killed by an Iranian
drone strike on Sunday.
“They served with a command based out of Des Moines, Iowa.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegg said says the U.S. is stepping up its attacks against Iran and PR's Quil Lawrence has more. At a Pentagon news conference, Hegg said said Iranian offensive capabilities are diminishing rapidly as the U.S. in Israel established control of the airspace over Iran. The Iranian Navy has mostly been destroyed, including a ship sunk by a U.S. submarine in
international waters. America is winning. Decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy. Hegg said sidestep to question about whether the U.S. is working with ethnic Kurdish
rebel groups in northwestern Iran to further destabilize the Iranian regime.
An asked if the U.S. has enough munitions to outlast Iran's missiles and drones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Kane, said there are sufficient precision munitions for the matter at hand, but wouldn't go into detail citing operational security. Quil Lawrence and PR news.
“The Senate is on track to vote today on whether to limit President Trump's war powers”
in Iran. Democrats have insisted that Trump seek permission from Congress before acting. Republicans are expected to block the resolution. Texas re-publicans are heading into a high-stakes runoff election, and PR's Dominican Montenaro reports and comments Senator John Cornean failed to secure the majority
needed to win the GO primary yesterday. No one broke 50%, so it's going to amaze 26th runoff. So Texas get ready for more money and more nasty attacks between incumbent Senator John Cornean and State Attorney General Ken Paxton. PPR's Dominican Montenaro reporting.
The House Committee on Ethics says it's opening an investigation into Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez. David Martin Davies from Texas Public Radio reports the announcement comes. A day after Gonzalez survived his primary challenge. Gonzalez has been investigated for allegations of sexual misconduct with the staffer
in his congressional office. Gonzalez had been dealing with the scandal after the San Antonio Express news for his published allegations that Gonzalez had and affair with his former staffer, Regina San Flosaveles. Gonzalez denies the affair and calls the scandal a political attack.
San Flosaveles took her own life last September. Tuesday in the Texas Republican primary for the 23rd congressional district, Gonzalez
came in second with just under 42% of the vote, trailing Brendan Adeta, a pro-gun activist,
the two are heading into the May 26th runoff for the sprawling congressional district that includes 800 miles of the Texas border. For NPR News, I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. On Wall Street, the Dow is up 283 points. This is NPR News.
A recent survey found 85% of college students are using artificial intelligence for their assignments. We gain reports, students, and professors are navigating what AI means for learning. Dan Cryer is a professor at Johnson County Community College near Kansas City. He says using AI to write a college essay is like bringing a fork lift to the gym.
If all we needed was the way it's moved, then that would be great, but we need the muscles developed. Cryer worries that if students rely too much on AI, it couldn't obcheating them out of their education. But Angelie Titini, a 19-year-old sophomore at Duke University, says AI helped her better
understand chemistry and biology concepts, it's like nice absolutely have like on my own time able to respond to me the same way that like maybe a person would. Titini says she draws the line at having AI right for her. For NPR News, I'm Lee Gaines. The Texas biotech that wants to bring the wooly mammoth and other extinct species back
“to life is dismissing doubts and criticism from independent scientists.”
Officials at colosso biosciences defended their controversial goals while giving NPR a rare look inside the company's new Dallas laboratory. That's where scientists are looking at DNA from the wooly mammoth and other extinct species in the hopes of resurrecting the animals. Oil and gas prices continue to rise with Iranian drones having largely blocked ship traffic
in the state of Hormuz. Triple A says the price of regular gasoline in the US has gone up 20 cents a gallon on average since Monday. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
