Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
The FBI says it is investigating an attack at a synagogue in suburban Detroit as a targeted
“active violence against the Jewish community, a man armed with a rifle rammed a truck into”
the temple Israel. He was fired on by security guards and later found dead in the vehicle, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bushard says the security officer was injured but no one else in the school was hurt. There were some injuries and things that had to be taken care of.
One of the head of security was taken into the hospital. He got knocked down by the car when it breeds the building and we've had 30 law enforcement officers taken into the hospital for smoke inhalation. Investigators are still working to identify the man in a possible motive for the attack.
Iran's new Supreme Leader has issued his first public statement since succeeding his father
who is killed in an air strike at the start of the war. His NPR's Jackie Northam reports it was issued on state TV but read by someone else.
“The statement attributed to Supreme Leader Murched about how many says Iran will continue”
to block the state of Hormuz calling it a successful strategy that gives Iran leverage in the war. Hundreds of tankers are idle in the strategic waterway causing oil prices to skyrocket. It says Iran will carry on fighting and urges the Gulf states to close their U.S. military bases otherwise Iran will continue to attack those countries.
Hormonee's written statement was read with an English voice over and a photo of the Supreme Leader on the TV screen. Hormonee has not made a public appearance since he was named Supreme Leader leading to speculation that he's wounded, dead, or in hiding. Jackie Northam NPR News President Trump is promising to quote "finish the job in Iran even
as he says the country is virtually destroyed." They really are a nation of terror and hate and they're paying a big price right now.
The first week of war costs the U.S. $11.3 billion according to the Pentagon and is
driven up oil and gas prices across the world. The U.N. refugee agency says up to 3.2 million people in Iran have been displaced. An internal government watchdog and members of Congress are separately investigating allegations that department of government efficiency staffers misused sensitive social security data and PRs Steven Fowler reports.
In a letter obtained by NPR, the Social Security Administration's Inspector General told members of Congress last week it received an anonymous complaint about "potential misuse of SSA data." This week congressional Democrats investigating DOGE's access to social security data also said they received new whistleblower information. An information which was reported by the Washington Post and has not been independently reviewed
by NPR alleges a former DOGE staffer retained copies of two social security databases and wanted to use them in a private sector job. The Social Security Administration disputes the claims. Steven Fowler and PR News This is NPR News from Washington.
NASA has cleared its moon rocket for a launch with four astronauts as early as April 1st after completing the latest round of repairs. The Artemis 2 crew should have blasted off on a lunar fly-around earlier this year but fuel leaks and other rocket problems interfered. It'll mark humanity's first trip to the moon in more than 50 years.
Popstar Bruno Mars has the number one album and the number one song in the country and PR Steven Thompson has more. Until two weeks ago, Bruno Mars hadn't released a new solo album in almost a decade. But he's been all over the pop charts both as a member of Silksonic and as a guest on songs by artists like Sexy Red, Rose and Lady Gaga.
Now he's back with the romantic and his return is warmly welcomed on this week's pop charts. It's the first album of Bruno Mars' career to debut at number one. At the same time, it's lead single, I just might, returns to the top of the single's chart after debuting at number one two months ago.
Steven Thompson and PR News. This spectacular abacqua falls and Oregon was recently put up for sale. It's known for a 92 foot vertical drop over a basalt stone cliff, a nonprofit that supports a community of Benedictine monks owns it and put it on the market earlier this year. The listing worried fans of the natural wonder but during the Oregon state legislative
session, a bipartisan group of lawmakers stepped in and approved spending $2.1 million dollars
to buy the falls and its surrounding land. You're listening to NPR News. This week on Consider This, warn Ron and a new front in Lebanon.
“What is the cost in lives and to Americans at home?”
And in Ukraine, after four years the war there grinds on, is that what Russians want? Our reporters are on the ground with the first hand reporting from Beirut, Moscow. Listen for their stories on Consider This, on the NPR App, wherever you get your podcasts.
