Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
More air strikes have been carried out on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the attack overnight
hit a radar installation. No casualties have been reported.
“This is the U.S. warrants Americans in the country to leave immediately, and Pierce”
J. Nareff has more. Witnesses heard the explosion and saw smoke rising from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's heavily guarded green zone. An Iraqi security official told NPR the air strike hit a radar installation on the U.S. Embassy compound.
He asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. The U.S. military had no immediate comment. A strike in Baghdad blamed by Iran-backed militias on the U.S. and Israel, killed at least one leader of the Milton Group, Katab Hezbollah, one of Iraq's main Iran-backed groups, according to a militia source.
He also asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak about the issue. He said the leader of the group who was believed to be the target, escaped unheard. J. Nareff and Pyrrnews, Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
“TSA officers have now gone without their first full paycheck as the partial government shutdown”
is now in its second month, and viewers, Windsor-Johnston reports some airports are now
helping workers. Airports are coming up with ways to support TSA officers as the shutdown stretches on. At Denver International Airport officials have placed donation boxes around the terminal collecting grocery store and gas gift cards for workers. Denver Airport Public Information Officer, Kaylin Villagrana, says travelers and people in
the area are dropping off dozens of cards. Those were the specific types of support we identified, helped them with their basic needs, getting to the airport, getting to their job, and also making sure that they have food on the table. Other airports are stepping in as well.
The Atletacoma International Airport has set up the food pantry for TSA workers as the shut-down continues, Windsor-Johnston and Pyrrnews.
“A federal judge is ordering the Kennedy Center to allow Democratic Congresswoman Joyce”
BD to participate in a board meeting on Monday to talk about the plan closure of the venue for two years of renovations, and Pyrr's Chloe Viltman has more. Joyce BD says she takes the responsibility to serve on the board seriously and that she intends to make it clear in the meeting that, quote, "no president has the authority to unilaterally rename or demolish the Kennedy Center."
A Kennedy Center representative says they are abide by the courts ruling and that BD was invited to the meeting despite her claims in court. Federal judge Christopher Cooper ruled on Saturday that the Kennedy Center allow BD to share have views opposing the temporary closure of the center at Monday's meeting. Doing so does not necessarily allow her to vote on the final decision, Chloe Viltman
and Pyrrnews. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are coming to Broadway as producers.
Their production company will join the production team of a starry revival of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, as Jeff London reports. When proof, the Tony Award-winning play starring Iowa Debory and Don Sheetle opens on Broadway in April, the Obama's production company, Higher Ground, will be billed above the title as producers.
In a statement, the Obama said, quote, "proof is exactly the kind of story Higher Ground was built to champion a play that asks profound questions about brilliance doubt and what we inherit from the people we love most." This is the Obama's first foray into theater. Higher Ground has produced for film, television, and podcasts, picking up six Emmys and
three Grammys. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London, in New York. A major winter storm has set to quickly strengthen over the Great Lakes tomorrow, with heavy snow, strong winds, and blizzard conditions in some places. The National Weather Service is forecasting the possibility of severe thunderstorms in the
minute-lantic next week, as a strong cold front passes through. That is a heat wave intensifies in the West next week, LA hit 90 in recent days, but by Monday, cities in the southwest could see highs in the triple digits. Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii are getting heavy rain. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
With March Madness getting underway, coaches are pushing their players to the limits, but an investigation finds that in some instances, tough coaching can go too far. She would call us idiots, stupid, worthless, low-off-to-low. On the Sunday story, coaches accused of emotional abuse and the players who push back. The Sunday Story from the UpFirst Podcast, listen now on the NPR app.
