Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
More than 100 people have been injured after Iranian air strikes targeted cities near Israel's
nuclear research center.
“The missile attack came after an Iranian nuclear facility was hit yesterday, but his”
Empire's carry-con reports Israel says it wasn't behind that attack. The recent Israel, say the Iranian missiles caused extensive damage to residential buildings in two southern cities, near the research center, which is widely believed to be connected to Israel's nuclear program, authorities refused to confirm or deny Israel has nuclear weapons. The UN's nuclear watchdog agency said on social media that it has no reports of damage
to Israeli nuclear facilities. This was a rare failure of Israel's formidable multi-layered air defense system. Iranian state media said the strike on the Israeli city of Demona was in retaliation for the missile launched at Iran's nuclear facilities, one on Saturday, and another early in the week targeting a nuclear power plant.
Carry-con, NPR News, a rod, israel. House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries is pushing back against a plan from President Trump
“to send ice agents to help with security lines at airports as TSA officers who are working”
without pay call out, leading to long lines. Of quit as the partial government shutdown over changes to immigration enforcement continues. The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ice agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances, kill them.
We've already seen how ice conducts itself. Forders are Tom Homan says they're still working out the deployment, but that they will be at large airports with long lines and will assist TSA. I don't see an ice agent looking at an X-ray machine because we're not trained in that. There are certain parts of security that TSA is doing and we can move them off those jobs
and put them in the specialized jobs, help move those lines. Both men speaking on CNN.
“American retailers are predicting strong sales growth, fueled in part by tax refunds and”
the forecast of a cooldown in inflation. The nation's top retail trade group is forecasting that spending at stores and restaurants will grow 4.4% this year and here's Alina Seljuke has more. The National Retail Federation says this growth will be greater than the recent years or the years before the pandemic.
The forecast counts on a slight boost from tax cuts at the start of the year.
It also predicts that inflation might ease in the second half of the year.
The group acknowledged that it's not considering any potential fallout of the war in Iran, including the impact on shipping or gas prices. Chief Economist Mark Matthews says the retail group is still optimistic that the resilient American consumer and, quote, "the underlying fundamentals of the U.S. economy will support continued stability in the year ahead, adding the silo and beer news Washington."
You're listening to NPR News. Los Angeles Laker's Superstar, LeBron James, has said another career NBA record. Steve Outerman reports, "It came in Florida as the Lakers beat the Orlando Magic last night." In his 23rd season, 41-year-old LeBron James said a new record for a long-jewity
and durability. James played in his 1600 and 12th game. LeBron sets the record for both games, played regular season, and here is "fishing it through for two." The previous record, 1600-11, was held by Robert Parish who played 21 seasons.
James holds dozens of records, including the most prestigious, most points ever scored more than 43,000. In Saturday's record setting game for most games played, the Lakers beat Orlando by one point. For MPR News, I'm Steve Fuderman, in Los Angeles. At the weekend box office, Amazon MGM's Project Hail Mary took the top spot with an estimated
$80 million in ticket sales. It's the biggest opening for the studio and the second biggest ever for a non-franchise film behind only Oppenheimer. The film was directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and stars Ryan Gosling.
In second place, Disney and Pixar's animated hoppers with $18 million in third place
the revenge with $10 million and in fourth place, Hollywood's other big new opener, ready or not to, here I come, a search light release with an estimated $9 million in ticket sales. I'm Jeanine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
