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President Trump continued to threaten to strike Iran's civilian infrastructure.
“If the country doesn't open the state of Hormuz by tomorrow night, as NPR's Franco-Ordonius”
explains Trump says he's not worried about accusations of war crimes. He also doubled down on some of those dramatic threats of strikes on power plants and bridges. If Iran doesn't meet a deadline Tuesday that includes reopening the state of Hormuz. The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night. And he told reporters repeatedly that he is not worried about being accused of war crimes.
When asked specifically about hits to Iranian bridges and power plants, he said Iranians were quote willing to suffer that in order to have freedom. NPR's Franco-Ordonius reporting. The Artemis two astronauts are making their way back to Earth after today's lunar flyby.
The crew is the first to fly around the far side of the moon in more than 50 years, as NPR's
no greenfield voice reports. The first woman to fly close to the moon, NASA astronaut Christina Cook, was struck by the sight of small bright craters scattered all over.
“She said they didn't look like anything she'd seen in photos.”
"And what it really looks like is like a lamp-said of tiny pin-pricles and the lights shining through. They're so bright compared to the rest of the men." The astronauts also described seeing colors, greens, and browns as they took numerous photos. The crew will return to Earth Friday and splash down off the coast of California.
NASA says a landing on the lunar surface won't happen until 2028 at the earliest. NL Greenfield Voice NPR News. With abortion banned in more than a dozen states, it's not possible to go to a retail pharmacy and buy abortion medications over the counter. NPR's Selena Simmons' Duffin reports on a new study that suggests it could happen.
The study in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at weather patients could assess if they would be eligible for taking over the counter abortion medication based on a prototype box. "Can I like a prototype packaging for what an over-the-counter medication abortion package might look like?" Dr. Daniel Grossman of UCSF was part of the research team.
The 168 participants first self-assessed their eligibility for the medication.
Then went on to see a clinician who did their own assessment. "We found, overall, people were really accurate." Grossman says the work adds to a body of evidence showing these medications are safe and effective enough to be available without a prescription over the counter. Selena Simmons Duffin and PR News.
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to some U.S.-based journalists as part of a move away from newspapers. The news organization is becoming more focused on visual journalism and companies investing in AI, Julie Pace, AP's executive editor says that "We're not a newspaper company and we haven't been for quite some time."
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Pressure is mounting for Yay, formerly known as Kanye West, to be pulled from his headline
role at a London Music Festival this summer, UK Prime Minister Kier Starmor criticized the rapper's scheduled appearance. Pepsi already has withdrawn its sponsorship role. Yay has drawn widespread controversy in recent years for a series of anti-Semitic remarks. He apologized in January and a full-page letter in the Wall Street Journal attributing
his outbursts to bipolar disorder. A recently published study from the University of Southern California finds that being vaccinated against shingles may help slow the process of aging actually "millm tight" reports. This study is part of a growing body of research that shows receding the shingles' shot may do more than prevent the painful illness itself.
Eileen Krimens is a professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California. She's co-author of the new study that looked at adults who had received the shingles' vaccine. They looked younger in ways that are basic differences in biology compared to those who hadn't had the shot.
Krimens says those who have been vaccinated showed fewer signs of aging at the molecular
“level and showed improvements in a key immune response.”
They also had less inflammation. For NPR News, I'm Ashley Moldtite. A thorties in British Columbia have urged people to stay away from a rock face where a Volkswagen Beetle shell was suspended above a highway and an apparent prank by engineering students.
The province's environment ministry says the Beetle is expected to be removed within the week. US stock market drifted higher today. The S&P 500 rose nearly half a percent. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
