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the lunar sphere of influence, where the spacecraft is subject to a stronger gravitational
“pull from the moon than from the Earth. Later this hour, the crew will set a new”
distance record, NPR's NL Greenfield Voice reports." The record for humans farthest distance from Earth has been 248,655 miles. That record was set by the Apollo 13 astronauts over half a century ago in 1970. But the Artemis-2 mission is on a trajectory that will take the crew out over 252,000 miles. Their closest approach to the moon will be about 4,000 miles from its surface. The crew has been trained
in lunar geology and will be sharing their observations with scientists back on the ground. The astronauts will even get to observe a kind of solar eclipse when the enormous moon in their window briefly blocks their view of the sun. Now Greenfield Voice and PR News. President Trump is holding a news conference this hour at the White House on Iran. The
“morning during the annual White House Easter Egg event, he said Iran made what he called”
a "significant proposal" to end the war. But he said it's not good enough. He's demanding Iran reopen the straight-of-war moves, or the U.S. will bomb Iran's power plants and bridges. Trump said the war could at work and quickly, if Iran does what it has to do. "Hopefully it could be over with quickly. Again, there are lots of different alternatives. We have many alternatives. We could leave right now and it would take 15 years to rebuild
what they have. We could leave right now. But I want to finish it up. Iran, ready, cannot have." They are lunatics and you can't put nuclear weapons to the hands of a lunatic. On Easter Sunday, the President went on truth's social to threaten Iran using profanity and ending with praise be to Allah. Israel says it's killed the intelligence chief of
Iran's revolutionary guard corps. This follows in Iranian missile attack that killed at least
four people in Israel. NPR's Daniel Estheran reports from Tel Aviv. Iran has confirmed the killing of "Majid Hadami," intelligence chief of the paramilitary revolutionary guard corps. Israel's defense minister said Israel would continue to "hunt down Iran's leaders one by one" and threatened to destroy Iran's national infrastructure if Iran continues firing at civilians in Israel. In the Israeli city of Haifa,
rescue crews found the bodies of four people under the rubble of an apartment building hit Sunday by any Iranian missile. Iran fired rounds of missiles in the middle of the night Monday, seriously wounding one person in Central Israel, authorities say. As Israel burns through its stockpile of interceptors that shoot down missiles, Israel has announced a plan to speed up production. Daniel Estheran NPR News, Tel Aviv. This is NPR News in Washington.
States are making decisions about how they'll spend the first round of grants from a $50
billion fund. It's meant to help rural health care survive major cuts to Medicaid,
but Montana Public Radio's Aaron Bolton reports more than two dozen states may have to cut services instead of saving them. Big Sandy Medical Center in North Central Montana serves its namesake town of about 800. Former CEO Ron Weens says the hospital struggles to make payroll each month. He had hoped Montana would spend some of its expected $1.2 billion from the rural health transformation fund to financially stabilize facilities like his,
but the state wants hospitals to admit fewer patients and to instead offer more outpatient care.
“In some cases, the state might ask hospitals to simply cut services. That's what has all the”
hospitals and pins and needles. Hospital administrators say that would be a detriment to small communities. For NPR News, I'm Aaron Bolton and Columbia Falls, Montana. Hollywood Studios and screenwriters reach an agreement over the weekend on a new contract. It's for four years, a year longer than usual, the terms have not been disclosed. The writer's guild issued a statement that the contract protects healthcare gains reached in 2023. The current contract expires June 30th.
The Swift Resolution of Negotiations comes in stark contrast to the last round of negotiations when Hollywood writers went on strike for months. On Wall Street, the Dow is up 88 points. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington. Every episode of NPR has been a minute podcast, starts with a question about how culture shapes our lives. How are we spending too much on other people's weddings? Is social media bad for your mental health? We're here for your right to be
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