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the U.S. Israeli war in Iran is in a critical period. He repeated threats to bomb Iran's
“bridges and power plants if Iran does not reopen the straight-of-war moves. He said the”
entire country can be taken out in one night and that might be tomorrow night. NPR's Greg Myri says the President didn't say how this would work." He said, "Well, I can't tell you the plan." He said, "He has a plan, but he can't tell it." But the question of what sort of military action he might take after this extraordinary threat that he's been making a very specifically yesterday talking about going after bridges
and power stations. And a lot of question about, you know, aren't these civilian targets and, you know, is that a legitimate way to prosecute this war? So he's put himself in a corner to mark night would be the fourth deadline he set for a massive operation that he, at least in general, turns. He's describing as a big escalation in the war." NPR's Greg Myri over the weekend a commercial satellite company cut off access to imagery
“of the Middle East. As NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports, the announcement makes it more difficult”
to see what's happening. The company, called Planet set it was withholding imagery of the midies to end Iran indefinitely, Planet uses a fleet of around 150 satellites to scan Earth's land masses on a daily basis.
The images have been critical to verifying events on the ground of recent conflicts like
the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. In this latest war, journalists and independent experts looked at planet photos to better understand strikes by the U.S. and Iran. Without the images, it will be more difficult to check claims by all sides in the conflict. The company said the decision was voluntary and came at the request of the U.S. government, Jeff Brumfield and PR news.
The crew aboard NASA's Artemis II set a record today. One of the four astronauts, Canadian Jeremy Hansen, made the announcement.
“"From a cabin of integrity here is we surpass the furthest distance humans have ever traveled”
from planet Earth. We do so in honoring the extraordinary efforts and seeds of our predecessor
universe in human space exploration. We will continue our journey even further into space before Mother Earth succeeds in pulling us back to everything that we hold there." But we most importantly choose this moment to challenge this generation in the next to make sure this record is not long-lived. The crew has now begun to trip around the moon and is on track to return to Earth Friday.
NASA plans to put astronauts on the surface of the moon in 2028. At last check on Wall Street the Dow is up 115 points. This is NPR News. Ukrainian officials say Russian drones attack the southern port city of Odessa, killing two women and a two-year-old child. The attack damage of residential buildings in energy infrastructure, at least 11 people were wounded. Moscow has escalated attacks on Odessa, the country's
largest port, which handles most Ukrainian grain exports. This year's RSV season is lasting longer than usual, prompting most states to extend the window from immunizing babies against the potentially dangerous respiratory virus. NPR's Rob Stein has the story. The respiratory-sensical virus or RSV is still spreading widely throughout the country, even though the virus has usually begun to fade by this time of year. In response, 48 states
in jurisdictions have extended the period that babies can get immunized hands of the virus for free through a federal program until at least the end of April. That's according to the Association of Immunization Managers. RSV usually causes mild cold-like symptoms for most people, but the virus can cause serious complications for very young babies. In fact, it's the leading cause of hospitalizations for infants. Rob Stein and Pure News. A new study
finds being vaccinated against shingles may help slow the aging process. Shingles is a painful blistering skin rash caused by the reactivation of the same virus that causes chickenpox. Researchers say those who are vaccinated showed fewer signs of aging at the molecular level and looked younger. I'm Nora Ram, NPR News in Washington. Every episode of NPR's It's Bene Minute podcast starts with a question about how culture
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