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to strike targets in Iran, that's ahead of President Trump's deadline.
“He says Iran must reopen the Strait of Hormos to all shipping by 8 p.m. eastern time”
tonight. Otherwise, he says the U.S. will fire on Iranian power plants and bridges. And Beers-Freckle Ordonias says Trump claims Iranians want the U.S. to continue attacking Iran." Trump also says that the U.S. is receiving reports from inside of Iran that the people
were willing to suffer in order to have this freedom.
And in response, though, the Iranian President posted on X that 14 million Iranians, including
himself, have volunteered to sacrifice for the war. And Beers-Freckle Ordonias reporting. Meanwhile, Iranian media are reporting a statement by Iran's revolutionary guard corps. It says if the U.S. crosses red lines, the response will be beyond West Asia. Israeli military is warning people in Iran to stay away from trains today.
That raises the prospect that Israel may bomb Iran's national railways today. But Israel's warning was posted online.
“Iran has cut off the internet to its citizens.”
The motoring club tripalases, the national average for a gallon of gas, is now about $4.12, rising gas prices are boosting interest in electric vehicles. Pompeo's Camilla Domaina, rather Dominozki, reports on alternatives to "driving." As the cost of driving goes up, so do the potential savings from things like walking, biking, and taking public transit.
The data don't necessarily suggest any widespread shifts in behavior. Public transit ridership went down slightly in March, although ridership continues to rise year over year. But the scooter in bike app, Veo, says that two-thirds of its users reported replacing a car trip with a shared two-wheeler last month because of higher gas prices.
And the "weward" pedometer app says 44% of its users say they're walking more because of fuel costs. Camilla Dominozki and Pianus.
“U.S. Department of Education is rescinding a handful of agreements involving civil rights”
and transgender students. And Pianus Cory Turner reports, former presidential administrations, had reached the agreements with schools. Both the Obama and Biden administrations tried to expand civil rights protections in schools to include students' gender identity.
And using that expansion, they went after school districts, they believed were discriminating against transgender students, reaching agreements, committing the districts to change. And it's these agreements with a handful of school districts and one college that the Trump administration is now rescinding, arguing the previous expansion of rights under Title 9 was itself illegal.
The Education Department, under President Trump, has also been threatening to cut federal funding to school districts and even entire states that continue to carve out protections for transgender students. Cory Turner, NPR News. This is NPR.
The Artemis crew is flying home after circling the moon yesterday. The four-person crew is now set the distance record for human space flight.
The astronauts have traveled more than a quarter of a million miles away from the
earth. Their schedule to splash down on Friday in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. There's a special runoff election today in a Georgia congressional district, voters will choose who will replace former representative Marjorie Taylor Green in Congress, from Georgia public broadcasting Sarah Callis reports.
Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Sean Harris are both hoping to represent Northwest Georgia for the remainder of Green's term. The two candidates finished a special election in March with the most votes. Fuller has President Trump's endorsement in the heavily Republican 14th district. We need an America-first fighter to stand strong for Northwest Georgia.
National Democrats like former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg have campaigned for Harris ahead of the runoff. I am your candidate that's going to fight directly for you, period. Whoever wins this race will have to run again next month for the regular primary for a term that starts in January, 2027.
For NPR News, I'm Sarah Callis and Atlanta. There's a special election in Wisconsin today too. Voters will choose another justice for Wisconsin's State Supreme Court. Michigan has won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. They beat Yukon yesterday, 69 to 63 to clinch the title.
On Sunday, UCLA won the NCAA Women's Basketball title for the very first time.
I'm Corva Coleman and PR News in Washington.
