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At least two commercial vessels flying under the flags of India and the UK came under
“fire today after Iran's military re-imposed its restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz.”
No fires or casualties were reported. Durvis Cohen has more. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation Center said one oil tanker was approached by
two gunboats, belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which fired on the
ship. In a statement released to Iranian state media, the country's National Security Council said that Iran is, quote, "determined to exercise supervision and control over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz until the war is definitively ended and lasting peace is achieved in the region."
Regional countries are still pushing for the U.S. and Iran to extend a shaky ceasefire to make time for renewed peace negotiations. In remarks to reporters, U.S. President Trump said that, quote, "very good conversations were going on between the U.S. and Iran, and that they got a little cute.
“Friend-parent news, I'm Gary Buscarin, in Vaughn, Turkey."”
Wisconsin is recovering from an onslaught of heavy rain and severe storms this week.
My insilver of Member Station WUWM has more.
People were still trying to dry out from heavy rains and flooding from earlier in the week, when more rain hit. In Milwaukee County, rivers overflowed, and intersections flooded, leaving people in cars stranded. People like Maddie Salswazio, who was rescued by firefighters.
After a couple of minutes, we just realized that we were in the water, and then we couldn't get out, so we pulled into the middle, and we turned on our hazards, and then we were there for probably like 30 minutes. For many in Wisconsin, this week's rain is bringing back not so distant memories of last August's record rainfall and flooding, which received a natural disaster declaration.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has declared a state of emergency.
“Crime PR news, I'm Diane Silver, in Milwaukee.”
President Trump signed an executive order this morning that could make certain psychedelic drugs more available for treating mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. And here's Daniel Kurtzlevin reports. The administration is framing the drugs as a way to deal with a national mental health crisis. Trump said the order directs the FDA to expedite the review of certain drugs like psilocybin
and ibogain. Speaking in the oval office, the president touted the drugs effectiveness in studies on military and veteran populations. Currently, psilocybin and ibogain are listed as scheduled one drugs, meaning they have no accepted medical uses and a high potential for abuse. Trump said the order would expedite the rescheduling of those drugs if they are FDA approved.
A study published in the journal over the American Medical Association in 2025 found some psychedelics have shown success in treating depression and anxiety. Daniel Kurtzlevin and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. British Prime Minister Kier-Starmer will be fighting for his job when he appears in Parliament
on Monday. Biggie Barker has more from London. Starmer is expected to repeat his assertion that he only just learned that Peter Mandelson, who was fired as Britain's ambassador to the US last year over revelations in the Epstein files, had actually failed a security check when appointed.
But as the Guardian's political editor, Pippa Krier, told the BBC, "The career-civil servant, Starmer, just fired for that alleged oversight, will be testifying Tuesday." "That might be a moment when that all comes to a hate. He puts his sight of the story and that could be damaging to the Prime Minister who has already been so damaged by this extraordinary scandal."
If Starmer is found to have deliberately misled Parliament, convention requires that he stepped down. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. The official opening of the day-of-the-given galleries that the LA County Museum of Art takes
place tomorrow with a ribbon cutting, the 724 million dollar building, with 110,000 square
feet of gallery space, will house the museum's permanent collection spanning 6,000 years of world history. The building, a bridge-like structure designed by Pritzker, when prize-winning Swiss architect Peter Zomthor, sits some 30 feet above Willshire Boulevard with cars driving under it. It also has about three and a half acres of outdoor space for patrons.
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