Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
The US says it struck missile launch sites and Iranian speedboats attempting to lay minds yesterday.
“Iran says it shot down three U.S. drones, despite the violence neither side appears to”
be pulling back on diplomatic efforts as NPR's Abetrawe explains. These talks are just a kickstarter for there to be direct talks again between the U.S. and Iran. This is only an interim deal. But now Iran has levers they didn't have before this war and that's their
control over the straight of her moves and this hardened regime does not trust the Trump administration, Trump withdrew the U.S. from Iran's nuclear deal with the U.S. in his first term and then wars were launched on Iran during the last two rounds of nuclear talks in June and then in February. And now Iran is demanding what they call confidence-building measures, what they
want is they want the U.S. to unfreeze their money that is locked in accounts in Qatar. NPR's Abetrawe reporting street drug deaths in the U.S. continue to drop declining
roughly 14 percent last year, according to the CDC and PR's a Brian Man reports.
U.S. overdose deaths peaked in 2023 with more than 110,000 fatalities in a 12-month period. They've been plunging ever since. According to the CDC, roughly 69,900 people died from overdoses in 2025. The lowest number of street drug deaths in a 12-month period since 2019. Experts say the drop is due to better medications for treating opioid addiction and
wider access to healthcare. There's also been progress disrupting the smuggling of illicit fentanyl. Alabama, New York and Virginia saw the biggest drops in drug deaths, but there are still problem areas. Arizona, New Mexico and North Dakota have actually seen sharp increases in fatal overdoses, Brian Man and PR news. An industrial accident at a paper mill in southwest Washington state this morning has killed
at least one person in injured at least 10 more.
“Remember station OPB's Eric Newman has more. Emergency vehicles were coming and going”
from a paper facility for the company Napan Dyna Wave on Tuesday morning. According to officials, the accident involved the rupture of a tank of a chemical compound called white liquor that's involved in the paper making process. Mike Gorsuch is the city of Longview Fire Battalion Chief. The incident is stable, but it is in recovery phase.
Recovery efforts remain underway at the facility. Hazarders, materials, personnel, and fire crews continue working closely with facilities staff to secure the area and to support the ongoing operations. Officials did not provide additional details about the victims and they said it's too early to know the specific cause of the accident. For an appear news, I'm Eric Newman in Longview,
Washington. President Trump is announced that the U.S. is admitting 10,000 additional white South Africans as refugees citing persecution in their home country. This decision comes as the administration blocks refugees from other countries. Trump suspended the refugee program on his
first day in office and is agreed only to allow in Afra Conner's a group of white South Africans.
This is NPR News. Brazilian Senator, Flavio Bolsonaro is in Washington DC, leaning on his disgraced father's connection with former with President Trump. The elder Bolsonaro, Jair, is in prison. He was convicted of attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election. Flavio is trying to bolster his presidential bid after receiving
millions of dollars from a disgraced banker. Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing, claiming the money was for a movie about his father. The French open, or Roland Garros, is underway in Paris, as NPR's Rachel Treesman reports, it's named after a French World War I hero. The second tennis grand slam tournament of the year is named after a man who didn't actually play tennis. Roland Garros was an aviation pioneer who became the first person to fly across
the Mediterranean sea before joining the French Army. He has considered the first modern
fighter pilot, downing four German planes during World War I. Garros spent three years in a German prisoner of war camp, escaped, then returned to the front lines. He was killed in action in October 1918, the day before his 30th birthday. Ten years later, his former business school classmate proposed the new Paris tennis stadium be named in his honor. Rachel Treesman and PR News. Gabriel Lando scogue of the NHL's Colorado avalanche uses sensors in his skates and sneakers
to monitor his bio mechanics. It helps the hockey captain stay on the ice after a three-year gap due to a complicated knee injury. The sensors track movement patterns workload and stride characteristics alerting when he needs rests. The AI platform Plantiga says it helps athletes stay on top of their game and prevent injuries. This is NPR. Every single complex society is as ever existed
“in the history of the world so far has collapsed. Do we think we're indifferent? Are we doomed?”
The new podcast about the end of the world? I don't like where this is headed. I'm Ben Bradford. Join me for R.E.D. Part of the NPR network. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
