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Two crew members of a U.S. Army helicopter that crashed while patrolling the straight
of Hormuz were rescued by a siege road.
“The first time such an operation has been carried out by the U.S. military.”
President Trump says the helicopter was shot down by Iran. Here's NPR's cat loan store. The two U.S. Army soldiers were flying in a patchy helicopter off the coast of Oman over the night when it crashed into the sea, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command. Sankham's folks person captain Tim Hawkins told NPR the pair were later rescued by a 24-foot
long unmanned drone boat, operated by a special department called Task Force 59. The drone "picked up the two soldiers who are in stable condition" and transported them to another location in the water where they were then hoisted into a helicopter and flown to safety.
President Trump wrote about the attack on social media saying Iran was responsible and that the U.S.
"must respond" Iran's role in the incident has not yet been verified. Catlonsdorf and pair news, Washington. A trust fund that helps cover the cost of social security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years.
“NPR Scott Horsley reports, unless Congress acts before then, retirees and their family members”
will see an automatic cut in their monthly payments. Mosties who oversee the social security funds say they expected to run short a cash by 2032, three months sooner than they were projecting last year. That means lawmakers have a little less time to make changes, or tens of millions of seniors will face an automatic benefit cut of 22%.
The basic challenge facing social security is demographic, baby boomers, retiring and
large numbers, and there are fewer young people paying into the system for each person
drawing a monthly payment. Congress could pass the problem by raising taxes, cutting benefits, or some combination of the two. The program's finances have gotten a little shake here over the last year, as a result of falling birth rates, reduced immigration, and the GOP tax cut passed last summer.
Scott Horsley, in pair news, Washington. "Ladest round in the midterm election year fights being held today in several states,
“one of the most competitive in Maine, where Democrats see a path to winning the U.S. Senate.”
NPR Sage Miller reports a party's hopes for outsting the Republican long-time incumbents using Collins' rest with Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee whose campaign has been riddled with controversy. "Sater is a combat veteran, turned oyster farmer, he's a political newcomer, and he's had to answer a lot about his past since launching his campaign less than a year ago.
Most recently, the New York Times published a story where Platner's previous romantic partners described him as toxic, and as a person who does not respect women. Platner spoke to our colleagues at Maine Public, saying he believes these stories serve as a distraction away from the political movement he is building. He also told Maine Public, "He doesn't think his past will haunt him at the primary ballot
box." NPR Sage Miller, this is NPR News. In Nevada's primaries, voters are deciding a number of races, including congressional and gubernatorial contests, Republican Governor Joe Lombardas running for reelection in one of the most competitive races in the U.S., another since South Carolina, where voters are
casting ballots not only for governor, but also congressional and state legislative seats among other races in North Dakota, Republican Congresswoman Julie Fedorcheck is running for reelection, and could once again face Democrat Trig V. Hammer in the general election. New report warns there is no amount of alcohol consumption that is beneficial to a person's health.
The study renews debate over what federal guidelines should tell Americans, and appears you can do Gucci with details. This latest alcohol intake and health study warns there's no benefit to drinking. Even two drinks per day raises the risk of alcohol-related premature death, the study says. It's one of two reports the U.S. government has looked to for its influential U.S. dietary
guidelines. Based on its findings, the report published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs advocates tighter limits of up to one drink a day. Current recommendations allow drinking, quote, "in moderation." Meanwhile, the alcohol industry favors a competing national academy of sciences report,
which last December said moderate consumption of alcohol lowered mortality compared to not drinking. You can do Gucci and PR news. U.S. stocks have ended the day mixed with the Dow up 86 points via some peak closed down 19.
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