"Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman," the Pentagon says, "A U.
went down near the straight of Hormuz yesterday to crew members were safely rescued.
“U.S. Central Command just closed the information this morning. President Trump confirmed”
it last night." NPR's Greg Myri reports U.S. forces are in the area, enforcing a U.S. naval blockade. The two crew members in the Apache helicopter crashed is they were patrolling near the coast of Oman and not far from the straight of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said they were rescued in the early hours of Tuesday, about two hours
after the crash. Both are in stable condition. The military statements said the cause was under investigation. There have been no reports of hostilities in that area. U.S. forces are operating close to the straight, but generally not inside it to enforce
the U.S. blockade of ships going to or from Iranian ports. Iran is enforcing its own blockade, few oil tankers or other commercial ships are passing through the Gulf due to the dueling blockades. Greg Myri NPR News, Tel Aviv.
“A federal judge has overturned President Trump's $100,000 fee for H1B visas.”
And Pierce Seria Martinez-Biltron reports the visas are given to highly skilled foreign workers in the U.S. U.S. federal judge Leo Sorrokin ruled the $100,000 fee constituted a tax. Something the President has no authority to implement. Before, the cost of H1B visa petitions ranged from $960 to about $7,500.
This ruling gives relief to employers, although the White House has said it will appeal. This lawsuit was filed by 20 states including California. The argued the fee would impede their ability to hire teachers for their primary and secondary schools, exacerbating existing teachers' shortages. They also said it would lead to a decline in medical workers.
Sergio Martinez-Biltron and PR News Austin, Texas. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says, "Future doctors will now need stronger knowledge of nutrition-based medicine before they can obtain a license to practice." And Pierce Maria Gidoi reports its part of Kennedy's push to get medical schools to teach more about nutrition.
“Kennedy announced the change at a press conference Monday.”
He said nutrition will now account for about 15% of the content on the three-step medical licensing exams that medical students are required to take in the U.S. "That means nutrition will no longer sit at the margins of medical education. It will shape what students learn with physicians, master, what licensing boards assess and
ultimately how patients receive care."
The groups that agreed to the plan include the national board of medical examiners and the national board of osteopathic medical examiners. Maria Gidoi and PR News. "You're listening to NPR." President Trump has nominated acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanch to serve in the
role. Blanch was formerly Trump's personal attorney. He took over his acting U.S. Attorney after Trump dismissed his predecessor Pam Bondi. He has overseen aggressive efforts to prosecute Trump's perceived political foes. As gas prices remain high with no end in sight, these are taking a toll on people's
budgets. And PR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the trade-offs some people are making. In South Carolina, Mabel Lago and her husband have put off their plan for long road trips in retirement, but she worries they'll run out of time. "At some point you don't want to drive at a certain age."
In Ohio, middle school music teacher Matt Kiesel has seen the cost of his hour-long commute double. Come fall, he's considering staying part-time with siblings in the city where his job is. "But then again, I'm away from my family and I'm away from my kids and my partner, and
I don't want to have to do that." Some can't get to work at all because of high prices. Alan Bashir at the United Way helpline in Baltimore says a recent caller worried she'd be fired after missing two days, because you know, she couldn't pay for her fuel or her car.
And there was little help, but she could offer Jennifer Ludden and PR news. Three more cases of the new world screw-worm have been confirmed, including one outside Texas. That's five cases in all. The past could potentially devastate the nation's cattle industry.
The Department of Agriculture announced the new cases yesterday saying one was found in a dog in New Mexico. You're listening to NPR. This is our glass, on this American life, when they mean like, "It's a good mystery." Sometimes about really big things, but most times, the little mysteries are the best.
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