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Rescue operations are entering a critical stage and northern Venezuela three days after
“a powerful back-to-back earthquake struck the country.”
NPR's Fatmitanist reports on the growing international response as rescue teams continue searching through the rubble. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised a big, fast and effective response from the U.S., a $150 million commitment to faith-based aid groups and United Nations agencies for the response.
The U.S. is also deploying a disaster assistance team and two search and rescue teams for Virginia and California to help find survivors in the rubble. At NPR's Fatmitanist reporting, it's already same more than 900 people have died, nearly 3,000 others were injured. The U.S. hit Iranian military facilities along its coast on Friday, NPR's Tom Bowman
reports the attacks were in retaliation for Tehran hitting a cargo ship on Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz with the drone. The central command statement set American war planes attacked Iranian missile and drone
“storage locations and coastal radar sites.”
This comes after a run attack to Singapore flag cargo ship the ever-lovely, exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast where the U.S. has set up a pathway and cleared it off mines. A run-insisted ships can only sail through the routes it has set up closer to its coast. Nearly three weeks ago, U.S. forces hit similar military targets after a run-fired multiple
attack drones toward the Strait. Tom Bowman NPR news. The U.S. is banking what officials describe as a first step toward easing tensions between Israel and Lebanon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israeli and Lebanese officials on Friday and announcing
the framework aimed at strengthening security cooperation and reducing Hezbollah's influence.
The U.S. is also committing $100 million in aid.
The Texas State Board of Education has approved a reading list that requires students to learn
“Bible passages in addition to the likes of Shakespeare, Bill Zeebel from Member Station”
KERA reports. In a nine-to-five-parted-line vote, the mostly Republican board approved adding Bible passages to the required K-12 reading list. KERA's a low-paz with the progressive Texas Freedom Network said the list is biased against other non-Christian faiths.
With this reading list, we are trying to teach a very narrow point of view that belongs in a fiscal and not in our public schools. This move follows a recent Texas law requiring the ten commandments in every class. It reinforces suspicions of some that lawmakers want Texas and its schools to reflect a Christian identity for NPR News on Bill Zeebel in Dallas.
This is NPR News in Washington. The small West African nation of Cape Verdi has defied expectations and advanced to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup. The team's historic run is drawing cheers and southern New England home to one of the countries' largest Cape Verdi communities.
Chris Polansky from Connecticut Public reports. The Cape Verdi Association of Bridgeport, Connecticut, erupted as the crowd realized their team would be moving on after it's draw with Saudi Arabia. Between hugs and high-fives, Fantoni Dapina said he could hardly believe it. So to see us be out there to see it and be able to show the world that we may not have
a lot of resources, but we have a lot of heart to be able to compete in the big stage that has been tremendous for us, you know? Cape Verdi's next winner go home match will be against raining World Cup champs Argentina. Dapina says he and his fellow fans have faith that the team can continue to surprise. For NPR News, I'm Chris Polansky in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The dangerous wildfire conditions continue across much of the west where hot dry and windy weather is making it difficult for crews to contain several large blazes. The content would fire and southern Utah is not the largest wildfire currently burning in the country. Utah has declared a state of emergency and temporarily banned fireworks ahead of the 4th of
July. Red Flag mornings remain an effect across parts of the west as officials urge people to avoid anything that could spark a fire. This is NPR News. This is our glass.
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