Live from NPR News in Washington, Ingenene Hurfs.
More strikes back and forth between the U.S. and Iran, Senkhan says the U.S. military
“today conducted additional strikes against multiple targets in Iran.”
This after Bahrain, one of the U.S. Navy's fifth fleet and a strong critic of Iran, says Tehran launched a drone attack against it. Iran took the action after the U.S. is previous overnight attacks on Iranian sites, and separately, a shipping monitor says a ship in the state of Hormuz was hit today. In Venezuela, more than 1,400 people are dead tens of thousands are reported missing
from two powerful earthquakes Wednesday night, along with hundreds of aftershocks that
left many survivors sleeping outside. That is international search and rescue teams in the country, but rescue efforts are hampered by a lack of resources. John Otis reports from Caracas, the country lacks protective gear for firefighters among other things.
While we were driving into Caracas, we passed Convoy after Convoy of aid trucks trying to get to the disaster zone, but one problem is that the government lacks heavy equipment,
“like bulldozers and backhows, that's probably why you see a lot of average folks taking”
matters into their own hands. John Otis reporting from Caracas. Extreme fire weather conditions are expected across much of the South U.S. this weekend. Here's Nate Rod reports that includes the part of Southern Utah where the largest fire in the nation is currently burning.
Firefighters on the cottonwood fire near Beaver, Utah saw historic conditions Friday. The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City issued its first ever particularly dangerous situation, red flag warning due to a combination of high winds, temperatures, and low humidity. The conditions forced firefighters to temporarily disengage from some parts of the fire and grounded aircraft, red flag warnings, or forecast in six South Western states, including
most of Utah through Saturday, Sunday is expected to see a little reprieve with cooler, less windy conditions to follow into next week. Nate Rod and PR News.
“New federal data show 5 million people have dropped their health care.gov coverage this year”
as President Trump and Congress let premium costs double on average, impure Selena Simmons Duffin reports.
Last year, 24 million people picked an Obamacare plan, a record high.
Now the number of people enrolled has no stived to 19 million, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services, 4 million people dropped their ACA plans since January. That's on top of more than a million people who didn't even pick a plan. Health policy experts predicted people would drop their plans this year because premiums cost much more than they did last year.
The Trump administration quietly posted the enrollment drop on a web page Friday evening, Selena Simmons Duffin and PR News, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News. In Texas, students will be required to read Bible passages as part of a new statewide reading list starting in the 2030 school year.
The literacy list typically includes Shakespeare, but now there will also be Psalm 23 in the prodigal son, the King James Version. The State Board of Education gave final approval yesterday, capping off a week of meetings and often tense public discussion. The board also approved rewritten K through eight social studies lessons that narrowed
the view of history from a global one to a focus on the U.S. and also Texas history. Critics say they emphasize Christianity over other religions and misrepresent history. Supergirls may be strong, but she is no match for Jesse Woody and Buzz Lightyear at the Fox office. And here is Bob Mondello, heismore.
Superheroes have been having a rough time at the multiplex and the man of steel's anti-social cousin is no exception. "Morage and I can find your people." "Yeah, that's the same clerk. I have no people."
Supergirl is expected to sell about $40 million worth of tickets this weekend on the low-end of industry prediction. This does not look like this is gonna end well.
The total looks especially lackluster next to the $75 million second weekend of Toy Story
5, which took in more than $200 million last week. "No way." It would use for theatre owners is that it's a strong weekend overall because other films, including the low budget horror-flex obsession and back rooms and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day, are still doing decent business, Bob Mondello NPR News.
And Dungeoning Hurst NPR News in Washington There have been some fantastic movies released this year, and we know you can't see them all. So we're recommending some great films that might have flown under the radar to add to your watch list. Listen to pop culture happy hour by at the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
