Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, the Labor Department will...
monthly snap shots on the nation's job picture this morning.
“The reports are coming a day early because of the July 4th holiday tomorrow.”
NPR Scott Horsley says economists think the nation's employment was fairly stable in June. After really lackluster hiring in 2025, we started to see some real life in the job market in March, April, and May on average employers added 188,000 jobs in each of those months. Forecasters think today's report might show a little bit of a slowdown in June, but still pretty respectable gains enough to keep the unemployment rate down around 4.3%.
NPR Scott Horsley reporting.
The National Weather Service says that nearly 143 million people are under extreme heat warnings
from eastern Kansas, south to Mississippi, and north to New England today. Many of these regions will have heat indices of 100 degrees or hotter. Millions of Americans are traveling this week for the 4th of July holiday, and PR's Joel Rose reports on what's expected to be another record-setting test for the U.S. air travel system.
AAA projects that more than 5.8 million travelers will take domestic flights this week,
“nearly topping the record set last year.”
U.S. air lines are carrying more passengers than ever, even as they're operating fewer flights than they did 20 years ago, and that is pushing the limits of the aviation system. The transportation security administration, or TSA, is expecting to screen more than 18 million travelers in the week before and after the July 4th holiday.
The busiest single day is projected to be Thursday, with more than 3 million travelers.
Joel Rose and PR News, Washington. The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, is headed to the round of 16 in the FIFA World Cup. They meet Bosnia Herzegovina last night, 2-1, and PR's Becky Sullivan reports its the American Men's first knockout win since 2002. In the first half U.S. Ford-Fallar in Balagin, was the hero when he scored a goal to put
the U.S. up 1-0. Then after half-time, he became the cause for despair. When he picked up a red card for stepping on the ankle of a Bosnia defender.
“That put the U.S. down a man with 25-plus minutes left to play in this must-win knockout”
game. Bosnia Herzegovina turned on the gas and had chance at her chance. But the Americans got the miracle they needed, when a Bosnia yellow card gave U.S. midfielder Malik Tillman a free kick at the top of the box. Somehow, his shot floated over the wall of the defenders and off the hand of the Bosnian
goalkeeper and into the net. The two-nil margin was enough to win. Now the U.S. will face Belgium in the round of 16. That's in Seattle next Monday, July 6th. Like a Sullivan in Pyrnus, Santa Clara, California.
There are three more World Cup games today. Spain will face Austria in Inglewood, California. Portugal will play Croatia in Toronto, Canada and Switzerland will take on Algeria in Vancouver, Canada. You're listening to NPR.
Officials in Qatar say they have hosted separate meetings with envoys from the U.S. And around this week, the U.S. and Iranian envoy did not hold direct talks themselves. Qatar says there was "positive progress" in these discussions and says that next meeting will come quickly. Iran first wants to hold a funeral for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hamanay,
Israel assassinated him on the first day of the war. Drowning is a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and kids with autism are at even higher risk than others. Now a state-funded program in Florida is trying to change that with money for swim lessons, and Piers Junaki Meta reports.
Florida has since 2024 been giving money to low income families for swim lessons. Today, it's expanding that program to give priority to kids with autism, who are at much higher risk because they're prone to wondering. The swim buddies program at the YMCA of South Florida is already offering lessons tailored to each child's needs.
Like this child, who's learning to breathe safely without choking by practicing to blow above water, using a ping pong ball she can see, moving with her breath. Research shows that, just with five or six quality lessons, kids with autism can improve their swimming skills. But advocates say the state needs to do more because in its first year, the program only
gave vouchers to fewer than a third of the families who applied, Junaki Meta and Piers News. And I'm Core of a Coleman and Piers News from Washington.
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