"Live from MPR News on Jail Snyder, the US military says it has completed a s...
of strikes against Iran, saying more than 80 targets were hit after three merchant ships
“were struck in the straight-of-hormous, and the Trump administration reversed a decision today”
that allowed Iran to produce saline-deliver crude oil for two months, in pure Jackie Northam reports." "Last month, the Trump administration's swept aside long-standing sanctions on Iran oil as part of an interim peace agreement. It was one of the sweeteners the US offered in a bid to get Iran to open the straight
of Formus. The waivers allowed Iran to sell crude and other petroleum products on the open market,
potentially pulling in between $8 and $10 billion in sales for the regime while the agreement
was in place. The waiver was due to expire mid-August but could have been extended by mutual consent. But after Iranian attacks on ships, the US cancelled the sanction waivers and started launching strikes in retaliation for the attacks on the commercial vessels. Jackie Northam and PR News."
“Democratic leaders had made and across the country waiting to hear whether Graham Plattener”
will drop his Senate campaign after he was accused of sexual assault, but main public's Kevin Miller reports it's unclear who would succeed him or how they would be selected. It's been more than 24 hours since Plattener announced he was weighing his options, even as he denied accusations that he sexually assaulted a former romantic partner five years ago.
But national and state party leaders have already called on him to step aside.
And the political fallout seemed complete on Tuesday when his highest profile backer, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, urged him to withdraw. Plattener has to do so by next Monday in order for the main Democratic party to place another candidate's name on the fall ballad. The party leaders haven't said how they would choose the person to challenge Republican
Senator Susan Collins in one of this year's highest profile Senate races. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller.
“"Federal law requires that students with disabilities be taught alongside their non-disabled”
peers as much as possible. And Pierce Jannaki Betta has more on a new government study providing some positive results." There's been a 25% jump in the number of students with disabilities being taught in general education classrooms for most of their day.
The change happened over the course of a decade between the 2012-13 and 2023-24 school years. This is according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which found that the share of students being taught in integrated settings has increased in 42 of 50 states. These increases happen across race and ethnicity, as well as socioeconomic levels.
And in that 10-year period, there's been a 21% growth in students who are getting special ed services across the board, Jannaki Mepha and Pair News. Leaders are due to get back together Wednesday at their summit in Ankara after President Trump revived his disputes with them over the Iran War and Greenland. Trump has accused European nations of failing to help the U.S. with the war his administration
started. Trump is too deliver remarks at Turkey's presidential compound in a few hours after meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan and NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta. The French for a right leader, Marine Lampans says she'll run for the French presidency next year.
Her decision Tuesday came after an appeals court shortened her ban on running for office, but upheld her conviction for imbezzling European Union funds to pay party staff, Le Pen also said Tuesday she will appeal that really. Broadway is going to get a whole lot more rhinestones this December when Dolly, a true original musical begins performances at the same James Theater as Jeff London reports.
The video dropped early Tuesday morning. Dolly Parton holding a guitar with a bedazzled butterfly on it says, "I can officially announce that Dolly a true original musical is coming to Broadway." The musical, which she co-authored with Maria S. Schlatter, will feature many of Parton's hits,
including Jolene and I will always love you, as well as new songs written for the story.
Tony Ward-winning director Bartlett Sheer will helm the production, which opens on January 19th, 2027. Dolly Parton's 81st birthday, for NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York. Do 150 years ago, the nation's founders considered a free press a critical protection for we the people.
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