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The Jordanian Armed Forces say they intercepted eight missiles launched from Iran.
“This, after U.S.-Anyran, traded strikes for a second straight day after President Trump”
declared the ceasefire was over. Iranian officials say at least 14 people were killed in the U.S. strikes. We have the latest from NPR's Hadeel, Al-Shalci. Iran's blared in Jordan and officials told residents to take shelter after missiles were detected on their way to Jordanian airspace.
The Jordanian Army said it shot down the missiles. There were no casualties. Jordan is a close U.S. ally and many missiles aimed at Israel, passed through Jordanian airspace. The latest exchange of strikes between the U.S. and Iran began on Wednesday after the
U.S. accused Iran of attacking commercial ships in the straight of Hormuz. Iran responded by targeting U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. While President Trump said the ceasefire was over, he didn't rule out further talks with Iran to permanently end the war. Hadeel Al-Shalci and PR News Istanbul.
“The Trump administration's attempting to scale back by Naira Rules designed to cut”
pollution from heavy-duty vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The government has scheduled a two to three-day public hearing at the end of the month. The administration wants to limit nearly all the way someone can enter the United States illegally that includes worker visas, but there is one type of visa that some Republicans want to expand more from NPR's Humaniboseeo.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman GT Thompson introduced a bill to increase access to the H2A visa for seasonal agricultural labor. Over half of farm workers are without legal status. The H2A program is a way for farmers to get legal workers. Since 2012, the use of these visas has increased by more than 500%.
The measure received support from the farming industry, but expanding H2A has been met with opposition from organized labor and groups further on the right. Labor groups want a more direct path to legal status. Conservatives don't want any path at all.
“Farmers say the program is here to stay, but if it's not changed, their own farms may”
not be here for long. Humaniboseeo and PR News, Washington. We're counting down to the World Cup final in 10 days and reporter Steve Letterman says "A quarter of finals have just begun near Boston."
There are eight teams left by the end of Saturday, it will be down to four, the first
of the quarter finals today, France led by Kylian and Bappe takes on Morocco. This is a rematch from four years ago in Qatar. The two faced off in a semi-final match, France was victorious to the nothing. Tomorrow the scene shifts here to Los Angeles, Spain will play Belgium. On Saturday will be the final two quarter finals, defending Champion Argentina takes on
Switzerland while England plays Norway. Then it's on to the semi-finals next Tuesday and Wednesday. The Grand Finale takes place a week from Sunday at the middlelands in New Jersey. That's Steve Letterman, it's NPR News. Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hurne is pleading not guilty to damaging the Lincoln Memorial
Reflecting Pool. Federal prosecutors accuse him of causing more than $1,000 in damage to the structure
where peeling paint and algae were seen in the water shortly after it underwent $14 million
in upgrades. But outside DC Superior Court this morning, Hurne's attorneys maintained their client did not vandalize a pool and that the administration is using him as a scapegoat for " their own failures." The median price for existing homes is at an all-time high according to the National Association
of Realtors. The price reached more than $440,000 in June, and PR Steven Besahas has existing homes sales are also down. Despite that record high, housing affordability actually improves lately from a year earlier according to the National Association of Realtors.
Wages rose faster than home prices. Of course, more affordable is not mean "actually affordable." That median price is still at a reach for most American families. The spring home buying season also ended with a whimper. Having home sales dropped 2.4% in June compared to a year ago.
Mortgage rates are partially the blame. They're at about 6.5% for the average 30-year fixed mortgage, a rate that could rise higher if the war against Iran continues to escalate and raises the costs of borrowing. Steven Besahas and VR News U.S. stocks have closed higher this hour than as that was up 336 points, more than 1%
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