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U.S. Central Command says two U.S. service members died, another is missing.
“After Iran hit a base in Jordan yesterday, NPR's Quil Lawrence reports 16 troops have”
died in the war, started by the U.S. and Israel since it started in February. The U.S. has been bombarding infrastructure in military targets in Iran for a full week. And Iran state media says scores have been killed, both military and civilian. Iran has also claimed to have hit tankers in the Gulf and several U.S. bases in the region
with drones and rockets that included Muffuk-Salti Air Base, a joint U.S. Jordanian facility. SENTCOM has denied most of these claims, but has now confirmed that U.S. troops on a base in Jordan died after an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack. Several service members were metovac to Jordanian hospitals, others returned to duty with minor injuries. President Trump has said that negotiations to end the war continue, but also that the ceasefire
declared in April is over. Quil Lawrence and PR News
“An intense storm is bringing heavy rains and wind to part of the northeast.”
There are tornado warnings, flash flooding, and unhealthy air due to Canadian and northern Minnesota wildfires. From member station WNYC in New York, Steven Nesson reports. Water is washing up on sidewalks like ocean waves as cars drive through several inches of water, low-lying subway stations display national park quality waterfalls as New York City
has run out of places for all the water to drain.
And the air is rated unhealthy for the second day in a row due to smoke from Canadian wildfires.
Brooklyn hairdresser Joanne Manfredi isn't getting many customers, so she works on some art projects before calling it quits for the day. Mother Nature is not happy, I don't like it at all. The fire department says it's getting reports of people stuck in cars amid flooding. Officials are urging New York and New Jersey residents to stay indoors.
“For NPR News, I'm Steven Nesson, in New York.”
The education department has changed which graduate schools students can borrow federal money from to attend. The department recently updated a list of programs after several groups sued after being excluded. And here's New York. Law has more. Students in some graduate nursing and physician assistant programs originally
not eligible for larger loans. Now qualified a borrow up to $200,000 over the course of their degrees. The education department said graduate student loan borrowing was capital to total of $100,000 for most degrees as part of a host of changes that kicked in July 1st. There were initially only a handful of exceptions including for medicine, pharmacy, law,
theology and pediatry. Now, 29 programs qualify for the higher limit, though the education department said the adjustment could be temporary while it challenges a court order. Near Visha and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Ukrainian drones hit warehouses and other sites across Russia, killing at least nine and wounding dozens of others. Ukraine's forces continue targeting energy infrastructure and military sites in Russia to undermine Moscow's war efforts. Two warehouses of Russia's major online retailer while varies were hit in the tanvav region
and near Moscow and oil facility was also targeted. Russia's defense ministry claims to have intercepted 379 drones overnight. One of the longest-standing world records in track was broken today in a London stadium. Thank you, Barker, has more. A mile in three minutes and 42.66 seconds, knocking nearly half a second off the previous world record set back in 1999.
Just then four minutes work and years of preparation and training. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London.
The death toll from powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month has now risen
to more than 5,000 people. This is workers continue to clear debris. Debris, rather, officials say the number of those injured remains the same and more than 16,700. One year ago, Congress eliminated over a billion dollars in funding for public media,
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