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The U.S. launched a wave of new strikes against Iran for an eighth-straight day, targeting
“what it says were strategic drone and missile sites.”
This comes after two U.S. service members were killed Friday in Jordan from Iranian strikes, and PR's Caricon reports from Tel Aviv. U.S. Central Command says along with the military sites, it also struck forces with the Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Corps to quote swiftly punish Iran for the attacks in Jordan.
The brief statement by St. Com did not provide more details. Early Sunday, Kuwait's military said it was intercepting incoming missiles and drones from Iran, Bahrain II has reported and coming fire from Iran. The step-up back and forth strikes show no sign of letting up. No public peace talks or negotiations are taking place.
United States has reinstated a blockade on Iranian ports as Iran continues devout to control the state of Hormuz, shipping traffic through the vital waterway has dropped dramatically during the last week of strikes. Caricon and PR News Tel Aviv. U.Cranian officials say Russia launched one of its largest ballistic missile attacks of the
“war early this morning, mainly targeting the capital key, at least one person was killed.”
President Trump is pressing Congress to pass the Save America Act.
The legislation to overhaul election laws includes a requirement that people prove their
U.S. citizens. Gabriel Sterling is the director of special projects at Georgia's Secretary of State's office. He says voting by nine citizens is not an issue. In any event now is not the time to change the law.
You can't make widespread changes across 50 states and the district of Columbia in that period of time. People are building ballots. They're getting poll workers. This kind of stress causes a problem for election administrators who should be doing the
blocking and tackling of getting elections done. And when they're interfered with this way and stretched out this way, that's when they can
make the errors of the basis for fraud claims later.
He was interviewed on NPR. Investors in the U.S. will be paying place post-attention to major earnings reports out this week. NPR's Raphael Nom looks at the week ahead. We're starting to enter the real busy period in turns of the earnings season.
One of the companies that investors are keenly waiting for is Alphabet, which will report on Wednesday. The tech giant is giving an update of this business at a time when there are continued concerns about whether massive investments in AI will pay off for investors. But it's not just AI.
Ernie's reports also provide a good look at how top companies are navigating an uncertain economic environment, as to war with Iran continues. Among the other top companies reporting this week are general motors, Tesla, and American Express, Raphael Nom in PR News. You're listening to NPR News in Washington.
Flood waters are now receding in South Central Texas after days of heavy rains. Recovery has begun with crews clearing debris from highways and rebuilding roads. Carbonagreg Abbott has requested federal disaster assistance, which will help pay for the cleanup and provide money to residents affected by the floods. A report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine reviews the
way scientists can now pinpoint the influence of human cause climate change on specific weather events, like hurricanes and heat waves, NPR's Elehander Berunda reports.
“The reports findings could be important for several major climate cases making their way through”
the legal system. The report assesses climate attribution science. In the past decade or so, the rapidly advancing field has gotten much better at figuring out just how much worse or how much more likely bad weather events like hurricanes are because of burning fossil fuels.
Some legal cases hinge on that knowledge. A case from Oregon, for example, is seeking damages for dozens of deaths in a 2021 heat wave that scientists found were intensified by climate change. The case alleges that fossil fuel companies knew their products could worsen the risks. Alejandro Burunda and Piano's.
After 103 matches played in the US, Mexico, and Canada, the World Cup final gets underway in about an hour. Spain and defending champion Argentina are competing for the most prestigious trophy in soccer. The men's championship includes a new feature a half-time show with a mix of talent, including
Madonna, Cold Play and a school group from Staten Island called the PS-22 chorus. I'm Nora Rom and PR News. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note, the 16-year-old laughed in the family's garage. He told me he was going to make me cry.
Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle. A week later, he was shot and killed there. "I need some a ref me, just as for my son."
