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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Christian Wright.

The U.S. launched another round of air strikes on Iran overnight, while Tehran hit

back, and P.R.'s Jane Iraq reports efforts continue to try to revive a collapsed ceasefire. U.S. Central Command said targets overnight included aircraft hangers in drone storage sites. Iranian state media reported explosions in seven Iranian provinces and said U.S. attacks included a strike on an electrical installation close to a nuclear power plant. Iran said it attacked targets in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

Countries with an extensive U.S. military presence, meanwhile Yemen's Houthi rebels backed

by Iran declared that a key red sea waterway Babel-Mandab would be off-limits to Saudi Arabia,

Jane Iraq and Pyrenees Aman. President Trump will travel to Dover Air Force Base today to attend the dignified transfer of U.S. service members killed by Iranian strikes, and P.R.'s Franco or Donia's reports.

Honoring those killed in action is one of the most solemn responsibilities for

a president. I'll be going to Dover for something that I feel is a great honor for me to do it. But for Trump, the rising number of casualties also underscores the mounting questions about the Iran war, which already is unpopular with most Americans. The public does not like seeing U.S. citizens killed in a war, especially a war that they

don't necessarily understand, or some don't think is necessary right now. Analysts say the more Americans who die, the more questions are going to be asked about what the aims of the war, in fact, are Franco, or Donia's, and Pyrenees.

President Trump, the attorney for the family of Nolan Wells, is releasing the preliminary

results of an independent autopsy this hour. The findings are being made public at the NAACP's National Convention in Chicago. The 18-year-old's body was found offshore after a July 4th boat trip, Wells who was black had gone with a group of all-white friends to Horn Island off the Mississippi coast, his family and black leaders are demanding answers.

The cyclospora outbreak has grown to more than 4,700 confirmed cases, and Pyrenees' U.K. Naguchi reports. The CDC's data only include cases, states have tested and confirmed to have found cyclospora and stool samples from patients with serious diarrhea symptoms. Depending on the state, that confirmation and reporting can take many weeks, which is

why actual numbers of people ill from this water and food-borne illness is likely much much higher.

There are several clusters of outbreaks, but the largest by far is in Michigan and Ohio.

In official say, the source is iceberg lettuce made by Taylor Farms in Mexico, which has been recalled. You can Aguchi and Pyrenees. This is NPR News from Washington. Authors are celebrating the success of a landmark civil action class action lawsuit over

the use of their work to train AI chatbutts, and Pyrenees' Chloe Veltman reports

of federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion settlement with anthropic.

Attorneys involved say it's the largest copyright infringement settlement to date. The authors of more than 480,000 books are entitled to receive about $3,000 for each infringed work used to train anthropics models. Authors, Andrea Bartz, Charles Graber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson's suit anthropic in 2024. Authors Guild Director of Policy and Advocacy, Umea Carsey says he welcomes the outcome.

And we are looking forward to the commencement of the distribution process, so authors can start getting paid. Unfropic did not respond to a high request for comment, Chloe Veltman and Pyrenees. The Trump administration is withholding more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota for now, as it investigates allegations of fraud, state officials

deny wrongdoing. This Virginia's governor is calling in the National Guard to help deal with the aftermath of major flash flooding. Terrential rain hit the state yesterday in and in dating homes and businesses. All the water washed out bridges and led to a series of water rescues.

Every county in West Virginia is under an official state of emergency. An extra 200 guard members added onto a hundred already sent in are supposed to be on the ground this morning. Her forecasters say up to seven inches of rain fell in some parts of the state. I'm Christian Wright and this is N.P. onus.

Support for him. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note, the 16-year-old left 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 made, just as for my son.

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