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short-range ballistic missiles for the third time this month. It comes as the U.S. and South
Korean militaries are holding joint drills that were shortened, following orders from President Trump, and viewers Anthony Cune has more from Seoul. "South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said they detected around 10 short-range ballistic missiles launched from the Capitol Pyongyang eastward toward the sea. Earlier in the day North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-un dismissed the downsizing of the
allies' joint drills saying it wasn't worthy of comment. She called them provocative and aggressive. President Trump said he planned to meet with Kim this year. He said he had contacted Kim and received a positive response. Kim's sister said she had not heard anything about such contact. Kim acknowledged though the good personal relationship between her brother and Trump
despite the U.S.'s hostile policies towards North Korea. Anthony Cune in PR News, Seoul."
President Trump hosted tech leaders at the White House to discuss U.S. efforts on crypto
“and artificial intelligence. Trump says the technology is crucial to create more jobs and”
be China, but voters have a different perspective as NPR's deepest shiver on reports. The President argued that if he were the mayor of a town, he would want an AI data center there for the tax benefits. But if I were a governor or mayor, I would want that plant in my community and many of them a design in a very beautiful way. That puts Trump at odds with the majority of Americans. A Gallup poll from March this year said
seven in 10 Americans oppose an AI data center getting built in their area. Trump and his remarks acknowledged that AI data centers could use a quote "little public relations help," but his stance underscores how his perception of the technology differs from voters' concerns, which could be a top issue in the midterm elections this year. Deepish Ivaram and PR News the White House.
Moderna, one of the major forces behind the COVID vaccine, is announcing groundbreaking work
“against skin cancer. And here's Sidney Lupkin, he's more.”
Moderna has been studying a treatment for the deadly skin cancer melanoma. It combines Moderna's mRNA-based cancer therapy with ketruda, an existing drug made by Merck. The treatment improved outcomes for melanoma patients who have already had surgery to remove their cancer. The Moderna therapy is a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine that uses the patient's own tumor cells to train the patient's immune system to fight their cancer.
Moderna says adding the vaccine increased survival time for patients without the cancer returning or spreading to other organs. That's compared to patients treated with ketruda alone. The mRNA-based therapy has not yet been improved or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The new results have not yet been peer-reviewed or published in a medical journal. Sidney Lupkin and PR News.
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“The federal government offers financial aid to low-income families that need help for”
paying for child care. But as NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, in a third of US states, those families may have to join a wait list. There were an estimated 400,000 children on wait list for child care systems programs across the US in the second half of last year. That's according to a report by the National Women's Law Center. That number has more than tripled since 2024, the group said. Child care advocates say
Congress has never appropriated enough money for the child care and development fund,
which helps subsidize care for low-income working families. But in recent years, wait lists have grown for other reasons. Pandemic relief money that helped support the National Child Care system recently ran out. And advocates say more families are now applying for aid. It comes at a time when US child care prices are soaring. In some cases, rivaling the cost of a mortgage or college tuition. Joe Hernandez and PR News.
One person is dead two others injured after a small plane crashed mid-air with a police helicopter and self-central Pennsylvania yesterday. Police say the plane, a two-seat Sessna 150, veered sharply to the right as a tried to land at the airport in Carlisle, striking the helicopter from behind as it hovered near the runway. The plane's pilot was killed two-state troopers in the helicopter, which was conducting routine exercises near the airport, were injured.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the crash. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Hey, you know that nagging voice in your head the one telling you to put the phone down and stop doomsgrowing while it's time. Look up, take a daily curiosity break with shortwave and pair a science podcast. Let your mind wander to the edges of outer space or wonder about
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