"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
and Iran traded fire today, the U.S. Central Command says U.S. forces launched strikes
“on Iranian rocket launchers on Lerick Island in the state of Hormuz, saying it observed”
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard getting ready to launch sea mines. In response, the Iranian
Guard launched an attack at U.S. bases in Jordan, according to Iranian state media, and says there were deaths among its members in the U.S. attack. More than 2,000 people are missing including Americans after last week's catastrophic flooding along the Nepal Tibet border, and here Shandalis Duster has more." Authorities in Nepal say they are searching for more than 2,000 people from various countries. Four days after flooding along the Nepal Tibet border,
U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigut told ABC News on Sunday, 85 Americans are still on account for, and nine have been evacuated. He also said they were not aware of American deaths. The State Department, Pigut said, is sending aid to assistant recovery efforts.
"We have activated from the State Department $3.6 million in emergency humanitarian assistance.
“That includes up to three months of emergency food for up to 10,000 flood affected households."”
The U.S. embassy in Nepal has warned that heavy rain through Tuesday could lead to more flooding in the region. Shandalis Duster and PR news. At least 20 people are missing after extreme flash flooding in a remote area of the Grand Canyon, close the Colorado River and forced dozens to evacuate. That includes Erica Veola under husband who are camping at the bright angel campground near Phantom Ranch in Arizona. "The running is hard as I could, but you can't get too far
in need to come out and water and debris everywhere." "Yeah, there was a moment there where I didn't think I was going to be able to make it in time." The National Park Services nearly all foot bridges over bright angel Creek were destroyed. The weather services thunderstorms and flooding are possible through tomorrow. The price of French fries and funnel cake at the Minnesota State Fair is going up, but as NPR Scott Horsley reports, the price of corn dogs? That's down this year.
There are many ways to measure inflation. Economist Tyler Shipper at the University of St. Thomas has been tracking prices at the Minnesota State Fair to compile what he calls the Honest Stick price index. "Whenever people go to the fair it's an issue in event because people are generally not thinking about pinching every gallon every cent, but they still certainly see it because it's in the affordability issue for them." The price of fried Oreos is up sharply this year, but cheese
curd prices are flat. The overall cost of living on a stick is up just over 3% from a year ago. That's a smaller annual increase than the two previous years, suggesting that fair ground inflation is cooling, but still hotter than most people would like. Scott Horsley and Pianoise, Washington. "And you're listening to NPR News." Closing arguments are expected tomorrow in the trial of Duane Davis, accused of orchestrating the
shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur nearly 30 years ago. In his 2019 memoir, he said he was in the car that held the gunmen that shot and killed Tupac in Las Vegas. Davis has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
Some 54 million children are headed back to school if their year hasn't already begun.
They faced traditional first day of school jitters along with changes related to screen time and artificial intelligence, and here's Nervy Shaw, has more. Many kids had to accept last year that they could no longer access their cell phones at school. This year, some schools are going further. Cutting back on screen time all together, including tablets and laptops for class work. Schools are also grappling with the role
artificial intelligence should play in class. Some districts are experimenting with the technology. For example, one district in Ohio has tested an AI chat bot that serves as a tutor.
“David Lawrence is superintendent of Dayton Public Schools. I think when the history is written,”
they'll say that hey, they were really cutting edge innovative and ahead of the curve. In the interest of children. Also this year, fewer kids may have access to free meals at school, and parents are opting kindergartners out of childhood vaccines in record numbers. Yuri Shaw and PR news. At the weekend box office, Spider-Man, brand new day took the top spot with $22 million and it's fifth weekend. That brings this worldwide total to $2.3 billion.
And in second place, the Looney Tune features, Coyote versus Acme. This is NPR News. Country singer and rapper Shibuzi wants us to remember our history accurately. Calboy image, you know, we tend to think that was just a white man, you know, on a horse with a cowboy hat, but you know, one in every four cowboys were black. On the Sunday story from up first, Shibuzi talks about his latest album and the black roots of country music.
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