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Iranian State media says the country's revolutionary guard attacked U.S. bases in Jordan today

with ballistic missiles.

Iran says the attack was in response to a U.S. military attack on two Iranian launchers

on Lerak Island in the straight of four moves. The attacks follow weeks of relative calm and strikes between the two countries, and Pierre's Hadil El-Shalti reports." "U.S. central command said that the U.S. forces struck after observing the Islamic Revolution and carried guard core forces preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the straight

of Hormuz. It said the U.S. military had completed clearing sea mines from the straights and international shipping routes last week. Iranian state media said that a U.S. drone carried out the attack and the revolutionary guards said there were deaths among its fighters.

Lerak Island is primarily used as an Iranian military post. Iran has normally responded by targeting U.S. installations in the Gulf and Jordan. Hadil El-Shalti and Pierre-News Istanbul."

Treasury Secretary Scott Basin says that Trump administration will soon impose sanctions

on another bank. The sanctions are aimed at stopping money transactions by Iran in an interview with the Associated Press Basin said money transactions by Iran have to be stopped. A telescope that will study how galaxies are held together and how the universe expands successfully launched today from the Kennedy Space Center, Marion Somerol, from central

Republic of Florida Public Media reports. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched this morning at 726 eastern time, a top space exes Falcon Heavy rocket. Roman will search for dark energy, which could explain why our universe expands and dark matter, what holds galaxies together.

Plus it will study exoplanets or planets that orbit stars outside our solar system.

Roman will travel about a million miles from Earth to start its observations.

The telescope's view is about a hundred times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope. For MPR News, I'm Marion Somerol at the Kennedy Space Center. jury deliberations resume in Massachusetts Monday in the trial of Lindsey Clancy, who's charged with killing her three children. As Deborah Becker from Member Station W. B. U. R. reports, Clancy's lawyers are using

an insanity defense. Lindsey Clancy's defense says she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible for killing her children. In Massachusetts, that means that the prosecution has to prove Clancy was mentally well enough to understand or control her actions. Boston Defense Attorney Keith Helper and says that could work in Clancy's favor.

Massachusetts law is actually more favorable to defendants than many states. National data show the insanity defenses argued in only about one percent of felony cases. For MPR News, I'm Deborah Becker in Boston. And you're listening to NPR News. Police and Switzerland say one person was killed in five others injured when gunfire broke

out during a rave in a town 29 miles west of Zurich, police say they're still looking for potentially more than one suspect no motive has been determined for that shooting. Now for Scotty Schefler, one is second FedEx Cup championship today at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. It's the sports richest prize.

For Member Station W. A. B. E. and Atlanta, Alex Helmic reports. Schefler receives $10 million for the victory, pushing his all-time tour winnings to more than $130 million and passing Tiger Woods at the top of the PGA career earnings list. The world's top rank golfer, who also won the event in 2024, began the final round three shots behind Victor Huffland, but he soon caught him and then passed him on the 13th hole hanging

on for a three shot lead. The tour championship is the season ending tournament for the PGA tour. It's also the next to last time the event will be played regularly at the East Lake Golf Club. The tour is set to start rotating the event each year starting in 2028, friend PR News. I'm Alex Helmic, and Atlanta.

Spiderman brand new day finished its fifth week of distribution still on top, pulling another 22.2 million dollars in North American ticket sales. It's worldwide totaled. It's now surpassed $2.3 billion, and it's the fourth highest grossing movie of all-time.

Newcommer Coyote vs. Acme play second, bringing in $15.5 billion, while the Ridley Scott

Action drama dog stars flopped with just $8 million. I'm Dale Wilman, and PR News.

Country singer and rapper Shibuzzi wants us to remember our history accurately.

A cowboy 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, Shibuzzi talks about his latest album and the black roots of country music. Listen to the Sunday story in the MPR app or wherever you get your podcast.

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