Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
The United Arab Emirates Air Force is intercepted in Iranian drone over its territorial waters.
“The defense ministry says the attack Monday comes after the U.S. and Iran exchange to fire”
on the weekend their first action in a month. In a social media post, President Trump says oil from a new deal with Venezuela will be used to fill the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, but his NPR's Emily Fang reports significant challenges remain for the project. The deal announced Friday with Venezuela would allow the U.S. government to take a stake
in a private company that would then develop a project producing about 65 billion barrels
of oil. But much of the oil in Venezuela remains in the ground, and it will take years to develop the infrastructure to pump and refine that oil. Because of decades of under-investment and poor management, Venezuela is not a major oil producer, despite sitting on massive energy resources.
And American energy companies have been reluctant to invest. And deal as announced also runs contrary to Venezuela's constitution, which bars the country's oil from being owned by other countries or sold. Emily Fang and Pernu's Washington.
“At least one person is dead in about 15 others are missing after a major flash flood hit”
the Grand Canyon Saturday. Scott's fadden was camping with his wife, Eric of Ayola, at bright angel campground near the Colorado River when the flood hit, he says it was chaos. "The children are already there is copious amounts of water.
I've never seen anything like it.
Everybody was scrambling." And sped in his wife saw the power of a flash flood. "And excavator got washed away." "They want you to excavator float down the river." "I mean, it was not."
hotels in the park will close for overnight stays starting later today. The $4 billion Roman space telescope was launched in the space Sunday. From a launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, officials say it will take three months for the telescope to reach its observation point, some 1 million miles away. The state of the U.S. Labor Market will be front in sensor for investors on Wall Street this
week after the U.S. unexpectedly lost more than 20,000 jobs in July. The data will emerge against the backdrop of heightened Fed concerns about inflation and P.S. Rafael Nott reports. "For most of the year, the labor market has been fairly sturdy, but it has been noticeably cooling down over the past two months.
Especially in July when employers cut jobs. Under reserve chair Kevin Wars didn't appear too concerned that by the slower pace of growth in the labor market, at least for now, saying in a major speech on Friday that on the employment side the country is "doing well." The U.S. will get another read on the labor market this coming Friday, with the latest
numbers for August. Stocks slipped in Asian markets Monday as fresh fighting broke out between the U.S. and Iran the fighting also lifted oil prices. Japan's NK index closed down by 410, while South Korean stocks fell one-tenth Chinese blue chips were down by 410. You're listening to NPR news.
The death toll from a Russian attack Friday night near Kiev has reached 38. Ukraine's president said Sunday the 20 others were injured including two children and four other people are still missing. The strike hit a warehouse, the contained ammunition and weapons, the explosions set fire to a number of nearby buildings and homes, including a facility that housed elderly and
disabled people.
Some 54 million school children are either back in school or soon will be on their
way, and they'll be facing traditional first-day jitters, along with changes related to screen time and artificial intelligence. NPR's near Visha reports. 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 altogether, 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 kindergarteners out of childhood vaccines in record numbers. You re-shop and PR news. The island nation of Kurosau won the Little League World Series title Sunday, beating the
Vada 11 to 2, it's Kurosau's second title, having also won the event back in 2004. Nevada was also run rep last year losing two Taiwan. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Country singer and rapper Shibuzi wants us to remember our history accurately. 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, Shibuzi talks about his latest album and the black roots of country music. Listen to the Sunday story and the MPR app or wherever you get your podcast.
