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Live from NPR News in New York City. I'm Adohal Kowtao. For the fourth time since the start of the U. S. Israeli war in Iran, a nuclear power plant on the southwestern coast of the country has been struck, according to Iranian media. NPR's Deep Harvez reports the plant remains functioning and a possible radiation leak would not be limited to Iran.
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The nuclear power plant in Bushehr, which is on the country's coastline on the Persian Gulf, was struck by a projectile from a strike to its perimeter on Saturday, killing one of the plant's security personnel. The International Atomic Energy Agency says that no increase in radiation levels have been detected in the area. But in a statement posted on X, the agency's director general, Rafael Grossi, said that the nuclear power plants and surrounding areas must never be attacked. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Arauchi noted on X that any radioactive fallout from the plant will end life in neighboring Gulf Arab countries. Radioactive material from the damaged plant could leak into the Gulf, contaminating waters vital to states like Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Dee Pavaz, NPR News, Vaughn, Turkey.
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Staffing at airports across the country are beginning to improve, but NPR's Windsor Johnston reports. Wait times remain uncertain.
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Hundreds of TSA workers resigned during the recent pay disruption, and experts say it can take months to hire and train replacements. That means staffing levels can vary by airport and even by the time of day, creating unpredictable wait times for travelers. Aviation analyst Henry Hartfeldt says the progress so far is uneven.
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Some of the airports where we saw the worst lines, such as at Houston, Bush Intercontinental, Atlanta, Hartsfield Jackson International, are performing much better. But this is a day to day situation.
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President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to pay all DHS workers as Congress remains deadlocked over how to fund the agency. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
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The unemployment rate is down a tenth of a percent in March, and the labor department says about 178,000 jobs were added. However, revisions from February show a loss of more than 100,000 jobs. Heather Long is author of the Everyday Economics newsletter and chief economist with the Navy Federal Credit Union.
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Companies are spending so much money investing in AI and the latest technology that there simply isn't a lot of money left to hire or to give big pay raises anymore. And so it's almost like the AI investment is eating the jobs. And now there's concern with the war in Iran that as these gas and diesel prices rise, if they stay high and stay elevated, that's also eating into company budgets. And does that force even less hiring or potentially layoffs later this year.