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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwahili Sai Kowtao. Iran is offering a reward for anyone who can locate the missing American crew member of a US F15 jet it shot down on Friday. President Trump has not said anything about the missing airman, but earlier today he threatened to unleash, quote, all hell if the Strait of Hormuz wasn't open by Monday. NPR's Lauren Frere is in Beirut and has the latest from there.
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It's been a day of explosions, sonic booms. Israeli drones have been louder overhead. It's just this constant buzzing overhead. This front began when the US And Israel attacked Iran and Iran's ally here, Hezbollah, retaliated against Israel. Today Israel says it's been striking Hezbollah's infrastructure in the Beirut suburbs after killing a thousand Hezbollah members since the start of the war. That's Israel's figure. The Lebanese government's figure is more than 4, 1400 people killed across this country. It doesn't give a breakdown of militants versus civilians.
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NPR's Lauren Frere in Beirut. The Artemis 2 astronauts are now closer to the moon than they are to Earth. As NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports, their spacecraft is over 178,000 miles away.
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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen said he was struck by seeing the Earth wax and wane as they traveled through space. And their view of the plan?
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It was a half Earth, then it was a full Earth, then it was no Earth.
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What's more, Commander Reed Wiseman said they've started to catch glimpses of the craters on the side of the moon that is never visible from Earth.
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As for humans who have looked at the moon our entire lives, it just looked different out the window, and that is wild. It just really put our place in the universe in perspective.
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The astronauts are now watching the moon grow bigger. Their closest approach comes on Monday. They'll be several thousand miles from the surface as they fly around the far side. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
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Security staffing at airports across the country are beginning to improve, but NPR's Windsor Johnson 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 traveler. Aviation analyst Henry Hartveldt 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.
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This is NPR News from New York. Pope Leo XIV presided over the Easter vigil at the Vatican Saturday evening. NPR's Jason DeRose reports on the first Easter service of the new papacy.
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Dozens of cardinals, bishops and priests processed into a darkened St. Peter's Basilica to usher in the ancient service known as the Great Easter Vigil. The light of Christ, sang the cantor, followed by the congregation's reply, thanks be to God. Easter comes this year into a world torn by wars in the Middle east and Ukraine and at a time of great political strife in the U.S. yet, Christians around the world celebrate, as they have for millennia, the resurrection of Christ as the triumph of light over darkness, peace over violence, life over death. Jason DeRose, NPR News.
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In his homily, the pope asked Catholics to follow the example of saints who he said struggled for justice so that, quote, easter gifts of harmony and peace may grow and flourish everywhere. In Asia, passengers are experiencing travel delays and disruptions from Japan to India and China and Indonesia. Flight tracking Data shows some 2200 flights have been cancelled or delayed in that region. But it's not clear exactly why. Flights are more expensive because fuel prices are increased due to the Strait of Hormuz being mostly closed for the last four weeks. In the Middle east region, aviation data showed more than 46,000 flights canceled since February 28, when the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran. This is NPR.
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