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Ryland Barton
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm RYLAND Barton. The U.S. has launched a new round of strikes on Iran just hours after President Trump said the ceasefire was over. This comes after Iran attacked several vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, bringing ship traffic to a near stop. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
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Jackie Northam
In a statement, U.S. central Command says this latest round of strikes is to curb Iran's ability to threaten vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian media say there were explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas and other areas. The tit for tat exchanges could signal the end of the fragile truce between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. offered a number of incentives to Iran in the temporary peace agreement to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and oil prices low, particularly important for Trump as the midterms draw close. At a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, President Trump expressed outrage at Iran's attack on vessels, saying it had reneged on the deal. But he said he didn't think the war would start again. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
A Wisconsin judge who is convicted of obstructing immigration agents has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine in a case that became a flashpoint in President Trump's immigration agenda. Mayon Silver from member station WU in
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Ayan Silver
April 2025 ICE agents came to arrest an undocumented immigrant in Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan's courtroom. She let him out a private door into a restricted hallway. In December, she was found guilty of the felony charge of impeding a proceeding Prosecutors had recommended 15 to 21 months in prison. Dugan's lawyers asked for time served, noting that Dugan has decades of public service and has had to step down as a judge. Here's Dugan's attorney, Jason Luszak, after the sentencing.
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Jason Luszak
The collateral consequences to her were great, and we appreciate that the judge took that into consideration whenever he sentenced her to a fine.
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Ayan Silver
Only in this case, Dugan's attorney said they will appeal the conviction. For NPR News, I'm Ayan Silver in Milwaukee.
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Ryland Barton
Worldwide cancer rates are projected to double by 2050, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports.
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Jonathan Lambert
About 20 million people get diagnosed with cancer each year, and 10 million die from the disease. But that burden, both in terms of cases and deaths is disproportionately spread across the globe. For example, In Europe, roughly one in four people are expected to develop cancer, but only one in 12 will die from it. People in sub Saharan Africa have about half the risk of developing cancer, but one in 12 are still expected to die from the disease. That inequality stems from disparities in access to early detection and treatment, the report says. WHO calls for strengthened cancer coverage in national health plans and more efforts to ensure equitable access to the latest cancer care. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
Oil prices rose and stock markets dropped today. It's NPR Healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments. The strike threatens efforts to slow the outbreak that officials say continues to spread spread faster than the response. The latest data shows the outbreak has more than 1700 recorded cases, including 580 deaths. A federal appeals court has denied President Trump's request to stop the removal of his name from The Kennedy Center. NPR's Anastasia Siyoulkis reports.
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Anastasia Siyoulkis
A federal appeals court on the D.C. circuit has denied all of Trump's arguments, which sought to halt the removal of his name from the Washington Arts complex. The signage on the building has been covered with tarp and scaffolding since June 13th. And the center's executive director told the court last month that Trump's name had been removed. Now the appeals court has ruled that Trump failed to prove his claim that the center and its future fundraising would be, quote, irreparably injured if his name were taken off its signage and digital materials. The presiding judge, Christopher R. Cooper, has ordered that the center provide him with a status report on the center's operation and programming before the end of this month. Anastasia Tsiookis, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
The last woman executed in Britain, Ruth Ellis, has been posthumously pardoned. The 28 year old single mother was hanged in 1955 for killing her abusive lover. The pardon acknowledges the injustice of her execution and replaces the death penalty with life imprisonment. Her case highlighted the lack of a diminished responsibility defense for abuse victims, leading to a change in British law. This is NPR News from Washington.
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