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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. U.S. central Command says two U.S. service members died. Another is missing after Iran hit a base in Jordan yesterday. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports. Sixteen troops have died in the war started by the U.S. and Israel since it started in February.
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The U.S. has been bombarding infrastructure and military targets in Iran for a full week, and Iran's state media says scores have been killed both military and civilian. Iran has also claimed to have hit tankers in the Gulf and and several US Bases in the region with drones and rockets that included Muafak Salti Air Base, a joint US Jordanian facility. CENTCOM has denied most of these claims, but has now confirmed that US Troops on a base in Jordan died after an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack. Several servicemembers were medevaced to Jordanian hospitals. Others returned to duty with minor injuries. President Trump has said that negotiations to end the war continue, but also that the ceasefire declared in April is over. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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An intense storm is bringing heavy rains and wind to part of the Northeast. There are tornado warnings, flash flooding and unhealthy air due to Canadian and northern Minnesota wildfires. From member station WNYC in New York, Stephen Nessen reports.
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Water is washing up on sidewalks like ocean waves as cars drive through several inches of water. Low lying subway stations display national park quality waterfalls as New York City has run out of places for all the water to drain. And the air is rated unhealthy for the second day in a row due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Brooklyn hairdresser Joanne Manfredi isn't getting many customers, so she works on some art projects before calling it quits for the day.
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Mother Nature is not happy. I don't like it at all.
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The Fire Department says it's getting reports of people stuck in cars amid flooding. Officials are urging New York and New Jersey residents to stay indoors. For NPR News, I'm Stephen Nessen in New York.
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The Education Department has changed which graduate schools students can borrow federal money from to attend. The department recently updated a list of programs after several groups sued after being excluded. NPR's Nirvi Shah has more students in
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some graduate nursing and physician assistant programs originally not eligible for larger loans, now qualify to borrow up to $200,000 over the course of their degrees. The Education Department said graduate student loan borrowing was capped at a total of 100,000 DOL for most degrees as part of a host of changes that kicked in July 1st. There were initially only a handful of exceptions, including for medicine, pharmacy law, theology and podiatry. Now, 29 programs qualify for the higher limit, though the Education Department said the adjustment could be temporary while it challenges a court order. Nirvi Shah, NPR News.
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You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Ukrainian drones hit warehouses and other sites across Russia, killing at least nine and wounding dozens of others. Ukraine's forces continue targeting energy infrastructure and military sites in Russia to undermine Moscow's war efforts. Two warehouses of Russia's major online retailer, Wildberries, were hit in the Tambov region and near Moscow, an oil facility was also targeted. Russia's Defense Ministry claims to have intercepted 379 drones overnight. One of the longest standing world records in track was broken today in a London stadium. Vicki Barker has more.
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It's a wild record guessing Brit and
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Josh Kerr, an Olympian and world champion middle distance runner, ran the mile in 3 minutes and 42.66 seconds, knocking nearly half a second off the previous world record set back in 1999. BBC commentator Steve Cram, himself a previous world record holder for the mile, noted Kerr will collect a $50,000 prize for his achievement. Not bad, cram quipped, for less than four minutes work and years of preparation and training. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
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The death toll from powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month has now risen to more than 5,000 people. This is Workers continue to clear debris. Debris rather. Officials say the number of those injured remains the same at more than 16,700. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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