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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm RYLAND Barton. The U.S. has struck Iranian military facilities along its coast today in retaliation for Iran hitting a cargo ship the day before in the Strait of Hormuz with a drone. NPR's Tom Bowman has more.
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The Central Command statement said American warplanes attacked Iranian missile in drone storage locations and coastal radar sites. This comes after Iran attacked a Singapore flag cargo ship, the the Ever Lovely, exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast, where the US has set up a pathway and cleared it of mines. Iran insists its ships can only sail through the routes it has set up closer to its coast. Nearly three weeks ago, US Forces hit similar military targets after Iran fired multiple attack drones toward The Strait. Tom Bowman, NPR News.
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At least 900 people are confirmed dead in Venezuela as search and rescue efforts continue following following twin earthquakes on Wednesday. Thousands are injured. As Duri Berskerin reports, the disaster is straining a health care system that was already struggling.
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Some 50 buildings collapsed in the seaside state of La Guardia, says aid worker Cesar Jimenez from Project Hope hotels, apartment complexes, buildings with 15 to 20 floors. He says some health centers suffered serious structural damage, putting them at risk of collapse. He says the health centers he's supporting are asking for basic items, syringes, bandages, iodine to clean wounds, oral rehydration salts for dehydration and nebulizers for people who have breathing problems after being exposed to the dust and debris. It's a chaotic situation, Jimenez says, but no country can fully prepare for a disaster like this. For NPR News, I'm Dari Busgarin.
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Ukraine carried out a mass drone attack on several regions inside Russia and its occupied territories. As NPR's Charles Maines reports, it's believed to be the largest single attack since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.
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The attacks appear to be a salvo in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr zelensky calls a 40 day influence operation aimed at pressuring the Kremlin to end the war. Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces intercepted more than 650 drones without providing details on damage or injuries. But Ukraine claimed to strike a chemical plant to the south of Moscow and the Kremlin backed authorities. An occupied Crimea declared a state of emergency. Ukraine has increasingly used long range drones to target Russian defense and energy infrastructure. Resulting fuel shortages across Russia have forced local governors to impose restrictions on the sale of gas or, in the case of Crimea, a flat out ban. Charles Manes, NPR News, Moscow.
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The Texas State Board of Education is adding Bible stories as required reading education. Observers say the required reading list appears to be the first of its kind in the nation. Critics argue the titles lack diversity and blur the separation of church and state. Major US Stock indexes ticked down today. This is NPR News from Washington. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for a national billionaires tax. He says that urgent reform is needed to prevent wealth concentration from harming democracy. But Newsom opposes a state referendum this fall taxing billionaires in California, arguing the issue should be addressed federally to prevent billionaires from leaving the state. The US Was once the undisputed research engine of the world. Now China is taking a dominant role. As NPR's Alyssa Nadworny reports, China is
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investing heavily in university research. At the same time, the Trump administration has upended the federal pipeline of research dollars to American institutions. David Corey, a scientist at Harvard Medical School, was one of the researchers whose federal grants were frozen last year. He's been studying gene therapies meant to re establish hearing in children. But the disruption to federal funds has meant his rivals in China are the ones finding breakthroughs.
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You know, it may be that we can tell somebody, yeah, there's going to be a cure for your deaf child, but you're going to have to go to Shanghai to get it. And that's very frustrating.
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China's billions are paying off in a global ranking measuring academic output. Harvard lost its top spot to a university in China. In fact, seven out of the top 10 schools are now in China. Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News.
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Astronomers say a large asteroid will soon harmlessly zip past Earth this weekend. The space rock is called 1997 NC1 and was discovered almost three decades ago by an asteroid tracking system in Hawaii. It'll make its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1.6 million miles. This is NPR News from Washington.