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At this time’s high tales
The U.S. navy says three Navy ships got here below assault yesterday whereas navigating via waters close to Iran. U.S. Central Command says it responded by launching strikes on Iranian missile and drone websites. Iran says that the U.S. began Thursday’s violence by attacking considered one of its oil tankers within the Strait of Hormuz. This incident marks the primary report of U.S. airstrikes on Iranian soil because the ceasefire started a month in the past.
On this image obtained from Iran’s ISNA information company on Could 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored within the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.
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- 🎧 Regardless of the current violence, neither Iran nor the U.S. appears inclined to return to conflict, NPR’s Aya Batrawy tells Up First. President Trump advised reporters yesterday that the ceasefire stays in impact. However Trump continues to threaten Iran with extra bombing if it would not comply with a U.S. proposal to finish the battle. Iran says it is reviewing the proposal and can ship a response to mediator Pakistan.
Republicans in Tennessee handed a brand new congressional map yesterday that might divide Shelby County — dwelling to the majority-Black Memphis — into three districts. The motion goals to remove the state’s solely remaining Democratic-held seat. Presently, Tennessee is represented by eight Republicans and one Democrat. The state is the primary to redraw its congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court docket final week weakened the Voting Rights Act’s protections in opposition to racial discrimination in redistricting.
- 🎧 Protesters from Tennessee’s blue cities argue that the brand new map will silence the voices of voters who assist Democrats. These voters make up roughly a 3rd of the state’s inhabitants, based on Marianna Bacallao from NPR community station WPLN in Nashville. The NAACP has filed a petition to problem the map, arguing that it’s too near the election to make adjustments. The group says it may trigger confusion about which district individuals are in. Over the previous couple of days, Republicans within the Southern states of Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina have additionally rushed to redraw congressional maps. Presently, California and Virginia are the one states which have adjusted their district boundaries to assist the Democrats.
International public well being authorities are working to include a hantavirus outbreak that started on a cruise ship early final month. There have been eight instances reported, together with three fatalities. The ship is at present off the coast of Africa, however dozens of passengers have already disembarked and flown to locations in Turkey, New Zealand and the USA. Regardless of a collection of alarmist headlines, the World Well being Group emphasizes that the chance to most people stays very low. This is what else you must know in regards to the hantavirus outbreak, together with what the signs are, the way it spreads, how the U.S. has responded and extra.
- 🎧 Epidemiologists are racing to determine people who’ve come into contact with these contaminated within the outbreak. Their objective is to make sure that these uncovered get handled if wanted. NPR’s Ari Daniel speaks with the illness detectives in regards to the challenges they face on this race in comparison with their work with different outbreaks.
The Court docket of Worldwide Commerce struck down a second spherical of worldwide tariffs that Trump ordered to switch the import levies that the U.S. Supreme Court docket dominated have been illegal. The worldwide courtroom’s determination was restricted to 2 importers who contested the tariffs, in addition to the state of Washington. It was not instantly clear whether or not different importers will nonetheless be required to pay these levies. When the Supreme Court docket dominated in February that the president exceeded his authority along with his tariffs on virtually the whole lot the U.S. imports, the president sought to switch the import taxes utilizing a unique regulation. The commerce courtroom dominated that the regulation applies tariffs solely to giant and protracted balance-of-payments deficits, which don’t at present exist. The worldwide courtroom discovered the substitute tariffs unwarranted.
At this time’s hear
Colby McCaskill along with his grandparents
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This yr’s NPR School Podcast Problem winner takes the type of a letter to a grandparent. In Expensive Papa, contestant Colby McCaskill intertwines scenes from a previous go to along with his grandparents with interviews and private reflections on their ageing and declining well being. McCaskill’s grandmother has dementia, and he would not shrink back from the truth of her situation. Like hundreds of thousands of People with the identical illness, she is shedding her reminiscence. She struggles to recollect names, her age and how you can carry out fundamental duties. “Being with my grandparents is sort of a heat hug,” McCaskill mentioned after profitable. “[The podcast] was a possibility to get my ideas down and to make it clear: That is what I am considering and that is how I am feeling and I need you to know this.” NPR judges say the episode stood out among the many many entries for its intimacy and vulnerability. Hearken to the podcast or learn extra about its improvement.
Weekend picks
David McKenna, left, as Piggy and Lox Pratt, proper, in Jack Thorne’s Lord of the Flies, the newest adaptation of William Golding’s 1954 novel.
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Try what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:
🍿 Motion pictures: Within the new horror film Hokum, Adam Scott performs a reclusive author who takes his mother and father’ ashes to the lonely Irish inn the place they honeymooned. His keep is dampened by unfriendly workers, a unusual native and a haunting witch.
📺 TV: Netflix’s Lord of the Flies, primarily based on the 1957 novel, follows 4 boys stranded on an island as they descend into savagery. Jack Thorne, who developed the present, is recent off his success with Netflix’s Adolescence. He speaks with NPR’s A Martínez about his fascination with telling tales about masculinity.
📚 Books: Summer time blockbuster season has begun, not simply in cinemas however in bookstores as nicely. This month options new titles from Douglas Stuart, Ali Smith and lots of extra.
🎵 Music: MUNA, Deb By no means and Lykke Li are among the many many artists who launched music in the present day. Get pleasure from the perfect tracks from this week’s lengthy listing of recent albums with these curated playlists from NPR Music.
🎭 Theater: The Broadway present Each Good Factor explores causes to maintain on dwelling, from the easy issues like ice cream to extra heartfelt ones like waking as much as the particular person you’re keen on. Daniel Radcliffe, who obtained a Tony nomination for his portrayal of the protagonist, spoke with WBUR’s Robin Younger in regards to the present.
❓ Quiz: Take a look at your data on the week’s largest headlines, from the glitzy Met Gala to the newest on Blake Vigorous. Are you able to ace it? Dive in and discover out.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
Wild pollinators like this bumblebee are integral to farmers’ livelihoods and diet.
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- In Nepal’s rural communities, pollinating bees and hoverflies are liable for greater than 20% of individuals’s consumption of important nutritional vitamins and 40% of their revenue, based on a report in Nature. If insect populations proceed to say no on their present trajectory, these communities may change into much less wholesome.
- Wildlife professional and local weather campaigner David Attenborough turns 100 in the present day. A whole lot of hundreds of thousands of viewers have seen intimate scenes of nature via his movies.
- Mohamed Soliman pleaded responsible yesterday to greater than 100 state prices with sentence enhancers for firebombing a gaggle of peaceable demonstrators in Boulder, Colo., final June. (by way of CPR Information)
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
