NPR Update: President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as carry teams move the transfer cases with the remains of Iowa National Guard soldiers Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP WASHINGTON — The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and…
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NPR Update: Michael Jordan, co-owner of 23XI Racing, sits in his pit box during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Talladega, Ala. Butch Dill/AP CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan’s bitter fight against NASCAR heads to federal court Monday in a jury trial that could rip apart the top motorsports series in the United States. The antitrust allegations leveled by Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports has exposed salacious personal communications, NASCAR’s finances and a deep contempt between some of the top executives in the sport and its participants. Three-time Daytona 500…
NPR Update: People stand near a display local newspapers on the street of Lagos with headlines on gunmen abducting schoolchildren and staff of the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community in Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption toggle caption Sunday Alamba/AP ABUJA, Nigeria — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, bringing relief to some distraught families after one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria’s history. The schoolchildren, aged between…
NPR Update: An aerial view of Black River, Jamaica, on Thursday in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Matias Delacroix/AP SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and surveyed the damage left behind. In Jamaica, government workers and residents began clearing roads in a push to reach dozens of isolated communities in the island’s southeast that sustained a direct hit from one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. Stunned…
NPR Update: Montreal Canadiens goalkeeper Ken Dryden, visualized in 1977, passed away Saturday. The Hall of Famer assisted the Canadiens win 6 Stanley Mug titles. / AP. conceal inscription toggle inscription / AP. MONTREAL– Ken Dryden, the Hall of Popularity goaltender that assisted the Montreal Canadiens win 6 Stanley Mug titles in the 1970s, has actually passed away after a battle with cancer cells. He was 78. The Canadiens introduced his fatality early Saturday, claiming Dryden’s family members requested for personal privacy. A group speaker claimed a buddy of Dryden’s assigned by the family members called the company, including he…
NPR Update: Citizens fill out their tallies in the top home political election at a ballot terminal Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko/AP. conceal subtitle toggle subtitle Eugene Hoshiko/AP. TOKYO– Japanese were electing Sunday for seats in the smaller sized of Japan’s 2 legislative residences in an essential political election with Head of state Shigeru Ishiba and his judgment union dealing with a feasible loss that might get worse the nation’s political instability. Citizens were making a decision fifty percent of the 248 seats in the top home, the much less effective of both chambers in Japan’s Diet…
NPR Update: Israeli soldiers stand guard as Syrian Druze individuals go across back right into Syria at the Israeli-Syrian boundary, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Levels community of Majdal Shams, on Thursday. Leo Correa/AP. conceal subtitle toggle subtitle Leo Correa/AP. DAMASCUS, Syria– Syrian federal government pressures had actually greatly taken out of the southerly district of Sweida on Thursday after days of encounter militias connected to the Druze minority that intimidated to decipher the nation’s post-war change. The problem had actually attracted airstrikes versus Syrian pressures by bordering Israel in protection of the Druze prior to a truce– moderated by the…
NPR Update: A male lugs a kid, that was injured in an Israeli strike, after being dealt with in the Shifa Health Center, Gaza City on Monday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP. conceal subtitle toggle subtitle Jehad Alshrafi/AP. CAIRO (AP)– Israeli pressures eliminated at the very least 74 individuals in Gaza on Monday with airstrikes that left 30 dead at a seaside coffee shop and shooting that left 23 dead as Palestinians attempted to obtain seriously required food help, witnesses and health and wellness authorities claimed. One airstrike struck Al-Baqa Coffee shop in Gaza City when it was crowded with ladies and kids,…
NPR Update: Canadian Head Of State Mark Carney holds a closing interview complying with the NATO Top in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press by means of AP. conceal subtitle toggle subtitle Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press by means of AP. TORONTO– Canadian Head Of State Mark Carney stated late Sunday profession talks with united state have actually returned to after Canada retracted its strategy to tax obligation united state modern technology companies. United State Head of state Donald Trump stated Friday that he was putting on hold profession talks with Canada over its strategies to…
NPR Update: Individuals participate in a demonstration requiring completion of the battle and instant launch of captives held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and versus Head Of State Benjamin Netanyahu’s federal government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 28, 2025. Ariel Schalit/AP. conceal subtitle toggle subtitle Ariel Schalit/AP. TEL AVIV, Israel– United State Head Of State Donald Trump on Sunday advocated development in ceasefire talks in the battle in Gaza, requiring an offer that would certainly stop the combating in the 20-monthlong problem as the sides seemed inching closer to an arrangement. An Israeli authorities claimed strategies were being…