U.S. intercepts Iranian assaults on 3 ships. And, what to learn about hantavirus

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The U.S. navy says three Navy ships got here below assault yesterday whereas navigating by means of 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 one in all its oil tankers within the Strait of Hormuz. This incident marks the primary report of U.S. airstrikes on Iranian soil for the reason that ceasefire started a month in the past.

• 🎧 Regardless of the current violence, neither Iran nor the U.S. appears inclined to return to battle, 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 does 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 may divide Shelby County — house to the majority-Black Memphis — into three districts. The motion goals to get rid of the state’s solely remaining Democratic-held seat. At the moment, 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 towards racial discrimination in redistricting.

• 🎧 Protesters from Tennessee’s blue cities argue that the brand new map will silence the voices of voters who help Democrats. These voters make up roughly a 3rd of the state’s inhabitants, in accordance with 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 might trigger confusion about which district individuals are in. Over the previous few days, Republicans within the Southern states of Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina have additionally rushed to redraw congressional maps. At the moment, California and Virginia are the one states which have adjusted their district boundaries to help 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 presently off the coast of Africa, however dozens of passengers have already disembarked and flown to locations in Turkey, New Zealand and america. Regardless of a collection of alarmist headlines, the World Well being Group emphasizes that the chance to most of the people stays very low. Here 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 purpose is to make sure that these uncovered get handled if wanted. NPR’s Ari Daniel speaks with the illness detectives about 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 exchange the import levies that the U.S. Supreme Court docket dominated had been illegal. The worldwide court docket’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 nearly every thing the U.S. imports, the president sought to exchange the import taxes utilizing a unique legislation. The commerce court docket dominated that the legislation applies tariffs solely to giant and protracted balance-of-payments deficits, which don’t presently exist. The worldwide court docket discovered the alternative tariffs unwarranted.

At present’s pay attention

Colby McCaskill along with his grandparents

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This 12 months’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 growing old and declining well being. McCaskill’s grandmother has dementia, and he does not draw back from the truth of her situation. Like thousands and thousands of Individuals with the identical illness, she is dropping her reminiscence. She struggles to recollect names, her age and easy methods to carry out primary duties. “Being with my grandparents is like a warm hug,” McCaskill stated after profitable. “[The podcast] was an opportunity to get my thoughts down and to make it clear: This is what I’m thinking and this is how I’m feeling and I want 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 most recent 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 employees, 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 properly. This month options new titles from Douglas Stuart, Ali Smith and plenty of extra.

🎵 Music: MUNA, Deb By no means and Lykke Li are among the many many artists who launched music right now. Take pleasure in the perfect tracks from this week’s lengthy listing of recent albums with these curated playlists from NPR Music.

🎭 Theater: The Broadway present Each Sensible Factor explores causes to maintain on residing, 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 acquired a Tony nomination for his portrayal of the protagonist, spoke with WBUR’s Robin Younger in regards to the present.

❓ Quiz: Check your information on the week’s greatest headlines, from the glitzy Met Gala to the most recent on Blake Full of life. 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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1. 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, in accordance with a report in Nature. If insect populations proceed to say no on their present trajectory, these communities might turn into much less wholesome.
2. Wildlife skilled and local weather campaigner David Attenborough turns 100 right now. A whole lot of thousands and thousands of viewers have seen intimate scenes of nature by means of his movies.
3. Mohamed Soliman pleaded responsible yesterday to greater than 100 state fees 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.