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The State Department says it's been in touch with more than 13,000 Americans in the Middle East to provide help or advice on getting home.

U.S.-funded evacuation flights have begun, but most Americans are leaving on commercial flights, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman tells us.

Fighting continues in Iran, where the U.S.

says the most intense bombing of the week-long campaign is about to start.

The Israeli military announced new strikes on Tehran early Saturday local time.

Now a new NPR-PBS News Marist poll is shedding some light on what Americans think about the war, and in particular, President Trump's approval rating, as NPR's Domenico Montanaro tells us.

That's NPR's Domenico Montanaro with that report.

A large storm system expected to stretch through the weekend produced tornadoes across the central U.S.

Friday and reached as far north as Michigan.

As Anna Speidel of member station WMUK reports, the storms caused severe damage throughout southern Michigan, killing at least four people and injuring 12 others after suspected tornadoes touched down.

Stocks finished down once again on Friday.

The Nasdaq closed down by more than 1.5 percent.

The Dow was down by almost 1 percent and the S&P 500 down 1.33 percent.

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U.S.

employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month.

That's according to figures from the Labor Department.