Dave Mattingly

The Walt Disney Company has begun laying off hundreds of employees three months after Josh DiAmaro replaced Bob Iger as Disney's CEO.

A thousand jobs are expected to be eliminated as part of the company's first layoffs in four years.

Jobs are expected to be cut at Disney's movie studio as well as its TV businesses, including the sports network ESPN.

New research shows more climate-warming methane is being emitted in cities in the U.S.

and around the world.

NPR's Jeff Brady says scientists use satellites to measure methane emissions above 72 cities worldwide.

Authorities in Colorado say nearly six dozen vehicles were involved in yesterday's chain reaction pileup on a snowy Interstate 70.

The crashes occurred about 50 miles west of Denver and sent eight people to a hospital.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

Pakistan is offering to host a second round of peace talks between the U.S.

and Iran in the coming days.

That's according to the Associated Press.

The AP says Pakistan is proposing a meeting take place before the end of the current ceasefire.

This follows 21 hours of negotiations in Pakistan last week, which produced no agreement between the U.S.

and Iran.

The offer comes a day after U.S.

Navy ships began a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel and Lebanese ambassadors to the U.S.

are scheduled to meet today in Washington to discuss a ceasefire.