Doa Hlisai-Cautel

Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Doa Hlisai-Cautel.

The White House was on brief lockdown tonight following reports of gunfire.

A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press the Secret Service has shot a person near the White House and that a bystander was also shot.

A peace agreement to end the U.S.

and Israel's war in Iran could come soon.

President Trump, in a new social media post, said the new peace agreement includes the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports.

Residents in and around the city of Garden Grove, Orange County, California, are on high alert for a potential toxic waste disaster.

Jill Replical reports.

The U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is imposing travel restrictions on Americans and international travels coming from countries affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

NPR's Jonathan Lambert has more.

And this is NPR News from New York City.

Ukraine's president says intelligence from American and European partners suggest Russia may strike the country's capital and other parts of the territory this evening using a high-speed ballistic missile called Oreshnik.

Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ukrainians to use shelters and act responsibly upon hearing air raid alerts.

Russia's president threatened military retaliation following a Ukrainian drone attack on Luhansk.

an area occupied in the east region of Ukraine.

The attack killed at least 18 people.

Vladimir Putin condemned the attack on what he said was a college dormitory, but Ukraine's military said it targeted an elite drone command unit in that region.

The new Star Wars adventure, The Mandalorian and Grogu, is blasting off to a relatively modest ticket sales.