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NPR's Jacqueline Diaz has more.

The Pentagon says the U.S.

military has struck another alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, killing four people.

The Trump administration has killed more than 160 people in similar boat strikes since September.

Today is the first of nine equal paydays throughout the year.

This symbolic day marks how far into the new year women must work in order to make what men earned the previous year.

NPR's Andrea Hsu reports this year's equal payday comes a day later this year.

It was two years ago today an enormous cargo ship crashed into a major Baltimore bridge.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed before dawn, killing six workers.

A major highway was severed, causing economic woes for Maryland.

State officials now say a new design for a bridge is almost finished.

They hope to rebuild it by 2030.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.

Iran says ships that are not associated with Israel or the U.S.

can transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Aya Batraoui reports some ships are passing through the narrow waterway, but most oil and gas tankers remain trapped.

The House Homeland Security Committee is examining how the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is affecting Americans.

TSA agents are not getting paid.

Many are quitting or calling out.