Korva Coleman

Only a trickle of ships have passed the vital waterway.

Lebanon has declared a national day of mourning after Israeli attacks killed more than 250 people.

according to the country's civil defense department.

NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from Beirut the violence has marred the ceasefire.

Yes, we thought that we will go home, but then the bombs appeared.

Jerusalem's religious sites have reopened to worshippers after the ceasefire was declared.

Israeli police had restricted prayer gatherings in Jerusalem's Old City during the war as debris from Iranian missile fire landed nearby.

NPR's Daniel Estrin has more.

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The chair of the House Oversight Committee says next week's deposition of former U.S.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has been postponed.

She is supposed to answer questions about the Justice Department's files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Committee Chair James Comer says they will work out a new date with Bondi's personal attorney.

The teenage birth rate in the U.S.

fell by 7 percent in 2025, according to a report published today by the National Center for Health Statistics.

And Pierre-Selena Simmons-Duffin reports the teen birth rate continues to hit record lows every year.

NASA says the crew aboard the Artemis lunar mission is preparing to return to Earth.

The four-member crew is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego tomorrow around 5 p.m.

Eastern, rather Pacific time.

The crew has been on a 10-day mission.