Louise Schiavone

U.S.

Southern Command has carried out another lethal strike on a small boat allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific.

Questions persist about these strikes.

NPR's Tom Bowman says many focus on the justification for strikes like these.

NPR's Tom Bowman reporting.

This is NPR News in Washington.

Afghanistan has been struggling through a rough winter, and authorities there say that over the past three days, heavy snow and rainfall has left more than 60 people dead and scores injured.

Deforestation and general degradation of the land due to war and climate change regularly lead to flash flooding in the impoverished nation.

And in this latest storm, hundreds of homes have been destroyed and hundreds of animals have perished.

Mezzo-soprano Denise Graves takes her final bow today performing in Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

NPR's Olivia Hampton reports the performance caps a career that has lasted more than four decades.

At the Australian Open today, play was suspended briefly due to extreme heat.

After the pause, Yannick Sinner came back from a case of cramps to beat Elliot Spizzeri and move on to play in the fourth round.

In women's play, Naomi Osaka withdrew before the third round due to an abdominal injury.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

In the sub-zero temperatures of Minneapolis, people are turning out today to protest a deadly shooting involving federal immigration agents.

A 37-year-old man was killed in the confrontation.

NPR's Meg Anderson has details.

President Trump today posted on social media that the person involved in the confrontation was carrying a loaded gun with two full magazines and that local police were not allowed to protect federal immigration officers.