Nora Rahm

A tornado also touched down in Beggs, Oklahoma, near Tulsa, killing two people.

The National Weather Service says the risk of severe weather continues today from Texas to the Great Lakes.

The National Symphony Orchestra has lost its executive director.

The Washington, D.C.

Orchestra is the last classical music organization remaining at the Kennedy Center.

NPR's Anastasios Lukas reports.

At the Paralympics in Italy, Oksana masters the most decorated American winter Paralympian.

won another gold medal today, her 20th.

She won the women's sprint sitting disciplined in parabiathlon.

She had overcome a series of setbacks this season, including surgery, a bone infection, and a concussion.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

U.S.

Central Command today announced the first reported U.S.

casualties from the joint U.S.-Israeli operation against Iran.

Three service members were killed.

Five others were seriously wounded.

A U.S.

official not authorized to speak publicly says all were serving in the U.S.

Army in Kuwait.