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Chapter 1: What is the focus of the new series 'Safe to Drink'?
This message comes from the Pulitzer finalist NHPR team. Their new four-part series, Safe to Drink, investigates one of the largest water contamination events in New Hampshire's history and the people who fought for answers. Follow Safe to Drink wherever you're listening.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The U.S. Navy is sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East as part of a military buildup for a possible attack on Iran. As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, the U.S. and Iran are also negotiating in an attempt to avoid a conflict.
The USS Gerald R. Ford is being sent from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean to further bolster the U.S. presence in the Middle East. Asked why he made the decision, President Trump said, quote, in case we don't make a deal. The president says he'd prefer a negotiated agreement with Iran on its nuclear program, but has also warned of a possible strike. The U.S. and Iran held talks a week ago.
More talks are expected, but haven't been announced. The U.S. already has thousands of troops, dozens of warplanes, and roughly a dozen ships, including another aircraft carrier in the region. Greg Myhre, NPR News, Washington.
The military has a long tradition of staying apolitical, but as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, President Trump turned a trip to Fort Bragg to thank the troops into a campaign rally.
Thanking special forces troops who were involved in capturing Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was the official reason for Trump's visit to North Carolina.
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Chapter 2: What military actions is the U.S. taking regarding Iran?
But in the middle of his remarks, Trump called up his favored candidate in the state's U.S. Senate race.
We had a big, big victory just recently that you know very well, a victory like they've never seen. So I'd just like you to say a couple of words, Michael. Congratulations.
And then Michael Whatley, the former Republican Party chairman, delivered a quick pitch for his campaign. This is a break with the norm of avoiding overt political messaging in front of troops in uniform. But far from the first time Trump has done it. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the U.S. and Europe to, quote, repair and revive transatlantic trust together. During the opening ceremony of the Munich Security Conference, he said that even the U.S. isn't powerful enough to go it alone in a world whose old order has withered. He called on European nations to build their militaries as Russia continues to invade Ukraine.
Four people are on their way to the International Space Station. NASA's Crew-12 mission launched this morning from Florida. Central Florida Public Media's Brendan Byrne reports. Three, two, one, ignition and liftoff. Go Falcon, go Dragon, and Godspeed Crew-12.
The international crew is made up of two U.S. astronauts, one from France and a Russian cosmonaut. The crew is making the trip in SpaceX's Dragon space capsule. It will take them about 34 hours to reach the station and dock. Once at the station, the crew is scheduled to spend eight months living and working aboard. This mission replaces a crew that left the station early.
A health issue with one of the astronauts prompted the first medical evacuation of the station last month. Since then, the station has been operating with a reduced crew of three. For NPR News, I'm Brendan Byrne in Orlando.
And this is NPR News from Washington. French President Emmanuel Macron says police thwarted an attempted terrorist attack at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, as Rebecca Rossman reports the suspect, who's now dead, was known to police.
It happened at around 6 p.m. local time. A man wielding a knife stabbed a police officer who was participating in a daily rekindling of the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located just under the Arc de Triomphe. The officer was lightly injured. The assailant was killed by other officers.
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