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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Iran says it temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday while it conducted live-fire naval drills in the area. The closure came just as Tuesday's talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program were getting underway in Geneva. Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arakci, expressed optimism about the talks with the U.S., saying progress was made on the main guiding principles, but he warned the U.S.
What recent developments occurred in Iran's nuclear talks?
against taking any military actions.
Iran remains fully prepared to defend itself against any threat or act of aggression. The consequences of any attack against Iran will not be confined to its borders.
The two sides are expected to hold more negotiations in two weeks. President Trump says he's ordered the federal government to coordinate repairs to a broken sewer line that's dumping wastewater into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., NPR's Michael Copley reports that the break has also unleashed a torrent of finger pointing.
Late last month, part of a decades-old sewer line in Maryland collapsed, sending hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River. President Trump has blamed Maryland Governor Wes Moore and other local Democrats for the spill, saying the Federal Emergency Management Agency will now help coordinate the response. But the sewer line is managed by D.C. Water, a utility in the District of Columbia that's federally regulated. Moore says it's the federal government that hasn't been doing its job. DC Water says emergency repairs will take about a month, followed by a longer rehab effort that could take up to 10 months. The utility says drinking water in the area has not been contaminated.
Michael Copley, NPR News.
In Northern California, the Nevada County Sheriff's Department says six backcountry skiers have been rescued following an avalanche near Lake Tahoe. The six were rescued late Tuesday night. The sheriff's office says two have been taken to a hospital for treatment. Authorities now say 15 skiers were in the group, not 16, as initially believed. Crews still searching for nine others. Halfway through the Olympic women's figure skating competition, only two Americans stand in the top 10. NPR's Rachel Treisman reports from Milan.
Reigning world champion Alyssa Liu, reigning U.S. champion Amber Glenn, and Isabel Levito were among the favorites coming into the short program, widely considered the U.S. 's best hope at a women's medal in two decades. After a strong skate, Liu stands in third place and Levito in eighth. In a shocking twist, Glenn is in 13th place, despite a strong program up until her very last jump. She nailed a triple axel, one of only a few women at these Olympics doing that jump, but then did only a double rather than the required triple on a separate jump, losing substantial points and leaving the ice in tears. All three women have a chance to make up some points at Thursday's free skate, which ends with medals.
Rachel Triesman, NPR News, Milan.
This is NPR. U.S. Capitol Police have arrested an 18-year-old Georgia man after he ran toward the west side of the Capitol building armed with a shotgun. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan says he was wearing a tactical vest and gloves and that he had a Kevlar helmet and a gas mask in the SUV he parked near the Capitol. The chief says the shotgun was loaded and the man had additional rounds in his possession. Preclampsia is marked by skyrocketing blood pressure and in pregnancy it can pose a fatal health risk to mother and baby. Ari Daniel reports on a new drug being tested in South Africa. The researchers hope may be the first for the condition.
Kathy Kluver is a professor at Stellenbosch University who studies preeclampsia.
That really is one of the most serious complications of pregnancy.
Prescribing conventional blood pressure medicine is risky because it may also reduce blood flow to the baby. Now, Kluver and her team are testing a new drug at Tigerburg Hospital in Cape Town that appears to reduce the mother's blood pressure while also improving blood flow to the womb.
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