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What military actions is the U.S. considering against Iran?
may be on the verge of taking military action against Iran, but NPR's Franco Ordonez reports President Trump didn't make much of a case for why that may be necessary during his State of the Union address last night.
President Trump spent more time celebrating the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team and other staged moments. But near the end, he did speak about the Iranian regime killing thousands of protesters. He mentioned its nuclear ambitions and the threat it presents building missiles that he said will soon be able to reach the U.S.
But one thing is certain. I will never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon. Can't let that happen.
But Trump shared no new rationale for any more strikes, which is concerning to many Americans, including Republicans who are worried about the U.S. being drawn into a long and complicated conflict. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News.
The House narrowly rejected a bipartisan aviation safety bill that was written after the deadly mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. last year. The bill has the support of safety investigators and families of the crash victims, but just before the vote, the Pentagon withdrew its support. More than 130 Republicans voted against it, including several powerful committee chairmen who are pushing their own bipartisan safety bill. NPR's Joel Rose has more on what happens next.
The GOP committee chairs in the House have their own bipartisan safety bill that they are pushing. It's known as the Alert Act. But it does not have the backing of safety investigators at the NTSB who say it would not go far enough to close loopholes and to truly require this safety technology everywhere that it needs to be. The Rotaract sponsors say they will keep pushing for another vote in the House. They note that a significant majority... of the representatives voted in favor. But under the fast-track rules in the House, the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass and came up just a few votes short.
NPR's Joel Rose reporting. Cities across the state of Jalisco in Mexico are returning to normal after the killing of the country's biggest drug lord. NPR's Ada Peralta reports authorities have lifted its red alert.
The Mexican military says Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, who was better known as El Mencho, was killed during an operation to capture him on Sunday. His death unleashed waves of violence across more than 20 states, but calm has returned to the state of Jalisco, where he wielded most of his power. The governor says schools will reopen on Wednesday, and many businesses have already reopened. The government of Mexico says that international airlines will also restart flights soon out of the resort town of Puerto Vallarta. Authorities say they found El Mencho at a country club in the mountains surrounding Guadalajara. It was a place frequented by powerful people, including politicians and business leaders.
Eder Peralta, NPR News, Tapalpa, in Jalisco State, Mexico.
You're listening to NPR News. A new survey suggests that nearly two-thirds of U.S. teenagers use AI chatbots. In Piers Ritu Chatterjee reports, researchers found a gap between what parents think about their teens' use of those chatbots and what the adolescents are actually doing.
The survey finds 51% of parents think their teen uses chatbots, whereas 64% of teens report they use them. Adolescents say they use chatbots for many things. Nearly half use them for help with schoolwork and to search for information. Monica Anderson directs internet and technology research at the Pew Research Center.
16% of teens say that they use chatbots to have casual conversations. And about 1 in 10 report using these tools to get emotional support or advice.
While more teens are positive about AI's impact on them personally, they are more mixed about the impact on society at large. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.
The director of the Louvre Museum in France has resigned. Laurence Descartes has been under fire in the wake of a stunning and embarrassing heist of the French Napoleon-era crown jewels.
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