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What were the circumstances surrounding the dignified transfer of U.S. soldiers?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Defense Secretary Hegseth were among the leaders who attended the dignified transfer of six U.S. soldiers killed last Sunday in Kuwait. NPR's Tamara Keith reports they were the first American service members killed in the U.S. war with Iran.
At Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, President Trump saluted the fallen, wearing a white USA baseball cap and bright red tie. Trump and the other dignitaries stood on the tarmac in silence as the six flag-draped transfer cases were carried from a military aircraft to waiting vans. The soldiers were all killed in Kuwait a day after Operation Epic Fury began.
Their family members were on hand and hidden from view for the solemn event as the remains of their loved ones were brought back to U.S. soil. Earlier, Trump described them as heroes. He said these losses are the way it is in war, but, quote, we're going to keep it to a minimum. Tamara Keith, NPR News. Iran-backed militias in Iraq fired rockets at the U.S.
embassy in Baghdad today, according to Iraqi security forces. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Iran-linked militias also targeted the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as NPR's Jane Aref reports. This was the sound of a rocket being intercepted above the American embassy in Baghdad. The video, taken by a resident of an apartment complex across the street from the U.S.
mission. The rockets were launched from Baghdad, an Iraqi security official told NPR. He asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak publicly. Iraq's prime minister ordered security forces to find and arrest those responsible for the attack.
In the Kurdish capital, Erbil, three drones were intercepted with no casualties or significant damage, a Kurdish government official said. Jane Araf, NPR News, Erbil. Deadly storms moved across the Midwest and Great Plains last night, spawning more than a dozen reported tornadoes. The storms left at least four dead in Michigan and two in Oklahoma, with more than a dozen people injured.
Grayson Wheeler with member station KOSU reports... on the situation in Oklahoma. Okmulgee County emergency management officials say power crews and other responders weren't able to do their work in that area Saturday morning because so many people were trying to see the damage. These storms came just a day after a mother and daughter died in their car in western Oklahoma.
Emergency management officials say they were struck by an unconfirmed tornado. Governor Kevin Stitt has declared a state of emergency for eight counties in northeast Oklahoma. Across the state, four western counties are still under a state of emergency after wildfires devastated hundreds of thousands of acres in late February. For NPR News, I'm Grayson Wheeler in Oklahoma City.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Broadway League says nearly 20% of theater tickets are being snapped up by people attending musicals and plays on their own. That's double what it was a couple of years ago. Empire's Chloe Veltman reports a theater operator is now taking steps to actively encourage audience members to fly solo.
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