NPR News: 03-29-2026 1AM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they've launched another missile toward Israel on Saturday. They're the first missiles the Houthis have launched since the start of the war with Iran. The Houthis' attacks open another front in the war that's now moved into its second month.
What recent missile attacks have the Houthis launched towards Israel?
NPR's Kerry Khan reports.
Up until Saturday's missile launch, the Iranian-backed Houthis had stayed out of this war, but a Houthi spokesman says attacks will continue until, quote, the aggression on all resistant fronts stops. The Yemen-based rebels were active during Israel's war in Gaza, firing on cargo ships in the Red Sea and disrupting global commercial traffic. Iran hit multiple sites around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Saturday. Israel's military says Iran is increasingly using cluster bombs designed to detonate at high altitude. The munition disperses multiple smaller bombs that are more challenging for Israel's multi-layered air defense system to intercept and can cause damage over a wider area. Dozens of countries have signed on to a cluster munitions treaty ban, except Iran, Israel and the U.S.
Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
In what organizers say was the largest show of participation yet, more than 3,000 No Kings 3.0 rallies were held across the U.S. on Saturday. Millions of protesters denounced President Trump's policies, including his crackdown on immigrants. Brian Bull of member station KLCC in Eugene, Oregon, has more.
No more kings dividing us.
While the first two No Kings rallies were held in Eugene, organizers say they held Saturdays in neighboring Springfield to connect with the Latino community. Ophelia Santiago was one of the speakers and is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. She says she's heard from many families who've had ICE agents detain and deport relatives regardless of their immigration status.
We're here to have a better life for our children, to work hard. For me, they're just treating us like we're not human beings, and that hurts.
President Trump has defended his immigration crackdown, but critics say it's been brutal, violent, and unchecked. For NPR News, I'm Brian Bull in Springfield, Oregon.
ICE agents have been deployed now for almost a week at some airports to help TSA agents move passengers through security faster. But the partial government shutdown is still causing major delays for some travelers. Lines at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport on Saturday took up to two hours to get inside and then as much as three more hours to get through security. Darren Davis was heading to Atlanta and described what he found.
There's about two or three rows outside. There's about three rows inside. And then there's another hidden row or two further inside just to get to your first gate. Clear and pre-check are closed. There was no notification about that. but they are close.
That's Darren Davis and you're listening to NPR News. Officials in Ukraine say at least five people were killed early Saturday when Russia launched more than 270 drones at targets across the country. Two people were killed and at least 11 others injured in an attack on the city of Odessa. The attack damaged a maternity hospital as well as a number of private homes. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying a new electronic health record system that will begin rolling out in states throughout the next several months. As Emma George Griffin of member station WCMU tells us, Michigan will be the first state to make the switch.
Health care for veterans has dramatically changed in recent years with expanded coverage through the PACT Act. That's according to Anthony Colon, the CEO of the Saginaw VA health care system. Colon says physical records can make it challenging to utilize new coverage to prove exposure to chemicals from burn pits and Agent Orange.
There are still a significant number of veterans who may not realize that they've earned this benefit due to some exposure.
Colon says the new electronic record system will help keep records in one easily accessible place, but the initial transition may cause delays.
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