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What incidents involving U.S. Air Force planes occurred today?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Two U.S. Air Force combat planes were shot down today. That's according to an official not authorized to discuss the incidents. Two crew members have been rescued, but the search continues for a third. This comes despite the Trump administration saying it has destroyed Iran's anti-aircraft capabilities, as NPR's Tom Bowman explains.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has control of the skies over Iran and is now able to fly in the lumbering B-52 aircraft for bombing runs. Last month, an F-35 aircraft was struck by Iranian fire, possibly a missile. The aircraft was very damaged, but the pilot was able to land back at base. The pilot was wounded by shell fragments and required stitches. So again, this latest two aircraft down shows the skies above Iran are still dangerous for U.S. pilots.
NPR's Tom Bowman reporting. French President Emmanuel Macron and his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae-myung say they have agreed to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. During a joint briefing today, the leaders did not elaborate on how they would help reopen the Strait. They met in Seoul after President Trump slammed allies for not supporting the war in Iran. President Trump is expected to sign an order to pay all DHS employees as Congress remains deadlocked over funding the agency. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports it adds uncertainty to airport security lines this weekend.
Airline analysts say wait times have improved since Trump took executive action to begin paying TSA agents after more than a month. But the recovery is uneven. Hundreds of officers resigned during the partial shutdown, and it can take months to train replacements. Airline analyst Henry Hartfeldt says that uncertainty could quickly affect operations.
This is a day-to-day situation. If the back pay isn't fully repaid, and if the TSA workers are concerned that they won't be paid for work they do now, that we're going to start seeing absenteeism increase again.
That can lead to inconsistent staffing levels at airports, making wait times harder to predict. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
Unemployment dropped slightly in March as businesses added more jobs than economists expected, NPR's Scott Horsley reports.
U.S. employers added 178,000 jobs in March, offsetting big job losses in February. Healthcare saw the biggest gains, adding 76,000 jobs. About half of that reflects people who returned to work after a February strike. Construction companies, restaurants, and factories also added jobs in March, while the federal government continued to lose workers. Revised figures for the two previous months were mixed. Hiring was stronger than first reported in January, but February's job losses were bigger as well. The unemployment rate inched down in March to 4.3 percent. That was largely because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the workforce. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
This is NPR News from Washington. After crashing his SUV last week in Florida, pro-golfer Tiger Woods told a deputy, I was just talking to the president. That's according to body camera footage. It's not clear if Woods was referring to President Trump. Woods entered a not-guilty plea to suspicion of driving under the influence. The BBC has released two long-lost episodes of the cult TV sci-fi series Doctor Who. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports the 1965 episodes were found in a private collection.
In The Nightmare Begins, William Hartnell as the Doctor gleefully incapacitates an uninvited guest on his spaceship, the TARDIS. What is it?
Oh, it's a little invention of mine. I call it the magnetic chair. It has a force field strong enough to restrain a herd of elephants.
The series story arc focuses on the threat of the Daleks, terrifying robots hell-bent on conquering the universe.
One man remains. Find and destroy him.
How are international leaders addressing the Strait of Hormuz situation?
I obey.
The non-profit group Film is Fabulous found the episodes in a private collection late last year. The BBC archives then restored the reels. In the 1960s and 70s, broadcasters often deleted master tapes of shows to save storage space.
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