NPR News: 04-11-2026 3PM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Rowland. Two U.S. Navy ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports on U.S. efforts to reopen the critical channel to commercial shipping.
The passage of the guided missile destroyers marks the first transit of American warships since the start of the war six weeks ago. According to U.S. Central Command, the USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy are part of a broader mission to ensure the Strait is fully clear of mines previously laid by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard. U.S. officials say additional forces, including underwater drones, will join the effort in the coming days. The reopening of the strait is a key U.S. condition of the ceasefire. The waterway is critical to the global economy, accounting for about 20% of the world's oil supply. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
Face-to-face negotiations are underway in Pakistan between the U.S. and Iran as Pakistan attempts to mediate an end to the U.S.-Israeli war. NPR's Dia Hadid is in Islamabad, has more on the negotiations and what Iran is seeking out of these talks.
There are various versions of a 10-point plan that is being distributed. Now, what the Iranians say they want Some of their demands is the release of $6 billion in frozen assets, an end to a tax it wants guaranteed surrounding its nuclear program. And it's also demand changes to how shipping happens through the Strait of Hormuz. It appears they want to charge ships for passing through, which is new.
Friday, President Trump again insisted that Iran will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Pope Leo today blasted what he called the delusion of omnipotence that is fueling the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. He also demanded the fighting stop and the nations negotiate peace. The Trump administration is acknowledging an error made in a recent social media video and a letter that was sent to New York's Democratic governor accusing the state of Medicaid fraud. Buffalo, Toronto public media reporter Emily Watkins has more on the story.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told the Associated Press Administrator Mehmet Aziz's claim that roughly 5 million New Yorkers receive personal care services was an error. The actual number is a tenth of that, about 450,000 people. CMS didn't explain their initial estimate.
Why should the public rely on any number that you give?
Michael Kanukin from the Think Tank Fiscal Policy Institute was first to show that number was likely incorrect. New York has attempted to tighten personal care services, which help with basics like bathing and meal preparation, by increasing eligibility requirements and restructuring its largest home care program. For NPR News, I'm Emily Watkins in Buffalo.
And you're listening to NPR News. New York City police shot and killed a man armed with a machete who they say stabbed three people in Manhattan at the 42nd Street Grand Central subway station. Police said the man was behaving erratically and claiming he was Lucifer. He was ordered 20 times to put the weapon down before the officers shot him. Three people ages 84, 70 and 65 suffered non-life-threatening stab wounds. The Artemis II astronauts are adjusting to life back on Earth following a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday. As NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports, the cruise flyby of the moon is seen by NASA as a key step toward the agency going back to the moon.
The four astronauts set a new distance from Earth record. They also snapped stunning photos of the moon as they saw parts of its surface that had never been seen by human eyes before. After their safe return, NASA's Lori Glaze said that everyone working with the Artemis moon program is fired up.
Apollo was when I was a child, and to be here now and say we actually did this, we've gone back and we're going to go build a moon base, we are going to have an enduring presence on the moon, just incredibly powerful.
Next year, the agency plans to test out lunar landers in space with a goal of landing astronauts on the moon in 2028.
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