NPR News: 06-27-2026 2AM EDT
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What recent military actions occurred between the U.S. and Iran?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The U.S. hit Iranian coastal military facilities Friday. The attacks were in retaliation for Iran hitting a cargo ship on Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz with the drone. Ampere's Tom Bowman has more.
The Central Command statement said American warplanes attacked Iranian missile... in drone storage locations and coastal radar sites. This comes after Iran attacked a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, the Ever Lovely, exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast where the U.S. has set up a pathway and cleared it of mines. Iran insists its ships can only sail through the routes it has set up closer to its coast. Nearly three weeks ago, U.S. forces hit similar military targets after Iran fired multiple attack drones toward the strait. Tom Bowman, NPR News.
In Venezuela, efforts to rescue people who were trapped inside buildings following two massive earthquakes on Wednesday are continuing. Venezuela's acting president, Delce Rodriguez, said Friday that at least 920 people have been killed. Tens of thousands of others are reported as missing. Manuel Ruida has the reports.
Rescue teams from the United States, El Salvador and Spain arrived in Venezuela Friday morning, as crews race against the clock to pull survivors from collapsed buildings. Recovery efforts have been slow, with many residents complaining about the lack of equipment or specialized teams to get people out. In La Guaira, the city hit hardest by the quake. Dozens of buildings are rubble, including public housing projects, and the military has now been sent to the coastal city to support rescue efforts and prevent looting. La Guaira's airport was damaged by the earthquakes, so eight teams are flying into airports about a three-hour drive from this city. For NPR News, I'm Manuel Rueda in Bogota.
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has pleaded guilty to illegally retaining classified information. U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly Hayes announced the deal on Friday.
As Mr. Bolton admitted, he shared more than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities as the National Security Advisor, including information related to the National Defense with two individuals who neither had the security clearances nor the need to know that information.
Bolton's plea deal could help him avoid prison time. President Trump faced similar charges after his first term in office, but a Florida judge appointed to the bench by Trump ruled the appointment of the special prosecutor investigating his case unconstitutional. An online flight tracking service says a small aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest building on Friday. Photos on social media seem to show debris from a small craft on the ground near the skyscraper, but those images have not yet been confirmed. The 108-story tower is one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. So far, authorities have not issued a statement about the incident. You're listening to NPR News. A new CDC report shows that emergency department visits due to suspected suicide attempts were highest among teens in recent years.
But as NPR's Ruta Chatterjee reports, this age group saw an overall decline in ER visits last year.
Between 2021 and 2025, teens aged 12 to 17 had the highest number of visits to the ER due to suspected suicide attempts. about a quarter of all visits for such attempts. While the overall proportion of suicide-related visits to the emergency room in this age group declined by 2025, the researchers observed an increase in such visits among older adults. Alison Kamak is a health scientist at the CDC's Injury Center and an author of the new report.
They increased in those who were 55 through 64 by 15 percent, and for those 65 and older, they increased 12 percent.
She says the findings emphasize the importance of suicide prevention efforts for all age groups. Reetha Chatterjee, NPR News.
The Greek government has announced a plan to pay fishermen to catch a toxic fish known as the silver-cheeked toadfish.
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