NPR News: 03-05-2026 12AM EST

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1:00The House is to vote on its own war powers resolution Thursday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegses says an American submarine fired on and sank an Iranian naval vessel in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan rescue teams recovered more than 80 bodies and rescued more than 30 people more remain missing. In Pierce Dea Hadid reports the incident puts other countries in an awkward place diplomatically. Initially, there was confusion. This is Indian broadcaster and DTV. It is getting more and more intense and more and more bizarre. But within hours, Hesgeth said this. It was sunk by a torpedo, quiet death. The attack occurred close to Sri Lanka. That island is close to India's southeastern tip. Analysts say it's unclear if either country was forewarned. And they say it's particularly embarrassing for India because the Iranian vessel had departed from an Indian port, meaning this happened on India's watch. So far, India hasn't commented on the incident.

2:02Sri Lankan's government says it doesn't want to become a victim of this conflict. Dea Hadid and P.R. News, Mumbai. Now to California where schools are seeing a lot of turmoil this year, San Francisco educators went on strike last month and as Farita Javila Romero reports from Member Station KQED, teachers in other districts from Los Angeles to West Sacramento are also weighing work stoppages. Common teacher concerns are pay and benefits. A majority of school funding comes from the state, but enrollment is declining in most districts and state funding, which is tied to student attendance, isn't keeping up with costs. David Goldberg is president of the California Teachers Association. There's an interesting dynamic in California where we have both locally negotiated contracts, but we also have a dire need for state funding. So it's kind of really put the focus on both. The union worked with members to ensure several labor contracts expired around the same

3:05time. Goldberg hopes the coordinated strategy gets the attention of state lawmakers and the governor. Karen P.R. News, I'm Farita Javila Romero in Oakland, California. This is MPR. The Republican led House Oversight Committee voted Wednesdays to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondy. Lawmakers and both parties want Bondy to testify and oversight's investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bondy has come under fire for her handling of the Epstein files. On a party line vote, a Senate committee has advanced president Trump's controversial nominee to be the nation's next public lands chief. And P.R. Kirk Sigler reports that former New Mexico congressman Steve Pierce has called for selling the public lands he's poised to manage. Selling federal public land stirs bipartisan backlash here in the West where much of the land is open to the public. In his confirmation hearing, Steve Pierce said his prior support of those sales was in his past and he promised he wouldn't push to roll back protections for national monuments.

4:09Minists and some local officials like Towson, New Mexico, Town Councilman Darian Fernandez aren't buying it. I'll give him credit that at least he understands that his record is bad enough that now even he's trying to run from it. Pierce's president Trump's second nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management in this term his first Colorado oil and gas lobbyist withdrew last year after comments surfaced she'd criticized his role in the January 6th insurrection. Kirk Sigler in P.R. News. Sanders opened sharply higher in Asia following Wednesday's rebound on Wall Street South Korea's benchmark Cosby is up 9% after its worst plunge ever the day before. In Tokyo, Japan's Nikkei is up 2% after uncertainty about the war in the Middle East rattled financial markets this week. I'm Jail Snyder in P.R. News. This message comes from Jerry. Most drivers overpay for car insurance because the system is needlessly complicated. Jerry fixes that by handling all the insurance shopping legwork for you.

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