NPR News: 03-28-2026 8PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. More than 300 U.S. troops have been wounded in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, including 15 injured in an attack last night on Saudi Arabia Air Base, according to the Associated Press. And the Pentagon says around 3,500 sailors and Marines have arrived in the Middle East. This is the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have now entered the widening war, launching a missile toward Israel today that Israel says was successfully intercepted. And Pierce-Karikhan has more. Up until Saturday's missile launch, the Iranian-backed Houthis had stayed out of this war, but a Houthis spokesman says the tax will continue until, quote, the aggression on all resistant front 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 in Jerusalem Saturday. Israel's military says Iran is increasingly using cluster bombs, designed to detonate

1:02at 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. Puerto Rican and PR News, Tel Aviv? Democrats say they'll harness the energy around no king's rallies that took place around the country today. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson was at the demonstration in St. Paul. Minnesota State Patrol estimated that 100,000 people gathered for the no king's rally at the state capital. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin was at the rally and says Democrats will work to channel the enthusiasm toward midterm elections. The best thing that people can do, we've got 220 days until this election, is keep showing up and voting. If you want to stop Donald Trump and what's happening in this country right now, it's not enough just to show up at protests and rallies. Organizers also encourage people to sign up to report concerns at polling places this

2:05fall. For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in St. Paul. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning state officials from vetting on prediction markets with insider information. Here's Bobby Allen reports. Services like Calci and Polly Market allow bets on future policies, military strikes and election outcomes. And some lawmakers are growing increasingly worried that the betting apps can be exploited by people who have access to government and military secrets. Newsom's order prevents appointees of the governor from using non public information to personally profit on prediction markets. In recent months, well-time bets on things like the ouster of Iran's Supreme Leader and the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits. Both Calci and Polly Market say they already ban insider trading, relying on their own surveillance tools to catch suspicious bettors. Bobby Allen and P.R. News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Yuma County, Arizona has prided itself as the place labor icon Cesar Chavez was born

3:07and died. But now, sexual abuse allegations tied to him have caused a debate over whether a local school should still bear his name. Francisco Stargazer from Member Station K.A.W.C. reports, the controversy is exposing deep divisions within the community. In San Luis, the Gatson School District is considering renaming two Cesar Chavez facilities, but some community members are pushing back. At a public hearing, Ana Maria Guyen said, action speak louder than words. You could even say he gave his life for us, but Luis Aareola disagrees. What are we telling our girls, people who have been abused? The district governing board said it may take action at a later date, but for San Luis, Chavez's legacy is deeply personal and now deeply contested. For NPR News, I'm Cisco Stargazer in San Luis, Arizona. The Department of Veterans Affairs is using a new electronic health records system that

4:09will roll out to states over the next several months with Michigan, the first to switch. People say physical records can make it tough to utilize new coverage to prove exposure to chemicals from burn pits and agent orange. The new record system, which will roll out to other states over the next year or two, will keep them all in one accessible place, but officials say the initial transition could cause delays. In the past, those requests had to be requested by mail and retrieved by hand. This is NPR News. Listen to this podcast sponsor-free on Amazon Music with a Prime Membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.