NPR News: 03-29-2026 1AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they've launched another missile toward Israel on Saturday. They're the first missiles the Houthis have launched since the start of the war with Iran. The Houthis attacks open another front in the war that's now moved into its second month. NPR's Karrikhan reports. Up until Saturday's missile launch, the Iranian-backed Houthis had stayed out of this war, but the 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 and Jerusalem Saturday. Israel's military says Iran is increasingly using cluster bombs, designed a detonated high altitude. The munition disperses multiple smaller bombs that are more challenging for Israel's multi-layer air defense system to intercept and can cause damage over a wider area.

1:00Dozens of countries have signed on to a cluster munitions treaty ban, except Iran, Israel, and the U.S. Karrikhan and PR News, Tel Aviv. In what organizers say was the largest show of participation yet. More than 3,000 no-kings 3.0 rallies were held across the U.S. on Saturday. Millions of protesters denounced President Trump's policies, including his crackdown on immigrants. Ryan Bull of Member Station KLCC in Eugene, Oregon has more. While the first two no-kings rallies were held in Eugene, organizers say they held Saturdays in neighboring Springfield to connect with a Latino community. Ophelia Santiago was one of the speakers and is a naturalized citizen for Mexico. She says she's heard from many families who've had ICE agents detained and depart relatives regardless of their immigration status. Every year to have a better life for children, to work hard for me, they're just treating us like we're not human beings.

2:01And that hurts. President Trump has defended his immigration crackdown, but critics say it's been brutal, violent, and unchecked. Friend PR News, I'm Brian Bull in Springfield, Oregon. ICE agents have been deployed now for almost a week at some airports to help TSA agents move passengers through security faster, but the partial government shutdown is still causing major delays for some travelers. Lines at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport on Saturday took up to two hours to get inside, and then as much as three more hours to get through security. Darren Davis was heading to Atlanta and described what he found. There's about two or three rows outside, there's about three rows inside, and then there's another hidden row or two further inside just to get to your first gate, a clear and pre-check. Our clothes. There was no notification about that, but they are clothes. That's Darren Davis, and you're listening to NPR News.

3:01Officials in Ukraine say at least five people were killed early Saturday when Russia launched more than 270 drones at targets across the country. Two people were killed and at least 11 others injured in an attack on the city of Odessa, the attack damaged the maternity hospital, as well as a number of private homes. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying a new electronic health record system that will begin rolling out in states throughout the next several months. As Emma George Griffin of Member Station WCMU tells us, Michigan will be the first state to make the switch. Health care for veterans has dramatically changed in recent years with expanded coverage through the Pact Act. That's according to Anthony Cologne, the CEO of the Sagnaw VA health care system. Cologne says physical records can make it challenging to utilize new coverage to prove exposure to chemicals from burn pits and agent orange. There are still a significant number of veterans who may not realize that they've earned this

4:01benefit due to some exposure. Cologne says the new electronic record system will help keep records in one easily accessible place, but the initial transition may cause delays. For NPR News, I'm Emma George Griffin in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. William Linden landed several huge jumps this weekend along with the backflip to retain his eye-stancing world championship for a third straight year. He finished well ahead of Yuma Kageyama of Japan, who placed in second, followed by teammate Shun Santo in third, the win follows his poor showing earlier this year in the Winter Olympics. I'm Dale Wilman, 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.