NPR News: 09-02-2026 6PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Civilians may be among the casualties in the latest wave of strikes in the Persian Gulf in the U.S.-Aaron war. U.S. Central Command says American forces never target civilians, but that it's aware that the Iranian State media reports. And Piyazaya Batrawi has more. Iran's foreign ministry says strappin'al from a U.S. attack in Hormuz-Gon province along the street of Hormuz hit a wedding, killing and wounding people. Iranian officials say communication towers in the area were also knocked out. Iran's state TV, quoting a local official, reports most of those wounded are women and children who were transferred to a hospital in Minab, the same city where Iran says a U.S. strike in February killed at least 120 school children. The Pentagon is still investigating that attack. President Trump says the latest U.S. strikes are in retaliation for Iran's quote, failed attempt at adding sea mines in the street of Hormuz. He warned of further strikes if Iran responds.

1:01But Iran immediately fired back at U.S. troops in the region with Jordan and Kuwait reporting Iranian missile attacks. A. A Batrawi and Piyar News. Dubai. Another immigrant in custody of U.S. immigrations and customs enforcement has died just hours after he was taken into detention. Impires Vanessa Romal has more. The death of a Chinese man in a U.S. territory marks the 57th death of an immigrant utani held in the care of the government since the start of President Trump's second term. 24 of those have occurred since January 1st. U.S. immigration and customs enforcement says Lianyang Way was arrested by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety on August 21st, after allegedly attacking a family in their home. A day later, Way, whose legal immigration status ended in 2019, was taken into ICE custody. For any legal action could be taken, the 51-year-old was found unresponsive by a corrections officer during morning checks, just hours later. Way's official cause of death remains under investigation.

2:01Vanessa Romal and Piyar News. Billions of dollars in taxes went uncollected last year after the IRS cut thousands of staffers. Impires Scott Horsley reports on new findings from the Treasury Department's Inspector General. Revenue from tax audits plunged 35 percent last year, as the Trump administration laid off thousands of IRS auditors. Any savings from the staff cuts were dwarfed by the drop in tax collections. The Inspector General says the fallout could be even larger. If more people conclude they can avoid paying taxes without the risk of getting caught, Natasha Serrin, who is a counselor on tax policy in the Biden administration, says money spent policing the tax code pays off many times over. You're less likely to speed when you know that there is a cop on the beat. More than 25,000 IRS employees were laid off or took early retirement last year, including about 3,600 tax examiners. Scott Horsley in Piyar News, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News. A judge of Massachusetts has sent the jury home telling them to come back tomorrow for

3:06a sixth day of deliberation after they told him they are deadlocked and can't reach a unanimous decision on whether to convict Lindsey Clancy of murdering her three children in 2023. It's the second time they've told Judge William Sullivan they couldn't come to a verdict. Clancy's lawyers say she was suffering from post-partum psychosis. If the jury still can't come to a decision, Sullivan could declare a mistrial. As kids go back to school in France this week, classrooms are shrinking. Emphiars-Ellen or Beersley reports there are around 160,000 fewer students compared to last year, a sign of Europe's demographic decline due to falling birth rates. The French Education Ministry says by 2035, schools will have 1.7 million fewer students, a 14% decrease. The decline is expected to first affect preschools and elementary schools before extending to middle and high schools. The impact is likely to be strongest in Paris, where primary school enrollment could

4:07fall by as much as 29%. Urban University Professor Gatley-Latanzio called the decline a tragedy on news channel France 24. It is a concern for how you will organize the school, of course. We'll have to close down a number of them in some regions of the country. France's Education Ministry says the country's school system will have to be completely revised. Whalstraight Higher by the Closing Bell that I'll up 295 points, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Hey it's Mike Danforth, Executive Producer of Weight Weight Don't Tell me. Here's a great way to get the perks of being an NPR producer, without doing any of the work. Join NPR Plus. With NPR Plus you get extended interviews, inside looks at your favorite shows and more. All while supporting NPR, and never having to pull an all-nighter. or if you work on one of the new shows in all morninger. Sign up at plus.npr.org.