NPR News: 09-03-2026 11AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. People across Iran are assessing the damage from a heavy wave of U.S. air strikes. Tehran is reporting military and civilian casualties while the U.S. says its forces struck Iranian military targets. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi reports from Istanbul. The U.S. military said its recent wave of strikes were in response to recent Iranian attempts to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members based in the region. According to a statement released by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, four members of their aerospace division were killed in U.S. strikes on Tuesday. The Iranian Ministry of Health said that four people were killed during a U.S. strike on a wedding in southern Iran. The U.S. military did not comment on that particular incident, but a U.S. Central Command spokesperson acknowledged there were reports of civilian casualties during Tuesday's attacks. Iran retaliated on Tuesday by targeting the Gulf and Jordan.

1:02Early Wednesday morning, Kuwaiti Armed Forces said it was intercepting missile and drone attacks coming from Iran. Hadeel Al-Shalchi and NPR News is Istanbul. Jaws are still deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsey Clancy. It's the sixth day without a verdict. The panel has twice told the judge Ed's deadlocked over whether Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023. The defense argues Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis while prosecutors say she understood her actions. Debra Becker from Member Station, WBUR in Boston, has been following the trial. Clancy's attorneys argued the insanity defense saying that she acted in the grips of postpartum psychosis. So this whole trial essentially has been a debate about her mental state. Prosecutors say Clancy rationally planned to kill her children. They reminded the jury of many of the horrific details of the children's violent deaths and they worked to convince them that she was sane.

2:03Debra Becker from Member Station, WBUR reporting. New York City is banning the use of artificial intelligence in elementary and middle schools. In PR, Sequoia Carillo reports the move comes as more schools reassess the technology's role in the classroom. More than 900,000 students will head back to class next week in New York City public schools. A new ban on generative AI will apply to many of them. Pre-K students through eighth grade will not be allowed to use or be taught with any software or teaching tools that use the technology. The ban is not final. Mayors are on Mamdani announced it as a one year moratorium. While the city spends the year figuring out the impacts of AI on younger students, high school students will also be required to take twice yearly AI literacy trainings to help them think critically about the technology. Sequoia Carillo and Pairniz. This is NPR News in Washington. Gloria Steinem, a trailblazing journalist and leading voice of the modern women's movement,

3:06has died. She spent decades fighting for women's equality at home in the workplace and across American society. Her death was announced this morning in a post on social media. No cause was given. Gloria Steinem was 92 years old. The British Royals together with the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and France had a special private viewing at the British Museum of the Bay at Tapestry. It's a more than 1,000 year old embroidery depicting a key battle between France and England. P.R.s Lauren Faire reports the tapestry goes on display to the public next week. Part War propaganda, Part Comics strip, the Bayo tapestry depicts the Norman Conquest. When French Normans of Scandinavian Viking descent invaded Anglo-Saxon England in the year 1066, changing this country's rulers, language and culture forever. It shows gory battles, including the death of England's king by an arrow to the eye. The 230 foot embroidery was sewn in England, but soon transported to France.

4:08This is the first time it's returned on loan. King Charles called that. The pressure symbol of trust. He and Queen Camilla got an early peak at the tapestry with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron and their spouses before public viewings begin next week. Lauren Faire and P.R. News London. Starks are trading higher on Wall Street at the Sauer. The dollar's up 457 points than Aztec up 263, the S&P 500 up 51 points. This is NPR News. This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, Democratic Socialists are having a moment. What's their goal? The goal being to eventually realign the Democratic Party to perhaps someday develop an independent party, but we recognize that in the United States there just is a two-party system. How Democratic Socialists are staking out political territory. This week on the NPR Politics Podcast.