NPR News: 09-05-2026 7AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Iran says it's moving into a new strategy of preemptive strikes against U.S. bases in the Middle East. NPR's Jaina Rath has more from Beirut. Iranian Army spokesman Brigadier General Muhammad Akram Adiyas said Friday that recent preemptive strikes targeted U.S. forces in Jordan and Syria, along with U.S. bases and Iranian opposition groups in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The U.S. does not acknowledge American forces in Syria after a pull-out in April, but it has long maintained a support base on the Jordanian Syrian border. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said Friday on social media that its latest strike in Jordan targeted a U.S. base that was preparing to launch attacks on Iran. Jordan did not comment on the reported strikes. Jaina Rath and Pair NPR News Beirut. Ten days after devastating floods swept through Nepal, rescuers have pulled two more people

1:03alive from the wreckage. One man was found inside a hydro-powered tunnel while a woman was rescued from a house. The rescues come a day after two other survivors were found. David Fisher, who leads the International Recross Delegation in Nepal, says the search remains extremely difficult. Many areas are still cut off, and particularly those farthest to the north. There's road access for about four kilometers outside of Duneche, which is the main sort of central capital of the district. And from there, you have to be either on helicopter or on foot, and on foot in this incredible mud. At least 1,300 people have been killed, and roughly 5,000 are still missing. The CDC says this summer's record-breaking cyclosporias of season is over, but the number of confirmed cases of the illness is still climbing, and PR's Yuki Nguchi reports. The cyclospora parasite thrives in warm weather. In the US, it season typically runs from May 1 through August.

2:07Fueled by a hot summer and giant outbreak traced to Taylor Farms' iceberg lettuce in Mexico, as well as many separate smaller outbreaks, the official case count of the illnesses reached more than 18,000 for the year. Because of delays confirming and reporting cases to the CDC, thousands more suspected cases could push the total number higher for another six weeks. Already, the 2026 case count has shattered the previous record by nearly 10 fold. Yuki Nguchi and PR news. Diesel prices are still climbing after hitting a record high on Friday. Triple A says the national average is now $5.88 a gallon of a few cents from yesterday's record. The increase is adding to transportation and farm costs and could push up the price of moving goods. This is NPR News. A judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case of Lindsey Clancy after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on Friday.

3:10The judge told the jury told the judge it remained divided with one juror disagreeing with the other 11 after nearly a week of deliberations. The highest court in Massachusetts rejected a last-minute defensive heel seeking further review of the holdout juror before the mistrial was finalized. Prosecutors have not decided whether to try Clancy again, she remains in a state psychiatric hospital with the case due back in court on September 29. The state board of education in Texas has approved new social studies standards, Muslim say, discriminates against them. Dilsiebel with member station KERA reports Christianity by contrast is placed. The 15 member board voted along party lines on the new curriculum, which links Islam to violence and terrorism and emphasizes Christianity as the nation's cornerstone religion. The new standards that could be in place by 2030 for all Texas high schoolers require students to learn how radical Islam was the motivation behind the 9-11 attacks and refers

4:11to the Prophet Muhammad's brutal military campaigns. An amendment to remove that term brutal was opposed by board member Brandon Hall, a pastor. I think that would be just a grave mistake to remove this word. I think we do have a moral imperative to describe it that way. Opponents like the Muslim civil rights group KERA said they'll fight to overturn the new curriculum. For NPR News, I'm Bill Zebel in Dallas. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington. As the political landscape shifts beneath our feet, we're all vulnerable to a well-funded distraction economy determined to take our eye off the ball. Our weekly politics series, if you can keep it, is here to help where our focus is not the force race, but the state. We tackle the big political stories of the day and why they matter for our democracy. Join me, Todd Zwilland. I'm Lee Jen White on the 1A podcast from WAMU and NPR.