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Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are backed by Iran, launched a missile towards Israel today.

Their first such strike since the war in Iran began one month ago.

The Israeli military says it intercepted the missile.

A rebel lawyer had said yesterday the Houthis intended to join the war.

In Iranian missile hit an airbase in Saudi Arabia injuring U.S. troops.

NPR's Greg Myri reports.

The Iranian missile slammed into the Prince Sultan airbase, a military facility shared

by Saudi and U.S. forces outside the capital Riyadh.

This comes from a U.S. official, speaking to NPR, who is not authorized to comment publicly.

The official said U.S. service members were wounded, and some aircraft were apparently

damaged as well.

Iran is targeted U.S. bases throughout the region since the war began a month ago.

After all, the Pentagon has put the U.S. casualty toll at 13 killed and more than 300 injured.

Greg Myri, NPR News, Washington.

Israel says it's stepping up as it's sold across the border into Lebanon to fight

Hezbollah militants.

NPR's Lauren Frayer reports the invasion has displaced about a fifth of the country's

population, and killed more than 1,100 people.

Israeli officials say they'll take territory up to Lebanon's Lt. River, 10 to 20 miles

north of the Israeli border.

But now they've ordered residents out of a zone another 10 miles beyond that.

Thousands more are fleeing, sleeping in a soccer stadium in southern Beirut.

Israel's been bombing highways, bridges, homes, and gas stations.

Its military released a video of a top commander surveying troops inside southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah released its own video showing what it says is a guided missile hitting an

Israeli tank.

Hezbollah is backed by Iran, and Israel says it's killed several of Iran's revolutionary

guard members inside Lebanon.

Iran's foreign ministry's six Iranian diplomats have been killed here as well.

Lauren Frayer and P.R. News Beirut.

It's no kings day.

The third since President Trump took office for the second time.

Organizers say more than 3,000 events are taking place in all 50 states.

Floridian Diane Rabarovich says he was the first one to show up in Southport Meyers.

I hope it just maybe brings some awareness to the people that didn't unfortunately vote

in the last election.

And I think that's part of the reason why we're in this situation because many people

that can vote don't vote.

And to get to have a proper democracy, we need everyone's vote.

So hopefully people seeing folks like us out here realize the only way things can change

is if you have your voice heard.

Organizers say the main event is taking place at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota.

As the state has shown resistance to Trump's crackdown on immigrants,

Bruce Springsteen who wrote a song about the streets of Minneapolis is scheduled to perform.

This is NPR News in Washington.

Russia launched hundreds of drones on Ukraine overnight.

Ukraine authorities say at least four people were killed.

President Vladimir Zelensky said there is extensive damage to gas production facilities,

industrial sites, and residential buildings.

He said there was no military purpose but was pure terror against ordinary civilian life.

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale.

And as NPR's Nate Rott reports, they found it involved a surprising amount of teamwork.

Eleven sperm whales had gathered closely in the Caribbean Sea.

And from a boat, not far off, marine biologists Shane Garrow knew something was up.

And then suddenly there was this gush of blood.

An attack by predators, he feared until this little head pops out and then splashed these little floppy

flukes like this little tiny tail.

The labor birth and hours after were all recorded by aerial drones and underwater microphones.

And in two studies published in the journal Science and Scientific Reports,

Garrow and colleagues detail how even whales that weren't related to the birth mother

helped her and the calf.

Showing Garrow says that sperm whales live rich and complicated social lives.

Nate Rott and PR News.

The Swiss food giant Nestle said today it's investigating a chocolate heist.

It says someone made off with a truck full of Kit Kat bars, 12 tons, more than 413,000 of them.

The truck had set off with its cargo from Italy but never made it to Poland.

Kit Kat issued a separate statement saying the criminals have exceptional taste.

I'm Nora Ram, NPR News in Washington.

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