NPR News: 07-09-2026 3PM EDT
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers escalating U.S.-Iran tensions following Trump’s declaration that the ceasefire is over, alongside the burial of Iran’s late Supreme Leader. Other stories include former Olympian David Hearn pleading not guilty to damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool and Calci’s new efforts to curb political insider trading. The broadcast also reports on a Johns Hopkins study showing rising gun suicides despite falling homicides, extreme heat warnings for the western U.S., and the renaming of Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport to honor Donald Trump.
Topics discussed
U.S.-Iran strikes and Khamenei's funeral
David Hearn pleads not guilty to damaging Lincoln Memorial pool
Calci launches program to fight political insider trading
Study: Gun homicides fall but suicides reach record highs
Extreme heat in West and Palm Beach airport renamed for Trump
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