This episode of NPR News delivers a rapid-fire update on multiple international and domestic crises, from escalating U.S.-Iran tensions following drone attacks and retaliatory strikes to a devastating earthquake in Venezuela, a deadly Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, and extreme weather
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