NPR News Now - NPR News: 05-05-2025 6PM EDT

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

NPR News: 05-05-2025 6PM EDTLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The Israeli military has carried out multiple strikes directed at a key port in Yemen. As NPR's Greg Beire reports, the Israeli attack comes a day after Yemen's Houthi fighters fired a missile into central Israel. The Israeli military posted a statement saying its jet fighters targeted the seaport of Hodeida on Yemen's western coast as well as a nearby concrete factory. The Israelis say both facilities are central to Houthi military operations. A day earlier a long-range missile from Yemen crashed close to Israel's main airport outside

Tel Aviv causing several injuries. This marked an extremely rare instance of a Houthi missile penetrating Israeli air defenses and hitting near a sensitive site. The U.S., meanwhile, has been bombing Yemen almost daily for seven weeks. The U.S. is demanding a halt to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Greg Myre, NPR News. The Trump administration is out with a proposal that would call for $1,000 payments to immigrants in the U.S. illegally who agreed to return voluntarily to their home countries. The Department of Homeland Security saying it's already agreed to pay for a plane ticket

for one migrant who returned to Honduras from Chicago. Trump has made immigration enforcement a centerpiece of his campaign, though it's been a costly resource intensive operation. Immigrants rights groups have warned anyone to be very cautious about accepting any such offers. The 2027 NFL draft will be held on the National Mall. As in Buerstranke Ordonez reports, President Trump says the event would bring tourism revenue to DC.

Marc Thiessen Trump spoke from the Oval Office where he was flanked by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and Josh Harris, the owner of the Washington Commander's football team. Trump said the event would showcase American football to the world. Every year, hundreds of young football players have their dreams come true as the NFL teams across the land. And you just saw that last week. Select the best young

players in America to join their ranks. The Trump administration estimates hundreds of thousands of fans will descend on the city to take part of the related events. The announcement comes a week after the commanders and DC officials announced a plan to bring the football team back to the city with a new stadium near the US Capitol. Franco Ordonez and pure news. The White House billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he'll remain chairman of his Berkshire Hathaway

Company after his successor Greg Abel takes over as CEO at the start of next year decision announced by Berkshire's board over the weekend. Take some of the pressure off investors who've been worried about who would succeed the 94 year old Buffett who's run the firm for six decades. Stocks closed lower on Wall Street today, breaking a nine-day winning streak.

The Dow was down 98 points. The Nasdaq fell 133 points today. You're listening to NPR. A global group of broadcasters and publishers say they want artificial intelligence developers to ensure their technology serves the public by helping to counter misinformation and protect the value of fact-based news. European Broadcasting Union, the World Association of News Publishers and other partners say they want to cooperate with tech companies behind AI, known as News Integrity in the

Age of AI. The initiative was unveiled today at the World News Media Congress in Krakow, Poland. Rare diverse spring flowers are blooming at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's home to more than 1,500 flowering plants. Jackie Saber of Member Station WUOT is more. The spring ephemerals in lower elevations of the park usually go dormant in the summer months. Some flowers, like the yellow trillium, can only be found in southern Appalachia. Visitors are encouraged to download the app iNaturalist to document the spring flowers and other wildlife.

The nonprofit Discover Life in America uses data from that app to keep track of plants and animals in the park. Todd Wichert is the executive director. We have a project through iNaturalist called Smokey's Most Wanted and so we try to encourage people to look for some very specific things we're wanting to know more about or where it is in the park. Visitors are advised to avoid picking the flowers. For NPR News, I'm Jackie Sieper in Gatlinburg. The White House says it has not yet made any final decisions on President Trump's call for tariffs targeting films made outside the U.S. Trump over the weekend said he's authorized the Commerce

Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to slap a 100 percent tariff on any and all movies coming into the U.S. that are produced overseas. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News.