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Iran's media is reporting that the U.S.
and Israel have begun striking its Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in the central part of that country.
Israel's military says it's not aware of the strikes, although at a news conference this week,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters that Iran no longer has the ability to enrich uranium.
Three weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, more American Marines are on their way to the Middle East.
And as NPR's Quill Lawrence reports, more than 2,000 Marines are being deployed.
The USS Boxer Group of three ships carrying thousands of Marines
from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit has left California and will take about three weeks
to reach the Gulf, according to two U.S. officials who are not authorized to speak publicly.
That's in addition to the USS Tripoli group, with more than 2,000 Marines, expected to arrive soon from Japan.
CENTCOM would not comment on the deployment or its mission, but Marines are traditionally ground troops.
Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
Nearly two months of virtual learning ended just this week for students in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The school district there offered online learning in response to the sweeping immigration enforcement surge in the state
and the fear that it created among many families.
NPR's Meg Anderson spent time at one school to find out how kids are feeling.
More than a third of the students at this elementary school switched to online learning during the ice surge.
NPR is not naming the school because the staff fears the federal government could target them.
After weeks of online learning, the school year feels like it's starting all over again.