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| An Iranian missile attack. A deadly plane crash. A billion animals feared dead. Today's news is not the lightest, but we'll get through this together. |
| It's Ashley, and we've got a lot of news to catch up on. |
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Iran's missile attack: Here's what we know |
| The world anxiously wondered how Iran would retaliate after the U.S. killed its top general last week, and Iran delivered its answer this week by raining more than a dozen missiles down on airbases in Iraq housing U.S. troops. In an address at the White House, President Donald Trump said no U.S. or coalition troops were killed in the attack and damage to the base was minimal. Here's what we know about the attack: |
| • | What happened? The missile barrage targeted the al Assad airbase in Iraq's western Anbar province and another base in Erbil in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region. | | • | What sparked the attack? The Pentagon said Iranian officials acknowledged that they were behind the attack, which the Iranians called an act of defense in response to the death of one of Tehran's most powerful military leaders, Qasem Soleimani. | | • | Did we know Iran's strike was coming? Early-warning defense systems gave U.S. forces advance knowledge that missiles were launched, according to a U.S. official speaking to USA TODAY on the condition of anonymity. The official said the warnings allowed troops to scramble into bunkers for safety. | | • | Will Iran continue to attack? It's unknown whether Iran plans to take further action, but Trump said it appeared the regime was "standing down." The president did not indicate that the U.S. would retaliate militarily for the missile attack. | |
 | | A protester waves the national flag while demonstrators set fire to close streets near Tahrir Square during a demonstration against the Iranian missile strike in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 8, 2020. Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops in a major escalation between the two longtime foes. | | Khalid Mohammed, AP | |
Did a plane crash in Iran after engine failure or something else? |
| A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all aboard, state TV reported. Sadly, there were no survivors. Authorities found the "black boxes" from the jet, but Iran hasn't released flight data from them. Without it, inspectors say, it's harder to determine why the jet went down. The crash came hours after Iran launched the missile attack in Iraq, but Ukrainian and Iranian officials gave no indication the two events are related. Iranian authorities pointed to the possibility of engine failure, but some aviation observers were skeptical. "There was no way for Iran to know it was engine failure," said Mary Schiavo, a former U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general and a pilot. |
 | | Rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane with more than 170 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard. | | Ebrahim Noroozi, AP | |
What everyone's talking about |
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*Spits British tea all over the laptop keyboard and literally everything* |
| Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan of Sussex just dropped a major announcement: They're stepping back as senior members of the British royal family and plan to split their time between North America and the United Kingdom. In a historic move, the Duke and Duchess said in a palace news release Wednesday that they want to "become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen." It was stunning news, even for the frequently surprising Sussexes. Their announcement said they were encouraged by their many supporters in Britain to make this move. |
 | | Harry and Meghan are 'stepping back' as senior royals, will spend time in North America | | Getty | |
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Take that, cancer |
| The cancer death rate in the USA had has seen its largest one-year drop ever, according to a report released Wednesday. Overall, cancer deaths fell 2.2% from 2016 to 2017, according to the American Cancer Society. That's the largest drop seen in national cancer statistics going back to 1930, said Rebecca Siegel, the report's lead author. "It's absolutely driven by lung cancer," which accounts for about a quarter of all cancer deaths, she said. Take lung cancer out of the mix, and the 2017 rate drop is 1.4%, she said. Researchers credited the decline to advances in lung tumor treatments. Government researchers reported a slightly lower drop in the cancer death rate for the same period. |
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