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NPR News: 04-19-2026 7PM EDT

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🗓️ 19 April 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says the U.S. Navy seized an Iranian-flagged ship that tried to get past the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. He says the Navy blew a hole in the engine room and that the Marines now have custody of the ship.

0:18.3

Meanwhile, Trump says negotiations with Iran on ending the war will resume in

0:23.0

Pakistan tomorrow. And Pierce, Tamara Keith has more. In a social media post this morning, he said

0:28.7

U.S. officials would be returning to Islamabad late Monday for more negotiations. But then he also

0:35.7

resumed his threats to target civilian infrastructure. If Iran doesn't make a deal,

0:41.8

quote, we're offering a very fair and reasonable deal and I hope they take it because if they don't,

0:47.8

the United States is going to knock out every single power plant and every single bridge in Iran.

0:53.5

No more Mr. Nice Guy, exclamation point.

0:57.4

And Pierce Tamara Keith reporting, it's not clear if Iran plans to attend. In Louisiana, authorities say a domestic

1:04.4

disturbance turned into a mass shooting in Shreveport that left at least eight children dead, two others

1:10.2

injured.

1:14.6

Police say the gunman is dead and was a relative of some of the children killed.

1:20.2

The shooting took place at two homes before the gunman carjacked a vehicle and was shot by police.

1:25.0

The share of first-time home buyers has fallen to another record low.

1:30.1

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports they made up just 21% of all recent buyers at a time when many are priced out of the market. Boomers remain the largest share of home

1:36.6

buyers overall, often using equity from an existing house to move to another. That's according to a

1:41.8

new report by the National Association of Realtors.

1:44.8

Home buying by millennials fell in the past year, though some older millennial buyers are trading up,

1:50.5

and that group has the highest median household income of any generation.

1:54.4

The Realtors report finds the youngest adults, Gen Z, now make up a tiny sliver of homeowners,

2:03.1

4%, and more than a third of those buyers or single females. Overall, the housing market remains stuck with high prices

2:08.7

and high mortgage rates keeping many unable to buy and many current owners feeling unable to move.

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