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Iran
Intel Chief Killed, Strikes Expand
Iran’s intelligence chief, Major General Seyed Majid Khademi, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran on Monday, the latest blow to senior Iranian leadership since the U.S. and Israel began the war against Iran in late February. More than 34 people were killed by U.S.-Israeli strikes across Iran from Sunday into Monday, as Tehran warned of a “more devastating” response to the attacks on civilian areas. The warning follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat on Sunday to strike bridges and power plants if Iran does not fully open the Strait of Hormuz by an extended deadline on Tuesday. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that Israel attacked the South Pars petrochemical plant at Asaluyeh in Iran, and vowed that Israel would continue to target senior Iranian officials. Among the sites struck in the capital was Sharif University of Technology, the fourth major university hit in recent weeks. Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators have sent Iran and the U.S. a proposal calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz to give time to find a way to end the war. Iran and the U.S. have yet to respond to the proposal.
This map depicts the locations of U.S.-Israel attacks and Iran’s retaliations across West Asia. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Anadolu Agency
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Ukraine-Russia
Russian ‘Easter Escalation’
Russia dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Easter truce offer and attacked with more than 700 drones targeting Ukraine’s energy sector in parts of western and central Ukraine beginning on Wednesday, April 1st. Regional authorities report four people killed by a strike in the central Cherkasy region, while a drone strike in Ukraine’s frontline Kherson region killed one person and wounded two others. On Monday night, a drone attack on Ukraine’s southern port city of Odessa killed two women and a 2-year-old, and rescuers pulled four people from the rubble. Eleven people were hospitalized and more than 300,000 households were without electricity in the northern Chernihiv region after distribution facilities were damaged during Monday’s attacks. Ukraine has responded with drone attacks on Novorossiisk, one of Russia’s largest Black Sea ports, injuring eight people and damaging apartments and homes. Russia claims to have full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, a claim denied by Kyiv.
This map depicts the frontline of Russia’s war to capture Ukrainian territory. Click on the map to learn more.
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Space
Record Distance from Earth
At 1:56pm EST the Artemis II mission is expected to break the record for the farthest distance humans have travelled from Earth, originally set by Apollo 13 at 248,655 miles (400,171 km). The crew is expected to eventually reach a maximum distance of 252,760 miles (406,773 km) from Earth at 7:07pm EST as they perform a lunar flyby aboard the Orion spacecraft. This means Artemis II will travel about 4,105 miles (6,602 km) further into space than any human in history. The Artemis program is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) multi-decade mission to return men and women to the moon for the first time since 1972, establish a long-term base there and eventually enable future missions to Mars by crews. The program is currently divided into five missions: Artemis I, II, III, IV and V. Artemis I was the inaugural uncrewed test flight, which launched on November 16, 2022, and lasted 25 days. It successfully placed the Orion spacecraft into Earth’s orbit and provided crucial data for Artemis II.
This map depicts the flight path of the 10-day Artemis II mission. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What city is home to America’s first official bike lane?
A: Davis, California
Davis, California, introduced modern bicycle infrastructure to the US, opening its first bike lane in July 1967. Davis joined the University of California network in the early 1960s and was poised to have its student body expand from 2,000 to 11,000. School advocates wanted to avoid an influx of cars and were inspired by Dutch cycling infrastructure. Supporters formed the Citizens’ Bicycle Study Group, and two pro-bike candidates ran for the city’s three-seat city council. By July 1965, the new council had approved all the bike lanes in the original petition. However, California laws did not yet recognize bike lanes as a legal part of city streets, so a city council member helped pass a bill in the state Assembly. Governor Ronald Reagan signed Vehicle Code 21207, which allows cities to establish bike lanes on local streets, into law in 1967.
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Q: What U.S. state is known as “The Cave State,” with over 7,300 recorded caves?
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