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Live from NPR in Washington, D.C., I'm Janine Herbst. The Pentagon [五角大楼] says the USS Tripoli, carrying the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit [第31海军陆战队远征部队] from Okinawa [冲绳], Japan, has arrived in the Middle East. The ship is carrying around 3,500 sailors and marines [海军士兵和海军陆战队员], in addition to transport and strike fighter aircraft [运输和攻击战斗机], along with amphibious assault [两栖攻击] and tactical assets [战术装备]. It's not clear what their mission will be yet. This as the Iranian-backed [伊朗支持的] Houthi rebels [胡塞叛军] have now entered the widening Middle East war, launching a missile [导弹] toward Israel today. It's the first time the rebel group has fired since the war started. Israel's military says it was successfully intercepted [成功拦截]. The Houthi's attack opens another front [新的战线] in the war that's now moved into its second month. NPR's Kerry Kahn has more. Up until Saturday's missile launch, the Iranian-backed Houthis had stayed out of this war, but a Houthi spokesman [发言人] says attacks will continue until, quote, the aggression [侵略行为] on all resistant fronts stops. The Yemen-based [以也门为基地] rebels were active during Israel's war in Gaza, firing on cargo ships [货船] in the Red Sea and disrupting [扰乱] global commercial traffic [全球商业航运]. Iran hit multiple sites around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Saturday. Israel's military says Iran is increasingly using cluster bombs [集束炸弹]. Designed to detonate [引爆] at high altitude [高空], the munition [弹药] disperses [分散] multiple smaller bombs that are more challenging for Israel's multi-layered air defense system [多层防空系统] to intercept and can cause damage over a wider area [更大范围破坏]. Dozens of countries have signed on to a cluster munitions treaty ban [集束弹药禁令条约], except Iran, Israel and the U.S. Kerry Kahn, Tel Aviv.

Organizers say more than 3,000 No Kings [反对特朗普的“没有国王”集会] rallies are taking place around the country this weekend as demonstrators [示威者] protest President Donald Trump and his policies, including the war on Iran, immigration tactics [移民策略] and the rising cost of living [生活成本上升]. It's the third No Kings protest since Trump took office again, and millions of people are expected to attend. Demonstrations kicked off [开始] in Minnesota, where two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by ICE agents as they protested. Dormia Vance from member station WABE in Atlanta has more from one of the protests in Georgia. Crowds gathered near the Georgia state capitol [州议会大厦] with several decorative protest signs [抗议标语牌] and flags. College student Aiden Gray says he wanted to be a part of this weekend's protest because it's a way for his voice and others to have a sense of power [力量感]. Our voices hold power, and to stand up against tyranny [暴政] and stand up against a government that is actively oppressing [压迫] immigrants, a government that is violating [违反] the rule of law [法治], using our voices is one of the biggest things that we need to do right now. Demonstrators voiced their stances [立场] on issues like women's health [女性健康] and immigration with chants [口号] and music while marching along Atlanta's downtown streets. And the No Kings protest also took place across the sea in London, Paris, and Rome.

It was an extremely warm winter in the western United States. NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports many states set new records. The contiguous U.S. [美国本土48州，contiguous为（领土）连续的，不包括阿拉斯加和夏威夷] was nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit [华氏度] hotter this winter compared to the country's average winter during the 20th century. That's according to the latest climate information released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [美国国家海洋和大气管理局]. Nine states had their warmest winters ever recorded, going back to 1895. Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma. Three of those states smashed their previous record by more than 2 degrees. Forecasters say 2026 is very likely to clock in [达到] as one of the seven warmest years for the planet as a whole. The Earth is rapidly warming up because humans are burning fossil fuels [化石燃料], which release pollution [污染物] that traps [束缚] extra heat in the Earth's atmosphere [大气层].

The Department of Veterans Affairs [老兵事务部] is using a new electronic health record system [电子健康记录系统] that will roll out [逐步推广] to states over the next several months, with Michigan the first to switch. Officials say physical records [纸质记录] can make it tough to utilize [利用] new coverage [保障] to prove exposure [证明接触] to chemicals from burn pits [露天焚烧坑] and Agent Orange [越战期间美军使用的一种有毒除草剂，后来被证明会导致多种严重健康问题]. This new record system will keep them all in one accessible [可访问的] place, but officials do say the initial transition [初期过渡] could cause some delays [延误].