One family s decades long struggle to serve the n.b.a. Record books straight just ahead of the a game also Scott Simon on the April afternoon in 1903 when a manager s defense of the Cubs ran a bit low stakes. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington and Barbara Kline the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the town that came under a chemical attack Tuesday is now being targeted by air strikes N.P.R. s Allison news reports the opposition leaning Observatory says Syrian or Russian warplanes have carried out new strikes on the northern rebel held town of Hunchy corn it s the 1st time since last Tuesday when 87 people died of apparent chemical exposure many of them women and children Syria denies its forces have ever used chemical weapons and its ally Russia blamed al-Qaeda linked rebels for the attack but the u.s. Quickly blamed Bashar al Assad s forces and struck a central government air base in retaliation despite the damage Syrian warplanes were seen taking off from the base less than