"Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, Iran is named a new Supre...
He's the son of the former Supreme Leader who was killed by an Israeli air strike in the opening days of the war.
“And Pierre's Jackie Northam says the new leader has strong ties to Iran's revolutionary”
guard corps." A panel of senior clerics chose overwhelmingly to make 56-year-old moached about Humanee, Iran's new Supreme Leader. He succeeds his slain father, Ayatoa Ali Humanee. The younger Humanee is considered a hardliner and was involved in the suppression of widespread
protests in 2009. The move to install him signals a continuation of his father's regime.
In a statement, the powerful Iranian revolutionary guard corps set up pledged obedience
to the new leader and urged all Iranians to heed his command. President Trump said last week that Humanee was a lightweight and an unacceptable choice to lead Iran. Israel has vowed to target him. Jackie Northam, in PR news, Turkey's defense minister, says NATO forces have intercepted
a second ballistic missile that flew into Turkish airspace today. He says some missile fragments fell and empty fields and no one was hurt. Last week, NATO intercepted another missile that was headed for Turkey, Iran denied firing that one. Turkey is a NATO member.
The war in Iran has pushed global crude oil prices past $100 per barrel for the first time in four years.
Brent Crude, the global benchmark, is about $104 per barrel.
And beer's Camilla Dominozki has more.
“The straight of her moves, a key waterway for the oil trade, remains effectively closed.”
The U.S. government has offered ship owners insurance and naval escorts for the passage, but the money available would only cover a fraction of the need and companies are wary of risking ships and the lives of their crew. Tax against infrastructure also continue, including Israel's attacks on oil facilities and Iran over the weekend.
An analyst with the app gas buddy says the average price of gasoline in the U.S. is likely to hit $4 this week. It was under $3 before the war began, Camilla Dominozki and PR news. Several major airports reported long lines over the weekend.
People are waiting to check into their flights, but it takes time to clear security.
That's because the Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down. And transportation security agents are not getting paid. Austin Quayar was in Houston's hobby airport trying to get home to Chicago over the weekend. We were going to try to look at getting earlier flights, but we came and get up to ask them at this point.
“And we came and check our baggage for another, I think, three hours right now.”
The Department of Homeland Security says some air passengers are waiting in line for three hours. The shutdown comes as democratic lawmakers are demanding changes in how immigration agents operate this follows fatal shootings of Americans by immigration agents. You're listening to NPR news.
A member of the National Transportation Safety Board says he has been fired by the Trump administration and not given any reason for it. Todd Inman says he was told Friday that he was immediately terminated. Inman was the lead board member who oversaw two major crash investigations last year. And included the collision of an army helicopter with a passenger plane near Washington,
that killed 67 people. Authorities in Los Angeles have arrested a person. Steve Futterman reports this came after shots were fired at the home of Superstar Singer Rihanna. The incident took place Sunday afternoon, according to law enforcement officers, a woman drove
up to the home and fired a number of shots using what's described as an AR-style rifle. Rihanna was inside the residence at the time. No injuries were reported. The bullets had a gate in an RV parked on the driveway. There are reports that one bullet penetrated a wall to the home.
A neighbor is a bell thorn spoke with reporters. "Well, I was just washing dishes in my house and I heard shots. I was a little shocked, you know, we don't hear that kind of thing in this neighborhood. It's pretty quiet." The alleged suspect spent a way after the shooting police eventually made in the rest
of the shopping center officials have not revealed any possible motive. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. National Weather Service posted red flag warnings today in the central U.S. There's low humidity, little rain and dry conditions. These make the situation ripe for wildfires.
Federal fire officials report several are burning in the central and western parts of the U.S. This is NPR.
