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For ten nights now, the U.S. and Israel have been locked in war with Iran. For nearly two weeks, the war has escalated across the region more than a thousand lives have been lost the majority in Iran, according to local officials. The U.S. has lost at least seven service members in combat, but the Trump administration maintains the U.S. is winning this war to eradicate Iran's missile and nuclear capability.
And Defense Secretary Pete Higgs-Seth said as much today as NPR's Quil Lawrence reports. Defense Secretary Pete Higgs-Seth, in chairman of the Joint Chiefs' General Dan Kane, said targeting Iran's defense industrial base continues. Kane said that 50 Iranians ships have been destroyed in an effort to protect navigation
“through the state of Hormuz, a key transit point for worldwide oil exports.”
In the past day, President Trump has said both that the war is mostly complete, and also that it could go on for some time. U.S. officials have been consistent that there will be no protracted nation-building effort like the U.S. tried for decades in Iraq and Afghanistan. Higgs-Seth said Iranian missile and drone capabilities were severely diminished.
But even as he spoke, air-raid sirens were heard in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, sending people running to shelters, Quil Lawrence and PR News. As for the war's economic impact, the cost of gasoline continues to climb and PR Scott Hordsley reports prices have jumped more than 50 cents a gallon since the start of the war.
The average price of gasoline rose by another six cents a gallon overnight. Triple A puts the national average at $3.54 cents.
“It was right around $3 a gallon before the U.S. launched its war against Iran.”
Diesel prices have jumped even more sharply to an average of $4.78. Sales of existing homes perked up a little bit last month.
The National Association of Realtors has sales rose 1.7 percent in February.
The average sales price was $398,000. The average mortgage rate last week was 6 percent. Scott Horsley and PR News was washing time. The Food and Drug Administration's approving the drug Luka Voran as a treatment for an ultra-rare genetic disorder.
This comes after the Administration touted the drug as a potential autism treatment last fall. Here's NPR Sinni Lupkin. The FDA approved Luka Voran to treat a genetic condition that causes seizures and developmental delays.
“It is the first treatment approved for a type of cerebral fully transport deficiency the FDA said.”
The disease affects less than one in a million people.
The drug company GSK said in September that it would apply to expand the drug's label to include this used at the FDA's request. To make its decision, the agency relied in large part on a systematic review of existing medical literature instead of new clinical studies. An agency official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the FDA initially looked
at whether Luka Voran could be used to treat autism spectrum disorder but the data was insufficient. Sinni Lupkin and PR News. This is NPR. California Congressman Kevin Kylie says he is switching his political affiliation from Republican to independent.
He represents the state's third congressional district spanning most of the California Nevada border and includes all or parts of 10 counties. Two terms Kylie faces a tough re-election race after congressional boundaries and the Democratic Leaning State were redrawn in response to redistricting in GOP Leaning States.
Kylie has said he will still caucus with U.S. House Republicans. The digital safety companies securely says students in 1300 schools across the country are already using AI chat bots in the classroom and PR's Retro Chatterjee with details.
Security analyzed 1.2 million conversations between students and AI platforms on school
issued devices in 39 states. 80% of these chats were educationally appropriate, but 20% violated safety guardrails set up by individual school districts. That includes the 2% of conversations involving topics of self harm, violence and bullying says securely CEO Tammy Winkup.
Students have already added AI into their digital diet on topics around wellness, on topics around self harm, on topics around bullying and violent. These chats lead to wellness alerts to school districts for appropriate follow-up actions. Retro Chatterjee and pair news. The Dow Jones industrial average is up nearly 200 points.
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