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It's day 11 of the U.S. Israeli war on Iran, the Islamic Republic has ruled out diplomatic
“talks and is attacked oil infrastructure in the region leaving global financial markets”
on edge. The Trump administration, again, promised the most intense strikes yet as NPR's Greg Myri explains. Reports out of Iran, again, cite large explosions, in and around the capital, Tehran. We don't have specifics, but the U.S. has been hitting an average of 500 or so targets in Iran every day.
For its part, Iran carried out more air strikes in Israel and several Gulf countries that were reports of deaths and injuries to civilians. The Pentagon says 140 U.S. troops have been wounded, most are minor injuries, but eight are severely injured, and as we've reported previously, seven service members have been killed.
Greg Myri reporting, one of the world's most vital transit points for oil.
The Strait of Hormuz is closed, the head of the Saudi oil company, Oramko, is one of the world's top exporters, and is warning catastrophic consequences if disruptions persist.
“NPR's Atovia Smith reports on the hit to U.S. gas prices.”
At gas stations around Boston, prices at the pumps have been climbing about 10 cents a day since Friday, leaving motorists like Kate Meyer, concerned. It's shocking, every day seeing the prices, it feels like it's just going to keep going up and up. The national average for regular is about $3.54, according to Triple A, gas is going
for over $5.00 in California. But gas prices are likely to shift rapidly, following crude oil prices, which we've saw yesterday from nearly $120 a barrel to end the day down at around $90.00. President Trump posted on social media that a short-term hike in oil prices is a quote "very small price to pay for USA and world safety and peace."
Tovias Smith and Pierre News. The governor of Washington State is expected to sign a bill to restrict the use of masks by law enforcement.
“His NPR's Martin Costi reports Washington is the second state to try and curb the rising”
use of masks by federal immigration agents. California's anti-Mask law was blocked last month because it exempted state police. A federal court said the state couldn't discriminate between state and federal law enforcement. The legislation in Oregon and Washington applies to all law enforcement. Washington Democratic State Representative Dave Paul says it will help to build back trust
in police. "I don't feel safe if somebody who is masked is trying to come into my house or trying to arrest me." Republicans call the bill a quote "do nothing gesture that's aimed at federal immigration agents but will open up local police to lawsuits even when they have legitimate reasons
to cover their faces." The Trump administration says state mask bands violate the Constitution's Federal Supremacy Clause. Legal challenge is likely. Martin Costi and PR News.
This is NPR News from Washington. The FDA has found little evidence that a drug touted by President Trump can treat autism and the agency did approve it for a different condition not getting enough full late into the brain. That's a big turnaround from a White House news conference last fall when Trump said
the drug was under review for patients with autism. FDA officials say they narrowed the review to the strongest evidence. On any given evening, Amtrak and Long Island railroad passengers are greeted by dancers practicing on a passageway above the tracks at Penn Station. Jeff London reports on this ad hoc dance studio.
The West End Concourse is wide, well-lit and free, so teams of enthusiastic amateurs meet their to practice K-pop covers, salsa, and hip-hop dances, which they then post to video. Like Dream Griffin, who works for New York City. The thing about it is that everybody chooses to learn these dances. Everybody puts in the effort, you know.
One frequent Amtrak passenger Olivia Francis was filming the activity recently and has a name for the passageway. My girlfriend and I would meet here and we call it TikTok Hall. TikTok Hall is completely unofficial, but the metropolitan transportation authority, which owns the passageway is happy to host the dancers, as long as they don't get in the
way of commuters. Friend PR news, I'm Jeff London, in New York.
Will Chamberlain has some NBA records that might never be touched, but Oklahoma City's
Shay Gilgis Alexander has matched the legends record of 126 get consecutive games of 20 or more points last night, scoring 35 points in a win over the Denver Nuggets. This is NPR News from Washington.
