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about prices at the pump amid the joint U.S. Israeli air war over Iran. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt.
“Once the national security objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved, Americans”
will see oil and gas prices drop rapidly, potentially even lower than they were prior to the start of the operation. U.S. military says it has eliminated 16 Iranian mind-lain ships near the strategic
straight-of-war moves, through which 20 percent of the world's oil is shipped.
The military's announcement came after President Trump warned Iran against laying minds in the straight. Syria stormed damage is being reported in parts of Illinois and Indiana, the Illinois State Police as there is major damage from a reported tornado on the south side of Kankaki City, in Indiana State Police say multiple homes were destroyed in the community of Lake
Village. The artificial intelligence company, Anthropics, says billions of dollars in revenue could be at stake in its fight with a Pentagon, Anthropics, suing to block the defense department's designation of the AI company, a supply chain risk.
“In Piersbobby Allen reports, the company says that designation is far reaching effects.”
Anthropics says some of its current in future where it could be in jeopardy if the Pentagon labeling it a supply chain risk remains.
The stand-off is over Anthropics refusing to allow its powerful AI models to be used for
autonomous lethal weapons and surveilling American citizens. It is the first time the U.S. government has designated a non-eversarial country with a label, which is usually used against firms that could sabotage American interests like China's Huawei. Well, it's $200 million contract is a fraction of Anthropics $19 billion in annual revenue.
The company says being on a federal blacklist will spook some customers to the tune of billions of dollars. The Pentagon says AI companies cannot dictate how the government will deploy its technology, especially in wartime operations. Bobby Allen and PR News.
“Now, Obama's governor sparing the life of a man set to be executed this week for a murder”
in which he did not pull the trigger. And Piers' W.L.A. reports a Charles Burton will now spend the rest of his life in prison. Sunny Burton, now 75, was facing execution Thursday for his role in a 1991 murder during a robbery at an auto-part store while another man killed a customer. Matt Schulz is Burton's attorney.
And Sunny Burton has apologized for his role in that offense, but Sunny Burton himself did not pull the trigger in order to even see the shooting take place. The shooter died in prison serving life without parole while Burton remained on death row. Alabama Governor K.I.V. cited the disparate punishments in commuting Burton's death sentence
to life without parole. She called it unjust for one participant in the crime to be executed while the trigger man was not. Debbie Elliott and PR News. And you're listening to NPR News.
The race to replace Marjorie Taylor Green and Congress is heading to a runoff. No candidate was able to break the 50% threshold to avoid the runoff in Georgia's 14th congressional district. Not to vote getters in Tuesday's special election will face each other next month, Trump endorsed Republican, Clay Fuller, and Democrat Sean Harris.
YouTube is now the world's largest media company, according to research company, Moth at Nathanson's, in PR's Chloe Veltman reports.
YouTube made around $62 billion in revenue last year, according to parent company alphabet.
Moth at Nathanson says it edged out Disney's media business, which generated nearly $61 billion in 2025. YouTube is now valued at roughly $500 billion. Its closest competitor is Netflix, which has a market cap of over $400 billion. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandois gave a nod to YouTube's massive growth in a speech last month.
YouTube is not just cad videos anymore. YouTube is TV. Moth at Nathanson says, despite that climb to the top, YouTube's revenue growth is actually declined a little, rising 14% in 2025 compared with 19% in 2024. YouTube did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment.
Hoi Veltman MPR news. "The financial markets in Asia largely study in Wednesday trading, following a retreat in oil prices. Japan's benchmark in UK gained 1.3% in Hong Kong's stock slip while the Shanghai composite edged up in the U.S. and best skaters are waiting for a February inflation data to
do out later today." I'm Jail Snyder, MPR News.
