Who should win the Oscar for the best original song this year?
On the latest all songs considered from in-pear music, we rank the nominees.
“I think Diane Warren should have won two Academy Awards.”
The problem is very often the lyrics are not much more insightful than you would find on the nearest
throw pillow. Here the in-pear music podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get podcasts. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says he will tap the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve to try to reduce gasoline prices that have risen due to the Iran War. Meanwhile, the International Energy Agency, which the U.S. is a member of agreed to tap its reserves with a coordinated release of
400 million barrels of crude oil, NPR's Camilla Dominozki reports. The IEA was formed in the wake of the oil crisis of the 1970s to protect against future disruptions to oil supply. Member countries had to agree to hold stockpiles in reserve
in case of emergency. The near closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the essential waterway,
“through which about 20% of the world's oil and gas passes, is precisely that kind of emergency.”
Releasing that oil could help stabilize prices, but there's a limit on how much oil can be pulled out of storage at a time. You can't pull it all at once. Analysts say global reserves are not enough to make up for the daily shortfall created by the war. Camilla Dominozki and PR news. Israel continues to hit what its sensor regime targets in the Iranian capital as Iran has fired back into Israel, and multiple countries in the Gulf say they intercepted missiles and drones
today as NPR's Kary Khan reports. Erid Siren sounded repeatedly Wednesday and central Israel as residents scrambled into shelters. Defense Minister Israel cats of the war in Iran will quote "continue without any time limit until we decisively win the campaign. In the UAE military officials say its air defense systems responded to incoming missiles and drones from Iran, Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Qatar also said their systems intercepted incoming missiles. According
“to a UK maritime organization, three ships in the Strait of Hormuz were hit by projectiles,”
Kary Khan and PR news to live." The Justice Department has quietly restarted a program that allows some people with felony records to regain their federal gun rights and PR's Jacqueline Diaz has more. The 22 people the Justice Department approved to get their guns back
lost their second amendment rights because of felony convictions decades ago. The DOJ
maintains that the people on this list pose no public safety risk and had committed their felony crimes many years ago. That is except for one, Arizona State Senator Jay Kaufman. He was indicted in an Arizona fake electric scheme from 2020. He received a pardon from Trump last year, but still faces those charges in Arizona. A DOJ official said Hoffman poses no risk to public safety. Hoffman didn't respond to NPR's request for comment.
Jacqueline Diaz and PR news. Inflation State elevated last month at Skas prices rose and gas prices are expected to push inflation much higher when inflation data for this month is released in early April. The US stock market remained relatively calm even as the price of oil climbed again. This is NPR news from Washington. Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament's House of Lords. Yesterday the
Lord's dropped objections to a bill passed by the House of Commons that removes dozens of dukes, orals and others who inherited seats in the unelected upper chamber. A previous government removed most hereditary seats in 1999 but left some in place. An Iranian official says it's men's soccer team will not compete in this summer's World Cup after the US and Israel's military campaign that killed Iran's Supreme Leader and PR's Becky Sullivan reports. Speaking on state TV,
Iranian sports minister Ahmad Donyumali said, quote, "under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup." Iran qualified for the World Cup last year and the team is set to take part in three group stage games when the tournament begins in June. Two of those games would be in the Los Angeles area in the third in Seattle. It's not clear if the team has formally withdrawn from the tournament. FIFA has not commented. Pulling out of a World Cup is unprecedented in the
modern era. FIFA regulations say Iran could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars or face a ban from future competition and it's unclear whether another team would take Iran's place or how FIFA would decide who gets in. Tournament rules say FIFA has broad discretion to make those calls. Becky Sullivan and PR news. Kansas City Chiefs Titan's Travis Kelsey has put off retirement one more time to return for a 14th season that are known by some as Taylor Swift's fiancee.
Kelsey says he still loves the work and the game. He says he also wants to play once more with quarterback Patrick Mahomes who season last year ended three games early with a torn knee ligament. You're listening to NPR news from Washington.
