Who should win the Oscar for the best original song this year?
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The problem is very often the lyrics are not much more insightful than you would find on the nearest throw pillow.
Here the in-peer music podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get podcasts. Live from NPR news on child Snyder, officially Iranian boats appear due of attack two fuel tankers setting them on fire in Iraqi waters. More than a dozen vessels have come under attack since the war began a week and a half ago. The attacks are brought shipping to a virtual standstill and royal energy markets here's in pure Jackie Northam. Maritime monitoring agencies say fire broke out in the engine room of a tie flag cargo ship after it was struck off the coast of Oman.
Iran has claimed responsibility to other ships flying Greek and Japanese flags were also hit. U.S. Central Command says it attack Iranian mind-lain vessels around the street of Hormuz,
although it's unclear whether Iran has laid mines in the narrow waterway.
“Iran has worn vessels need permission to pass through the street of Hormuz.”
Hundreds of oil tankers around the street are idle because of the risk, sending the price of oil skyrocketing. President Trump promised to send naval escorts, but that hasn't happened yet. Jackie Northam in PR news. The UN Security Council is condemning Iran for launching missiles and drones at Gulf Arab countries. Current Council member Bahrain drafted the resolution, which won broad support as impures Michelle Kelliman reports.
Bahrain's ambassador, Jamal Al-Awa, says he drafted the resolution to pressure Iran to halt attacks that are affecting trade and maritime routes. We have repeatedly called for dialogue and diplomacy, but this too cannot be achieved under the barrage of missiles and drones. 135 nations co-sponsored the resolution, which passed in a 13- to zero
“vote in the Security Council. Russia in China abstained because the resolution did not”
criticize Israel and the United States for launching the war. Russia called the resolution extremely unbalanced. Iran says it's targeting U.S. military bases in the region. Michelle Kelliman and PR news the state department to Atlanta now, where the ACLU is asking the Department of Homeland Security to stop detaining immigrants and holding cells in the basement of Atlanta, immigration and customs field office for more times and legally
allowed. The field office in downtown Atlanta is designed to temporarily house immigrants between transfers. In a letter to DHS, the ACLU asks the agencies to follow the ICE policy that states holding facilities should not house people for more than 12 hours. Data from the nonprofit deportation data project shows since January 2025, immigrants have sometimes been detained in the facility for months, and attorneys say their
clients have experienced unsynitary conditions and not receive enough food while detained there. DHS and ICE did not return emails requesting comment. For NPR news, I'm Emily Wooperson in Atlanta. This is NPR News. Congressional investigators have heard from the long-time accountant for the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The house oversight committee deposed Richard Con behind closed doors Wednesday as lawmaker seek a fuller picture of
Epstein's financial portfolio. Con were closely with Epstein for years and now serves as an executor of his estate. Washington state is on its way to having its first income tax. Lawmakers
Wednesday officially signed off under proposed tax on high earners called a million nearest tax
member stations KUOW and KNKX reporter Sarah Mises Tanon has more from Olympia. A bill that would love a 9.9% tax on all household incomes over a million dollars has passed its final legislative hurdle and is now on its way to the governor's desk. The taxes predicted to generate over $3 billion annually from the state's highest earners. Senate Majority Leader Jamie Peterson, who shepherded the tax through the legislature, says the money is desperately
needed to support programs like child care and education. We're on our way toward reforming a tax system that for 93 years has punished poor and working people and has not asked enough of our wealthiest and most successful. The new tax would go into effect in 2021, but court challenges and a potential ballot initiative to repeal it are expected in the coming months. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Mises Tan in Olympia. Stock markets in Asia down across the board
as oil prices rise following reports of Iranian attacks on more ships in the Gulf to band's benchmark knee K-down 1.4%. This is NPR news.
