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his truck into a synagogue and suburban Detroit today, his Russ McNamara from Detroit
“Public Radio reports the attacker is dead, but motivated him is still unknown."”
"There was an exchange of gunfire, a temple is real, and West Bloomfield township, however the only injury was a security guard who is struck by the vehicle." Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bushard says he had been working with local police in preparation for a potential attack at area synagogues since the start of the war with Iran. "We've been talking for two weeks about the potential sadly at this happening, so
there was no lack of preparation." Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer called the attack heartbreaking and that quote, "Michigan's Jewish community should be able to live and practice their faith in peace. For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Detroit." Iranian state media aired a statement today attributed to the country's new Supreme Leader,
his first since succeeding his late father.
"Mustabakh Kamine says Iran will continue to use the effect of closure of the strategic straight of Hormuz as leverage against the U.S. and Israel."
“And also mentioned about how the closing the Hormuz estate should be used and re-opinit the war”
of the United States. The statement was read by a news anchor, Kamine's absence from public appearances and video has raised questions about his health. Israel suspects the 56-year-old was wounded in the opening salvo of the war. As fuel costs spiked during the Iran War, the White House is considering waving a
central shipping law in an effort to ease prices as NPR's Daniel Kurt Slave and reports doing so with loosened rules on which ships can transport oil and other commodities to the U.S. The administration may wave the Jones Act, part of the Merchett Marine Act of 1920. The Jones Act requires ships moving between U.S. ports to be made and operated by the U.S.
In a statement, press secretary Caroline Levitt said the administration is considering waving the act "for a limited period of time to ensure vital energy products and agricultural necessities are flowing freely to U.S. ports." The act has been waived before, after natural disasters and during international conflicts. In 2011, amid conflict in Libya, President Obama waived the Jones Act to allow foreign
ships to transport oil from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve. Daniel Kurt Slave and NPR news the White House. The professional women's hockey league is coming to a TV set near you. The league announced its March 28th game between the New York Sirens and Montreal, Victoria will be the first accessible to a national U.S. TV audience.
The deal comes as women's hockey enjoys a surge in momentum following the team's gold metal victory at the Olympics last month. It'll air on iron in a one-time deal that could potentially turn into a long-term partnership. This is NPR news. George's film industry is struggling.
The state's generous tax credits once turned Atlanta into the Hollywood of the South, drawing hundreds of productions and transforming the local economy, but spending has tumbled from
its peak of $4.4 billion in 2022 to just $2.3 billion in the last fiscal year.
In 2023, writers and actors strike accelerated the decline in Marvel has since shifted its productions to the U.K. Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina has announced that he will run for reelection. South Carolina Public Radio's Luis Alfredo Garcia reports the Democrat was first elected in 1992.
Representative James Clyburn is among the oldest Democrats in Congress. The 85-year-old is serving his 17th house term. Lincoln announced plans to run again despite calls for generational change within the Democratic Party. But Clyburn says he still feels fit for the task, and that this next campaign will be
figure. "I do believe that I'm very well equipped and healthy enough to move into the next term." South Carolina's sixth district is heavily democratic. Clyburn says he has the support of House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries. For MPR News, I'm Los Alfredo Garcia in Colombia, South Carolina.
States are setting new rules for cash purchases after the U.S. meant stopped making pennies in the one-cent coins get scarce, or some states are considering legislation to allow or required businesses to round those purchase totals to the nearest nickel in Diana already requires rounding for cash sales that do not end in zero or five cents. This is NPR.
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