"Who should win the Oscar for the best original song this year?
On the latest all songs considered from in-peer 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-peer music podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get podcasts." "Live from in-peer news in Washington, encore of a Coleman, oil prices climbed again overnight as the Warren Iran enters its 13th day. There have been fresh attacks on commercials shipping in the Persian Gulf. That includes attacks on two oil tankers near Iraq's southern ports.
The first such strike in rocky waters." President Trump says to help the oil supply, he'll release 172 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. But NPR's Tamar Keith reports, the world consumes that amount of oil within two days. "I called up former Trump economic advisor Stephen Morris today and he said
Trump is making a bet that this conflict really will be short, prices will come back down,
and voters will forgive or forget."
“"Part of the problem for President Trump is that we already had people complaining about prices."”
And he said the risk is if this drags on, there will be spill over effects to the rest of the economy with other things people need getting more expensive because of fuel costs." NPR's Tamar Keith reporting, Israel continues to pound the southern suburbs of Beirut, at the same time the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah struck northern Israel. The Lebanese government says at least 800,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon,
and Pia's Hadil Al-Shelgi reports from Beirut. Huge booms were heard across the capital and large black smoke billowed from the Bahia neighborhood in South Beirut as the Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah. And attack in central Beirut where thousands are displaced, killed eight people and injured 31 according to Lebanese officials.
Israel says it has targeted and killed Hezbollah operatives and Lebanon-based members of the
Iranian Revolutionary Guard. People left the southern suburbs on foot,
carrying their children and whatever belongings they could grab,
“with nowhere to go, many are sleeping in the streets and shelters,”
including schools and a soccer stadium. Hadil Al-Shelgi and PR news Beirut. In the U.S., long security lines and airports are continuing to frustrate travelers. The Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down, and there are shortages among transportation security administrations staffers. And Beirut's Windsor Johnston has more.
Travel analysts say uncertainty is creating headaches for passengers at airports. That can mean long waits at security checkpoints and even travelers missing flights. Airline industry analyst Henry Hartvelt says the travel system was already under pressure from several factors at once. Between higher jet fuel prices and thus higher fares,
airlines having to scramble potentially to rearrange flight schedules and the problem stemming from DHS, the airline industry right now is like a brittle piece of glass. It could fracture at any moment. He says when passengers miss flights because of long security lines, airlines are scrambling to find seats on planes that are often already nearly full.
Windsor Johnston and PR news. It's NPR. Significant storm is plowing across the southeastern U.S., their tornado warnings up now in central Georgia and tornado watches down through the Florida Panhandle.
These storms come as parts of southern Illinois and Indiana clear wreckage from tornadoes earlier this week. Two people were killed in Indiana. The National Weather Service is forecasting an unprecedented heat wave today across southern California, from L.A. as Jacob Margolis reports. It's still southern California's rainy season, but the National Weather Service has
issued a heat advisory. Temperatures are forecast to be 20 to 30 degrees above normal for March. Approaching the triple digits in areas like the San Fernando Valley and the low 90s along the beaches. A concern as many people there don't have air conditioning because it usually stays pretty cool. There will be a bit of a reprieve over the weekend, but even hotter temperatures could
bake the area during the middle of next week. For NPR News, I'm Jacob Margolis and Los Angeles. Conditions are very different in the Pacific Northwest, for casters have posted blizzard and winter storm warnings for central Washington state, several inches of snow are expected.
Separately, winter storm warnings are posted for the northern Great Lakes region. A customer of retailer Costco is suing the company in federal court, the shopper who filed the suit seeking class action status once refunds for any money paid out related to President Trump's tariffs. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned some of the tariffs saying Trump had exceeded his authority.
I'm Corva Coleman and PR News in Washington.
