"Live from NPR News in Washington.
Old Dominion University in Virginia is being investigated as an act of terrorism. One person
“was killed to others were wounded inside a classroom. The suspected gunmen is identified”
as a former Army National Guardsman who pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS in 2016. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison before being released in December of 2024. The FBI says ROTC students inside the room subdued the attacker who was later pronounced dead. Virginia's governor says the person killed by the gunmen was Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shaw and ROTC instructor. The FBI says it believes yesterday's attack
on a synagogue in Michigan was a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community. The Department of Homeland Security says it was a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon who crashed its vehicle into the building outside of Detroit. A security guard fired at the driver who was later found dead inside the truck after a fire broke out. The International Energy Agency says the ongoing U.S. and Israeli air strikes against Iran are creating the largest
“supply disruption in the history of global oil markets. Iran's retaliatory drone attacks”
on ships and tackers in the Strait of Hormuz prompted the I.E.A. to announce the release
of 400 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserve. The U.S. will account for 172 million
of those barrels and PR's Eleanor Beardsley has more. The I.E.A. says oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have plunged from around 20 million barrels a day to a mere trickle, and that Gulf countries have cut total oil production by at least 10 million barrels a day because they cannot ship the oil and storage facilities have filled up. The shots are being filled across the world. In Europe, drivers in border areas are exploiting different government
taxation levels. French motorists are driving into Spain for cheaper gas, but Germans are lining up at French gas stations. French oil giant Total says it will freeze prices through the end of March. Gas in France is around 2 euros a liter, the equivalent of $9 a gallon. Eleanor Beardsley and PR News Paris. The uncertainty surrounding the world's oil supplies continues to push up gasoline prices. Triple A says regular gas in the U.S. is now
averaging $3.63 a gallon. Iran has been launching more drones at Gulf Arab states today including Saudi Arabia. These latest attacks follows yesterday's warnings from Iran's news supreme leader. In Western Iraq, a U.S. military KC-135 refueling plane has crashed. The fate of the crew is unclear. U.S. Central Command says rescue operations are underway. This is NPR News. With the start of spring, still a week away, the National
Weather Service is warning of summer-like heat in southern California. A heat advisory is an effect today in Los Angeles where afternoon highs of about 90 degrees are expected. Forecasters say L.A. will likely see temperatures around 100 degrees over several days next week. Officials in Foxboro, Massachusetts say the town won't be paying the security costs for 7 men's World Cup soccer matches scheduled to be played there this summer. Andrea
Primodo Hernandez with Member Station W. B. U. R. reports. A statement issued by the town, stadium owners, the craft group and the organizing committee for the matches Boston 26 says an agreement has been reached that would prevent the town from incurring any financial burden associated with the World Cup. As a Tuesday's lieutenant governor, Kim Driscoll has wanted this.
“I think the leaders at the craft stadium group and the town of Foxboro came together”
and realized there's an opportunity here for us to host this amazing World Cup and everybody
was committed to making it happen. It's not a done deal yet, but the organizers and the owners say they, not the town, will cover the security costs. For NPR News, I'm Andrea Primodo-Mohar-Nandez, in Boston. The U.S. Canada and Mexico are hosting this year's men's World Cup soccer tournament. Despite
the U.S. economy having lost 92,000 jobs in February, the Federal Reserve is expected to leave U.S. interest rates unchanged at next week's policy meeting. The Fed held rates steady at its January get together. I'm Dave Madingley in Washington. This week on the MPR Politics Podcast, the Warren Iran is rippling through the global economy
and Warren packing with that could mean for this November's midterms. Plus, detailed reporting on the tactics ISIS using to surveil American citizens. Listen this week on the MPR Politics Podcast. On the MPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
