"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivone.
Israel says another high-ranking Iranian leader has been killed in the latest air strikes
targeting the country's top officials.
“This comes as thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for a mass funeral of the heads”
of Iran's national security council and others, and P.R.'s Kerry Con reports." Defense Minister Israel Kat says Iran's intelligence minister, F. Mayal Hatib, was responsible for quote the regime's apparatus of repression and assassination and instrumental in the deadly crackdown on Iranian demonstrators earlier this year. Kat says the war is in a decisive phase and that quote, "No one in Iran has immunity.
Everyone is a target." Meanwhile, mourners packed a huge take-around square for the funerals of two leaders also killed by Israel.
Life's stream of the massive crowd carrying multiple coffins was broadcast on Iranian TV,
Kerry Con and P.R. News, Tel Aviv. Oil prices are climbing towards $110 a barrel. This comes after reported Israeli strikes on a major natural gas field in Iran, and P.R.'s Julius Simon has the latest.
“South-Harse is part of the largest natural gas field in the world, shared by both Iran and”
Kat thought. In a statement on X, measured al-Anzali, spokesperson for Katosh Foreign Ministry, blamed Israel for the strikes, he described it as a "dangerous and irresponsible step," and said, quote, "targeting energy infrastructure constitutes a threat to global energy security." When asked by MPR and Israeli military spokesperson would not confirm the strike.
Iran's government linked news agency issued a warning for residents to stay away from energy assets in Kat thought Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Kat thought energy says its "liquified natural gas facility has already been hit," Julius Simon and Heronews. Stocked tumble today as the Federal Reserve held to interest rates steady, and P.R. Scott
Horsley reports the Fed is sticking with its forecast of just one quarter-point rate cut this year.
“The war with Iran has already triggered a sharp jump in gasoline and diesel prices, but Fed”
chairman Jerome Powell says it's too soon to tell how big or lasting that effect might be. Powell's term as chairman is set to expire in May, but President Trump's picture replace Powell has not been confirmed yet, so he may end up serving longer. If my successor is not confirmed by the end of my term as chair, I would serve as chair pro-tem until he is confirmed.
That is what the law calls for, and it's what we're going to do in this situation. A Republican senator is blocking the confirmation of Kevin Worsh's Fed chair until the Justice Department drops his investigation of the Fed. The Federal judge ruled that probe is simply a pressure tactic to get the central bank to lower interest rates.
Scott Horsley and P.R. News was Washington. Wall Street, the Dow fell 768 points today closing at 46,225. This is NPR News in Washington. The Triple A reports the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped to over 384 today up from 298 before the war at Iran.
The last time gas prices were this high was September 2023. Kiki Shepard has died, for years she co-hosted Showtime at the Apollo, a storied showcase for black entertainers, and P.R.s net at Ullibi has more. Starting in 1987, Kiki Shepard was the impeccable elegant face of Showtime at the Apollo. She worked alongside prominent MCs like Sinbad and Steve Harvey.
The variety show was filmed live at the historic theater in Harlem, where Shepard channel liked on newcomers and paid tributes to legends, such as Motem Musician Eddie Kendricks.
"Here's was a clear, crystal, powerful tin or false set of voice."
On top of her work, on screen and on stage, Shepard also founded a non-profit. They helped people with sickle soul disease and their families. Netto Ullibi and P.R. News decades after the death of Mexican-American labor and rights leaders, Caesar Shavas, several women have told the New York Times he was responsible for child sexual abuse, assault,
and rape. Among these accusers, one of the most prominent allies of Shavas Dolores Werta. In a separate statement, she says Shavas twice forced himself on her, and that she became pregnant both times. His accusers say that they stayed quiet for decades in part to protect the cause that
Shavas championed. The Times interviewed dozens of people, including friends and family of Shavas, and former members of the United Farm Workers co-founded by Shavas. I'm Louis Skivoni and P.R. News.
