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It's still not clear what's going on with negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end
the war," NPR's Mara Lieson reports.
“White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said talks continue, and that they are "productive."”
But according to Iranian state media, Tehran has rejected a U.S. proposal, quoting a senior Iranian security official who says Iran will end the war when its conditions are met. His conditions include the right of Iran to control the straight of our moves. Iran has refused President Trump's demands to reopen the straight to oil and gas shipments. Trump has made a series of other demands.
Sometimes contradictory, they include unconditional surrender, regime change, a hand-in-picking Iran's next leader, and an end to Iran's nuclear weapons program. When asked about the possibility of more talks this weekend, Levitt said nothing has been officially announced. Mara Lieson, NPR News, the White House.
The jury in Los Angeles has found that in meta and Google were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a small child. NPR's Bobby Allen reports it's the second major verdict this week in landmark social media trials.
“A jury has awarded a woman $3 million for mental health struggles that developed after”
compulsive use of YouTube and Instagram. After a month on trial, a jury found that meta and Google deliberately designed social media platforms to predict young people.
The verdict comes a day after a separate jury in New Mexico ordered meta to pay $375 million
for failing to protect kids and teens from child predators on its platforms. The Los Angeles jury found that meta and Google acted with malice, which means the case now moves to the punitive stage, where the amount of damages could be far more. Google and meta are vowing to fight the verdicts, which are the first ever judgments against the social media industry over the harms of its platforms.
Bobby Allen and PR News, Los Angeles. The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says air travelers are experiencing the highest airport weight times ever under her agency, on when McNeill told a house committee that workers going without paid during the partial government shutdown could lead to airport closures.
The latest offers to end a funding and pass and put restraints on President Trump's mass deportation agenda have not gained traction. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas is nearing $4 and PR's Scott Horsey reports that's making a lot of U.S. drivers nervous. 45% of Americans say they're concerned about being able to afford gasoline in the coming
months. That's according to a new survey from the Associated Press in the National Opinion Research Center. Triple A says the average price of gasoline nationwide now tops $3.98 a gallon. That's up about a dollar since the war with Iran began.
Crudwell prices have eased a bid on hopes for a negotiated end of the conflict. The U.S. benchmark for crude is dropped below $90 a barrel. Scott Horsey impure news Washington and those hopes for a possible end to the war with Iran push stocks higher at the S&P 500 and Dow both rose more than half a percent. You're listening to NPR news from Washington.
Wellness influencer Dr. Casey means his nomination to become U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators grilled her on vaccines during a tense confirmation hearing. The delay deepens doubts about means is confirmation amid concerns over the Trump administration's approach to health policy, Republican senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine say they still have questions for means.
Nearly one-third of Americans have sought health advice from artificial intelligence, according
to KFF. It's more common among younger people in those who lack access to health care as NPR's Yuki Nguji reports. People under the age of 30 are far more likely to turn to AI, especially when it comes to advice on mental health.
The KFF survey on health information and trust found there were three times more likely to seek emotional support from AI than those 50 and over. The ability to ask questions quickly and in private were big reasons people do so. But one in five people consulted AI because they either could not afford care or lack to provide her.
Again, those under age 30 were far more likely to cite those as reasons for turning to chat bots, Yuki Nguji and PR News. Scientists are tracing the history of dogs, using the oldest genes from the species ever studied. Researchers examined genes from the remains of over 200 dogs and wolves, the oldest dating
back about 15,800 years, scientists think dogs descended from gray wolves somewhere in Europe or Asia, exactly when and where this happened remains a mystery. I'm Rylan Barton, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Water is abundant, we take showers, fill our glasses and flush our toilets with it.
“But what if one morning you try to turn on the tap and nothing comes out?”
That is a reality that many people already face. For much of the world, normal is gone. What happens when our most final resource runs out?
