"Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
Gulf Arab countries did not want the U.S. to launch a war on Iran, and they're facing
“some of Iran's heaviest missile and drone attacks.”
Now they're worried that the war could end with the entire region less secure than when fighting began, as NPR's Greg Myri explains. "We are talking about a half dozen countries, and they all have their own perspectives, of course, but broadly speaking, they're very nervous about how this war might end. I spoke with Hussein Ibish at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington."
"So dear, Arabia and the UAE have developed real concerns about the prospect of Donald Trump could say, you know what, it's over, that's it, we want to clear victory and walk away." Iran would end up weakened but radicalized. "So the Gulf countries want to come out of this war with guarantees that Iran can't threaten them." NPR's Greg Myri reporting. Iran's refusal to reopen the state of Hormuz is intensifying
concerns about global energy supplies and what that could mean for food prices in the U.S. NPR's Windsor-Johnston reports outside of higher fuel costs, economists say, consumers may
“soon see higher prices on certain grocery items.”
"Higher fuel and fertilizer costs are expected to ripple through the food supply chain, but not all it wants." David Ortega is an economist at Michigan State University. He says energy prices are one of the biggest drivers, especially when it comes to transportation.
"So where we're going to first start to see this show up are on the perishable food items.
So think specialty produce dairy products, meat products that have to be refrigerated. So refrigerated trucking uses up a lot more energy." Ortega says there's often a lag of several months between rising input costs and higher prices at the grocery store, meaning shoppers may not feel the full impact until later this year. Windsor-Johnston and PR news.
"In Los Angeles, a jury has found meta in Google liable in a case that brought brought by a 20-year-old woman. She accused the companies of contributed to her addiction
“to the social media sites, Steve Futterman reports."”
On the ninth day of deliberations, the jury found that meta in Google were both negligent, that both knew of the potential dangers of their apps, especially when it came to young people, and failed to take sufficient action or war newsers.
The jurors awarded the 20-year-old woman, a total of $6 million,
her attorney markland there admitted that he thought the damages would be higher, but still called it a significant ruling. "This is a landmark moment. It will reverberate. I'll tell you this. If the jury had returned to know, the champagne courts would be popping in the boardrooms of Google and meta."
"Mini's similar lawsuits have already been filed against social media companies. And legal experts predict the verdict is likely to trigger many more. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman, in Los Angeles." "This is NPR News from Washington." The Supreme Court has cited with internet provider Cox Communications in its copyright fight
with record labels over illegal music downloads that justices ruled unanimously that Cox bears no liability for copyright violations of its customers. The music companies say they are disappointed by the ruling and that there was overwhelming evidence that Cox no-in-lead facilitated theft. Baseball season begins today with an opening night game between the New York Yankees and San Francisco
Giants. Most teams have their opening days later this week. NPR's Becky Sullivan has this preview. The Los Angeles Dodgers have already won the last two-world series running, then in the off-season they added the best outfielder and the best closing picture on the free-age and market in Kyle Tucker and Edwin Diaz who joined a roster packed with all stars, including
the two way Superstar Showhoyotani, all of which could help the Dodgers become the first
team to win three straight-world series since the Yankees in the year 2000. It also fans the flames of debate over whether Baseball should adopt a salary cap. The player's union contract is up at the end of this season that's expected to be the biggest issue. New these years the automated ball strike system or ABS which will allow players to challenge and on-power's call of ball or strike. Becky Sullivan and PR news. Travelers passing through
Philadelphia International Airport may have expected long security lines but the longest line was made of cheese stakes. The airport set again as world record with nearly 1,300 sandwiches lined up in the walkway between terminals B and C to mark national cheese steak day. The record far surpasses the previous benchmark of 500. The sandwiches were pieced together assembly line style before they were distributed to travelers and airport workers. I'm Ryland Barton, you're listening to
NPR News from Washington.
