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President Trump says the U.S. is in serious discussions to end the war in Iran, and
“that progress has been made, he also says if the street of Hormuz does not open for”
business immediately, more attacks will come and appears a deeper shiver on reports. Trump posted on social media that a deal with Iran will probably be reached, but if it doesn't, he says the U.S. will resume attacks on Iran, specifically on their electrical plans, oil wells, and cargo island, Trump says the island holds a large majority of Iran's oil exports.
He also threatened Iran's desalination plans. The president had previously said that Iran had until April 6th to open the street. The White House did not respond to request for comment on whether Trump's newest post negates that initial deadline. Deepish Ivorom and PR News, the White House.
The Iran War continues to rattle global energy markets, and PR Scott Horsley reports crude oil
prices have resumed their upward climb. Crudal prices in the U.S. jump back above $100 a barrel retail gasoline prices, or hovering just below $4 a gallon.
“Traders are trying to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. and Israel's war with”
Iran. That country has retaliated with attacks on energy infrastructure in both Israel and Kuwait. Yemen's Houthi rebels also fired missiles at Israel, raising concern the Iranian-back group might resume its attacks on commercial shipping traffic, and the Red Sea. Now it had another complication for global commerce, already squeezed by Iran's chokehold
on the Strait of Hormuz. Scott Horsley, in PR News, Washington.
Israel's parliament has passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted
of murdering Israelis. The law makes the death penalty by hanging the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted for nationalistic killings. Critics say the law is written in a way to not impose the death penalty against Jewish Israelis convicted of killing Palestinians.
“And it's expected to face a legal challenge in Israel's Supreme Court.”
Lawyers for a Justice Department whistleblower are warning about what they call a failure to investigate his claims, and PR's carry Johnson reports on a new letter to Congress about the issue. Eris Revani helped oversee major lawsuits over President Trump's immigration policy last year, but he was put on leave and then fired nearly a year ago after he raised concerns that
the top Justice Department officials were telling lawyers to ignore or mislead federal courts. Revani's lawyers say 15 months have passed since he blew the whistle, but there's no sign the Inspector General at the DOJ launched a serious investigation, and they cited correspondent showing the IG-head closed the matter.
They say it's part of her broader abdication of responsibility at the Justice Department. DOJ says Revani is, quote, "Desperate for relevancy," and there's no legitimate basis to investigate. Carrie Johnson and PR News, Washington. U.S. stocks fell again today, and the S&P 500 fell more than a quarter of percent closing
where the 9% below its record set earlier this year. It's NPR. Er Canada says it's CEO Michael Rousseau plans to retire. He had faced criticism over an English-only condolence message after a deadly crash this month at New York's LaGuardia Airport, Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized the airline's
CEO for not also issuing the statement in French, hundreds have complained to Canada's language watchdog. Mary Beth Herk has died of Alzheimer's. She appeared in dozens of movies, mostly in the 1980s and '90s, Jeff London reports. An Iowa native, Mary Beth Herk, had a famous actress as her babysitter, Gene Seaburg.
She studied acting at New York University and made her film debut in Woody Allen's 1978 drama "Interears" as an unhappy literary agent. "I sit there all day, reading other people's manuscripts, and halfway through, I lose interest. I get headaches from the words, and then I'm supposed to sit down and write an opinion. It's not fear to the authors."
Herk starred on Broadway in Beth Henry's crimes of the heart for which she received one of her three-tony nominations. She also appeared in the films The World According to Garp in the Age of Innocence, as well as in many television shows. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London, In New York.
A serial Guinness World Recordbreaker who calls himself Mr. World Records earned another title. U.S. Air Force Major John Johnny Cruise Buckingham was pulled behind a car across a parking lot and was clocked at 69 miles an hour, enough for the fastest, towed asphalt skiing record. He is more than a dozen other Guinness World Record titles, including the most fire-knife
spins in 30 seconds, and he does it to raise money for children's programs. This is NPR News from Washington.
