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I'm Janine Herbst.
“U.S. and Israeli forces have rescued a U.S. Air Force officer,”
nearly two days after his plane was shot down in a mountainous region of Iran. And here's my allies and reports, President Trump celebrated the news and also issued a new threat." Trump said the rescue officer sustained injuries,
but, quote, "He will be just fine."
This was the first time Iran has shocked down
a U.S. fighter jet since the war started. President Trump also issued a profane threat to Iran on Easter Sunday morning. He said starting Tuesday, the U.S. will bomb power plants and bridges if Iran doesn't open the state of Hormuz.
The President has issued a series of contradictory statements on the state, saying that it would open naturally when the war ends,
“or that European countries should open the state themselves.”
But it's hard to see how Trump can declare victory and end the war if the state is still controlled by Iran. Mar Eliason and PR news. Easter in Jerusalem was somber this year.
His reality authorities have implemented tight restrictions,
allowing only residents and a few visitors into the walled old city. And Pierce Caricon has more. This Easter only about a dozen pre-store praying inside the church of the Holy Sepulcher, where it's believed Jesus died and was resurrected. (crowd cheering)
The Latin Patriarch's office shared this video. Last week, he was barred from entering by Israeli police sighting safety restrictions. After wide criticism, a small number are back in, but no crowds. A auxiliary Bishop William Shomali says holy places without programs is like a body without soul.
“We intensify our prayer for peace, for the politicians,”
so that they may take another way, change their mind, and choose the way of peace for give this other reconciliation. This pays out more, he says than violence. Caricon and PR news Jerusalem. On Wall Street investors will get a fresh look at inflation this coming week.
If you're Scott Horsley reports, it's likely to show the fallout from the wartime spike in energy prices. Gasoline prices have jumped sharply since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran. That's expected to push the annual inflation rate back above 3%. When the price indexed for March is released on Friday.
Core inflation, which strips out volatile energy and food prices, is also expected to be higher in March than it was in February. The Federal Reserve says President Trump's tariffs of contributed to upward pressure on the price of imported goods. Stubborn inflation is making the central bank cautious about cutting interest rates. The Fed's likely to feel less pressure to lower borrowing costs after Friday's jobs report.
It showed US employers added 178,000 jobs in March as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%. Scott Horsley, Imperial News, Washington. US futures contracts are trading lower at this hour. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. UCLA is the new NCW Women's National Basketball Champion.
They beat South Carolina today. For the men in college play, Yukon and Michigan play tomorrow for the championship title. With online gaming and sports betting now legal in many states and adds for them everywhere. Educators and child experts say a growing number of young people, most of them boys, are getting caught in the crosshairs.
Imperial Sequoia, Corrillo, has more. A recent national survey from Common Sense Media, the nonprofit group that focuses on kids and concerns about media, found that 36% of boys aged 11 to 17 and the US have gambled in the past year. It's a lot of kids. Like a third of kids is a lot of kids.
Michael Robb is Common Sense Media's Head of Research. He notes the playing fantasy for both friends or making a march madness bracket may be harmless for kids and can help strengthen male friend groups. But for a small subset of boys, things can get out of control. Sequoia, Corrillo, and Pair News.
A huge eyedrobs recall has been expanded to more than 3 million bottles nationwide.
They were made by Casey Pharmaceuticals. It's a private label maker that are produced under a number of names and sold at stores around the country. They're being voluntarily recalled because of questions over the product's sterility. More than 3 million bottles were sold at CVS, H.E.B., Crogor Military Exchange as Walgreens
and other stores. They were initially recalled in March with the FDA up the ranking to a class 2 recall. I'm Janine Herbst and PR News in Washington.
