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Department has opened an investigation into former representative Eric Swallwell over
“allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in July 2018.”
Frank Stoltz reports. The Sheriff's Department said in a statement that its special victims bureau is investigating Swallwell, after a woman alleged he drugged, choked, and raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room eight years ago. The LA District Attorney is also investigating.
Swallwell resigned from Congress Monday and dropped out of the race for governor a day earlier after a series of women came forward with sexual assault or sexual misconduct allegations. MPR has not independently confirmed those accusations.
He had been a frontrunner in the race.
Swallwell has forcefully denied the allegations. For MPR News, I'm Frank Stoltz and Los Angeles.
“The war in Iran has caused the largest disruption to oil supplies in history, and as”
a result, the cost of jet fuel for airplanes is soaring. Now airlines have started to pass those rising costs onto their passengers, and PR's Camilla Domenoski has more. The United States is the world's largest oil producer and the net exporter of jet fuel. So there's much less risk of actual shortages in the states.
But the United States is still interconnected to the global oil market, and with jet fuel,
where it's made in the US isn't always where it's needed, and it's a big country.
So California actually buys a lot of jet fuel from South Korea, and South Korea relies on crude from the Persian Gulf. MPR's Camilla Domenoski, Brent Crude, prices settled at roughly $95 a barrel today, slightly higher than yesterday, but well below a recent peak of $119 a barrel. US Catholic Bishops have taken the extraordinary step of issuing a statement clarifying
the church's teaching on "Just War," and PR's Jason D'Rose reports the move comes, after Vice President JD Vance advised Pope Leo the 14th to, quote, "be careful" when giving his opinion on matters of theology. In the midst of a day's long back and forth over Iran, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops writes, quote, "For over 1,000 years, the Catholic Church has taught Just War Theory,
and it is that long tradition, the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war. The church holds that nation should only take up the sword in self-defense once all peace efforts have failed. The Bishops conclude with this stern review. When Pope Leo the 14th speaks, quote, "He is not merely offering opinions on theology,
he is preaching the gospel and exercising his ministry as the vicar of Christ." Jason D'Rose and PR news. Wall Street, the S&P 500, closed at its highest ever gaining 55 points, and adding the day at 7,022. This is NPR.
In the anti-trust trial involving live nation and dozens of states, a federal jury finds the live entertainment company operated a monopoly over concert venues and overcharged ticket buyers, and PR's Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento reports. The jury's decision is a victory for dozens of states, which accused live nation of controlling too many aspects of the live entertainment industry.
That includes through venue ownership, concert promotion, artist management, and ticketing. The case against live nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, was initially led by the U.S. Department of Justice. In March, one week after the trial began, the government and several states reached a settlement with the company. But the case went ahead with 33 states and the district of Columbia as the plaintiffs. Live nation owns managers or works with hundreds of
venues across the U.S. The jury's decision has the potential to radically reshape the live
“music industry. Is the Bella Gomez-Sarmiento and PR news?”
Last year, a flood in central Texas extracted a dramatic toll from a century-old summer camp for girls and current county. 27 people died most of them young campers. Today, in a hearing involving operators of the camp and some of the victim's families, a security guard testified the night the Guadalupe River flooded lives could have been saved if a general evacuation of the camp were ordered early in the storm. The camp's plans to reopen the summer have angered
the families. Today, a judge ordered the camp not to use the cabin's damaged in the flooding. The guard said he did not recall operators ever preparing for such an emergency. I'm Luis Givoni and PR News, Washington. This message comes from 48 hours. In blood is thicker, the ferris wheel, 48 hours correspond in Peter Vansand unravels a twisted web of money, infidelity and family secrets. Listen to the six episode series wherever you get your podcasts.
