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President Trump says the U.S. Navy seized an Iranian flight ship that tried to get past
“the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.”
He says the Navy blew a hole in the engine room, and that the Marines now have custody of the ship. Meanwhile, Trump says negotiations with Iran on ending the war will resume in Pakistan, tomorrow. And here's Tamara Keith has more."
In a social media post this morning, he said U.S. officials would be returning to Islamabad late Monday for more negotiations. But then he also resumed his threats to target civilian infrastructure. If Iran doesn't make a deal, quote, "We're offering a very fair and reasonable deal, and I hope they take it because if they don't, the United States is going to knock out every
single power plant and every single bridge in Iran. No more Mr. Nice guy, exclamation point."
“In Pierce, Tamara Keith reporting, "It's not clear if Iran plans to attend."”
In Louisiana, authorities say a domestic disturbance turned into a mass shooting in Schreef port, that left at least eight children dead to others injured. Police say the gunman is dead, and was a relative of some of the children killed. The shooting took place at two homes before the gunman, carjective vehicle, and was shot by police."
The sheriff's time homebuyers has fallen to another record low. And Pierce Jennifer Ludden reports, "They made up just 21 percent of all recent buyers at a time when many are priced out of the market." Boomers remain the largest share of homebuyers overall, often using equity from an existing house to move to another.
That's according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors. Homebuying by millennials fell in the past year, though some older millennial buyers are trading up, and that group has the highest median household income of any generation. The Realtors' report finds the youngest adults, Gen Z, now make up a tiny sliver of homeowners
4 percent, and more than a third of those buyers were single females.
Overall, the housing market remains stuck with high prices and high mortgage rates keeping many unable to buy, and many current owners feeling unable to move. Jennifer Ludden and Peer News, Washington. "Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the average price of a gallon of gas may not drop below $3 until next year."
This is the U.S. is really worn around, and the closure of the street of her moves continues to hit energy markets hard. Since the U.S. is really war-started, in February, crude oil prices in the cost of gas at the pump has been rising, dribble A says the price of a gallon is $4.4 nationwide. The U.S. prices are up 6 percent today amid the stand-off in the straight of her moves,
and U.S. futures contracts are trading lower at the sourdough futures at down 391 points NASDAQ futures down 158. You're listening to NPR News. British Prime Minister Kierstarmer is set to address parliament tomorrow facing backlash over his appointing Peter Mendelsen, who had a relationship with the late convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to the U.S. this despite failed security checks. Crowds gathered in Angola to celebrate mass with Pope Leo, as he continues his trip across Africa, the tour comes after the popes appeals for an end to the conflict in the Middle-Each, which prompted criticism from President Trump. Speaking to reporters yesterday, the pope said remarks he made earlier about peace were
not aimed at Trump, and Gola is the third leg of the pope's visit to Africa, and here's Michael Colokie has more on what's being called a landmark tour. Upon his arrival to the South and African nation, the pontiff met with Angola's President Zhao Lorenzo, in an address to government officials, Pope Leo made references to Angola's former civil war, which began shortly after the country gained independence from Portugal
in 1975, and went on until 2002, more than half a million people are believed to have been
killed during the fighting. In his speech, the pope offered words of encouragement to the Angolan people, saying that they hold "ajoy" that not even the most adverse circumstances have been able to extinguish. Pope Leo's fourth and final leg of his African visit will take him to Equatorial Guinea, a country where more than 70% of the population identify as Catholic, for imperial news are Michael Colokie in Nairobi.
Future's contracts are trading at lower at this hour, dial futures and dial down 406 points NASDAQ futures down 154. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News, and Washington. Every story from shortwave and pure science podcast starts with a question. Like, why do we
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