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Iran's Supreme Leader says the Islamic Republic will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities
“and says Americans belong at the bottom of the Persian Gulf.”
His remarks come as Iran's oil industry is struggling under a U.S. navy blockade, and as the global economy feels the strain of Iran's chokehold on the street of Hormuz. Today, President Trump dismissed concerns that high gas prices will linger long after the war." "That's what goes down.
As soon as the war's over, it'll drop like a rock. There's so much out there. It's all over the place. City will all over the oceans of the world." Industry experts say it will take time for gas prices to come down.
President Trump has selected a new nominee for Surgeon General.
This will be his third Surgeon General pick of this term.
After his first two choices did not make it through the confirmation process, and PR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more. Trump posted that he will nominate Dr. Nicole Sapphire for the position.
“The White House withdrew its first pick, Dr. Janet Nationalot, after scrutiny over her credentials.”
Trump's second pick, Dr. Casey Means, stalled in the Senate. In a separate post, the President seems to blame Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy for means as failure in the Senate. Cassidy himself, a doctor, grilled means in her confirmation hearing about her beliefs about vaccines.
Trump wrote that he hopes Cassidy is defeated in his primary. Sapphire the new nominee is a radiologist. Unlike Trump's first pick, Nationalot, she has also been a Fox News contributor. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR news the White House. There is a lot of movement in big tech stocks today, and PR's John Ruitt reports some
of the biggest ups and downs came in the wake of earnings reports that showed ambitious plans for spending on AI. MetaSync, as much as 10% before recovering some ground, just this week, the parent company of Facebook posted better than expected revenue and quarterly profits.
But Meta also said it could spend a whopping $145 billion this year, as it pours money into
AI. Last week, it said it's planning to lay off a tenth of its workforce. Traders didn't like it. They did like what they saw from Google, though. It reported soaring revenue from its cloud computing division.
Google also revised up its spending forecast for the year with capital expenditures of as much as $190 billion. It shares leps to 10%. Big tech and startups alike have been investing heavily in AI, and analysts have been worried about whether or not they'll get a return on all the investment.
John Ruitt and PR news. Louisiana's congressional primaries won't be going forward as scheduled in May as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The high court yesterday struck down a majority black congressional district. Republican Governor Jeff Landry says that means the state is prohibited from holding elections
until the state's current U.S. House under the current U.S. House districts, early voting had been scheduled to begin Saturday in advance of the May 16th primaries. This is NPR. Brazil's Congress has reduced a former president, Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence a move that will likely be appealed to the country's Supreme Court.
It's unclear how much time Bolsonaro would serve for his conviction for leading a coup attempt, but analysts say the move could shave 20 years off his sentence, the former president began serving his sentence in November and is currently under house arrest. As AI use expands, researchers say more teachers are moving away from mandatory homework and PR's Janet U. John Lee reports.
In January, Lissol Parish school district in rural Louisiana made all homework optional. Students and parents can still ask for the extra practice, but it won't be mandatory or graded. In a Facebook post announcing the move, Superintendent Jonathan Garrett cited that quote "research shows homework does not significantly improve academic success" and can increase rest
for students and families. According to the Ed Week Research Center, more teachers are moving away from homework, one of the reasons being years of complaints. On the contrary, research also shows that much like playing an instrument, homework and
“solving repetitive problems is important for certain subjects, like math, Janet U. John Lee”
and PR News. Walmart shoppers will soon find in-store advisors offering personalized beauty tips. The retrial giant is breaking out of its no-frills model by staffing its beauty aisles with specialists. It will suggest foundation shades to match a shoppers' skin tone or know about a moisturizer
trending on TikTok. Walmart expects to have the roles filled in more than 400 of the U.S. is 4600 stores it operates by year end. This is NPR News.
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