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After an Iranian blockade, that's lasted nearly two months, the U.S. launched a major
“operation to reopen the state of Hormuz, as NPR's Greg Myri reports two commercial ships”
have managed to make it through the state so far. So far.
U.S. Admiral Brad Cooper, the Commanding Officer, said the first day of the operation,
was an easy. Iran had launched multiple cruise missiles, drones, and small boats at ships we were protecting. We have disputed each and every one of those threats. Most of the Iranian fire was directed at the merchant ships, though U.S. naval vessels also came under fire.
None of the ships was hit. Cooper says the U.S. plans to expand the operation, though it's not yet clear how many commercial ships will be willing to take the risk, even with U.S. protection. Inders of merchant ships are still stranded in the Gulf, due to Iran's blockade. Meanwhile, the U.S. is still imposing its own blockade against ships going to and from
Iranian ports. Greg Myri, NPR News, Washington.
“This Supreme Court has put a one-week hold on a ruling that banned the abortion pill”
mythopristone from being prescribed through telehealth.
Last week, a lower court said the pill must be prescribed only in-person reversing a Biden era rule that allowed it to be prescribed online or over the phone and sent through the mail. That sent providers scrambling as NPR's Salina Simmons' Duffin reports. Two drug makers appealed to the Supreme Court right away to put a hold on this ruling.
They argued that it unleashed regulatory chaos, but there were two days of limbo where we heard nothing from the Supreme Court. Doctors and pharmacists and patients who were expecting to use telemedicine mythopristone over the weekend were left scrambling. And it comes to pregnancies, of course, days and hours matter.
NPR Salina Simmons, Duffin, Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission have agreed to settle a lawsuit related to Musk's purchase of Twitter four years ago, and Piers of John Ruitt's reports.
“Before Musk bought all of Twitter for $44 billion, he bought a bunch of publicly traded”
shares. The SEC sued him for allegedly failing to disclose his holdings promptly as required when his position surpassed 5% of the company. It said that allowed him to buy shares at artificially low prices, disadventaging others.
Now the two sides have agreed to settle with Musk paying a $1.5 million civil penalty.
This settlement would clear up one of two big cases related to the Twitter acquisition, and March, Algerian San Francisco found Musk liable for attempting to drive Twitter's stock price down after the takeover, attorney said Musk would owe an estimated $2.1 billion in damages to former shareholders. Musk's legal team has vowed to appeal.
On Ruitt's NPR news, some states and utilities are trying to get ahead of the wildfire season using AI, Arizona's largest electric utility, is installing AI monitored cameras across its service region, the technology identifies possible smoke, and notifies human analysts for quick verification. This is NPR news.
California is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from state farm after investigation found the insurance company violated state law while handling claims from the 2025 Los Angeles area wildfires. The investigation launched last June found that the state's largest home insurer was delaying and mishandling claims regarding damage to survivor's homes and possible contamination
from smoke from the palisades and eaten fires. Actors Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have reached a settlement after a year's long illegal dispute and appears at Claire Lombardo reports. The legal back and forth started after their movie at ends with us, which came out in 2024.
Baldoni and Lively starred in that movie and Baldoni directed. Afterwards, Lively claimed she felt uncomfortable on set. That Baldoni made inappropriate comments and improvised physical contact during filming. He denied those claims of sexual harassment, and they were tossed out recently by a federal judge in New York on procedural grounds.
The trial had still been moving forward focusing on a more narrow set of claims, including Lively's allegations that the movie studio and publicist had retaliated against her with a smear campaign. An enjoying statement, lawyers for both actors said they hope the settlement brings closure. Claire Lombardo and PR News
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