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The U.S. military says the Navy helped two U.S. flag commercial ships pass through the straight of Hormuz.
“NPR's Greg Myri reports this comes as President Trump announced he has a plan to assist”
vessels attempting to get past the Iranian blockade. The U.S. military central command said Navy destroyers transit at the straight of Hormuz and are actively assisting an effort to restore commercial shipping.
As a first step, the U.S. forces helped two U.S. flagged merchant ships make it through
the straight. President Trump said Sunday, the U.S. would support ships trapped in the Gulf, but did not specify what action the U.S. would take. However, the Iranian state media, quoted a top military official, is saying that Iran would target oil tankers and other commercial ships that do not coordinate with Iran before passing
through the straight. The dueling U.S. and Iranian blockades have effectively shut down the straight. Greg Myri, NPR News, Washington. The Supreme Court has paved the way for people to access the abortion medication with a prison by mail for now.
“NPR's Kerry Johnson reports a lower court restricted access to the pill's nationwide last”
week.
That ruling Friday from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals required patients to obtain
MIFA prison in person, prompting confusion and lawsuits. Makers of the drug filed emergency petitions asking the Supreme Court to step in. Just as Sam Olito, acting for the High Court, has now restored access to MIFA prison by mail, at least for another week while the justice is considered the issue. Medication abortions account for nearly 2/3 of such procedures in the U.S.
Doctors who prescribe the pills by mail have been sending them to people in rural areas and states where the procedure has been banned. Nearly 4 years ago, the Supreme Court took away the nation right right to abortion and a decision written by Justice Alito, Kerry Johnson and PR News, Washington. The outcome of Indiana's primaries tomorrow will reveal if President Trump makes good on
his threat to derail the campaigns of seven incumbent Republican state senators who voted
“against his mid-decade redistricting push in the state.”
The primaries being held tomorrow in Indiana and Ohio will also test how the GOP fares against Democrats with the economy and the fallout from the Iran War, top of mine from many voters and PR's Dominican Montanero has a new analysis. Republicans maintain that at the end of the day, they will retain control even if it's narrowly and they point out that they're on offense in some places too.
But the top of their list is Michigan, a win there would throw a serious monkey wrench into Democrats take over plans, but they think that places like Georgia and New Hampshire could also be very close in the end for Republicans. That's NPR is Dominican Montanero reporting. From Washington, this is NPR News.
Two days after abruptly halting operations, Spirit Airlines is seeking a bankruptcy court
that's approved to pay a total of $10.7 million in retention bonuses to people still
employed as the company winds down. The bonuses would average $76,000 per person more for the top three executives at the company. The low-cost carriers ceased operation Saturday to the surprise of many of its ticket holders. They were given the option to book with other carriers or get refunds.
Gas prices are climbing yet again, AAA now reporting people are paying on average $4 $46 for a gallon of regular gasoline. As the cost of going out goes up, the dating scene is sort of taken a hit and PR's Amy Held explains. In the US, only around one in three young adults is dating these days.
That's according to a survey by the Institute for Family Studies and Bringham Young University's Wheatly Institute. The reasons vary including lack of confidence, but a big one-sided is lack of money, with inflation comes date-flation. The cost of one date averaging $190, that's up $20 from last year, according to a survey
by BMO a bank. It takes into account the cost of grooming and gas, but half of single respondents say "going out just isn't worth it." This as more people are skipping marriage and having kids, the US birth rate has dropped a quarter in the past two decades, reflecting a global trend of shrinking and aging populations.
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