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"Sentcom commander, Brad Cooper, says," the US Navy sank six Iranian small boats and opened
a passage through the straight-of-form moves. He told reporters in a call that two ships passed through today and more are in route. Cooper also described Iran's military assets as seriously degraded. Since the US and Israel-waged war against Iran and late February, shipments, including that of oil, has been disrupted in the waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf
of Oman leading to a historic energy crisis. NPR's Camilla Dominozki says that oil cartel OPEC met over the weekend and decided to boost production starting next month. OPEC and its allies have lost some of their leverage over markets, now that United Arab Emirates has left the group.
“But the bigger problem is that key members rely on the straight-of-form moves to export crude,”
so whatever OPEC announces, the biggest question remains, how many ships are getting
through that key waterway. And the answer that is not many between Iranian tolls and the US blockade. In the US, gasoline prices had been easing since the ceasefire announcement, but between the global oil supply crisis and US refinery outages, prices are rising aggressively again. Camilla Dominozki and PR News.
Survivors across the US are pulling in a gas stations and finding prices have climbed yet again. The AutoClub triple lay reports, people are now paying on average $4.46 for a gallon of regular. That is an increase of about 35 cents in one week.
The energy crisis had something to do with spirit airlines folding Saturday, and PR's Joel Rose explains.
“CEO Dave Davis talked to the Wall Street Journal after the company ceased operations.”
David said spirit was trying to emerge from bankruptcy and he says the company's plan could have worked, but the rising cost of jet fuel forced spirit to burn through cash faster than expected, and it just ran out of money. NPR's Joel Rose, a new analysis out today, finds a striking feature of these upcoming midterms in roughly half of all US states, candidates who have denied election results in
the past are running for positions that will have a direct role in the certification of future elections. Here's NPR's Miles Parks. A few years ago, most people didn't know, and frankly, probably didn't care who their state secretary of state was, but 2020 changed that.
Republican Brad Raffinsberger in Georgia declined President Trump's request to find votes. In Michigan, Democrat Jocelyn Benson had armed protesters visit her home. Those two states are now among the dozens this year that are electing new secretaries
“of state and governors, and a new analysis from the nonprofit states United Action finds”
that many of those races will feature candidates who have denied election results in the past. In 23 states, including five presidential swing states, candidates who have denied election results are running for offices that will have a direct role in certifying future elections. Miles Parks and PR News, Washington. This is NPR.
California police can now take itself driving vehicles for traffic violations, as anodity bundler moody of conversation KQED tells us the department of motor vehicles says. Regulations on autonomous vehicles are the most comprehensive in the U.S. while critics warn regulators are moving too fast. California's new rules also allow autonomous vehicle makers to deploy heavy duty self-driving
cars and trucks on to streets across the state, Matt Broad, a legislative advocate for Teamsters, California, says there are instances across the country where self-driving cars have driven through crime scenes and shut down during Inclimate Weather. They response from regulators has been sort of full steam ahead and Matt, hey, maybe we ought to really think about how this is working, one in deployment, and also the sort of larger
socio-economic concerns. In July, new rules will go into effect requiring those cars to move out of the way and work
with first responders during emergencies.
For NPR News, I'm Aditi Bundlamoodi in San Francisco. The Met Gallos tonight, celebrities will ascend the stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York City showcasing their interpretations of this year's theme, Fashion is art. It's a mega fundraiser for the costume institute last year's event, brought in more than $31
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