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Iranian attacks on three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuzia yesterday.
“It also targeted sites responsible for attacking U.S. forces.”
Iranian state media say the country exchanged fire on an island in the Strait. President Trump says the cease fire is still holding and he insists Iran wants a peace deal. Trump wants any deal to include free passage through the Strait, but data-shipping firm Lloyd's list intelligence says Iran has set up a new government agency to collect tolls and
decide whether ships can even transit the Strait. The government is poised to take the temperature of the U.S. job market, hiring has been uneven in recent months, but NPR's Scott Horsley reports for a castor's expect today's report from the Labor Department to show some moderation. Economists think employers added somewhere between 50 and 75,000 jobs in April.
That would be a slowdown compared to marches hiring rate, but it would be better than the average, over the last 10 months.
“Economists say a house of Wells Fargo will also be watching what happened to wages during”
the month, wage gains have been cooling off just as inflation and gas prices are heating up. In terms of your real wages, that's basically getting wiped out by inflation right now. Economists are also keeping an eye on the size of the workforce, it shrunks since this time last year as a result of the crackdown on immigration and baby boomer retirements. Scott Horsley and Parenthood is Washington.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is pleading not guilty to federal criminal charges, NPR's Debbie Elliott reports the Alabama-based civil rights organization was arranged yesterday. The Southern Poverty Law Center's interim CEO Brian Faire entered the not guilty plea to charges including wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
At issue is its work tracking hate groups, the U.S. Justice Department accuses the
S.P.L.C. of fraudulently using some $3 million in donations to secretly pay informants
“in right-wing extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan.”
Faire says the allegations are politically motivated and provably wrong and that information gathered from informants was used to dismantle hate groups. Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson says there's nothing vindictive about the prosecution. The Eliot NPR News Montgomery. The National Weather Service says three tornadoes hit Southern Mississippi late Wednesday
night. Authorities say 17 people were injured but there were no fatalities. There was a lot of damage that includes hundreds of homes, wrecked power lines and downed trees. This is NPR.
Spanish officials say a cruise ship where the rare haunt of virus has been found is heading for the Canary Islands in the Atlantic. Three passengers have died, several others are sick. The director General of the World Health Organization says the risk of the disease spreading is very low. U.S. authorities are monitoring a handful of ship passengers who disembarked earlier.
Hackers took over the educational platform canvas for hours yesterday. It's used by thousands of U.S. schools and colleges. The sabbatours demanded ransoms, the company owner says canvas is mostly accessible again. The WNBA regular season, tips off tonight, two new teams will make their debut as part of the league's ambitious expansion plan.
NPR's Becky Sullivan reports, WNBA viewership and attendance continue to rise.
The season opens in Canada where the new Toronto tempo will host their first game and
team history when they take on the Washington mystics. On Saturday, the other new team, the Portland Fire, will host the Chicago Sky. Both new teams are hoping to repeat the success of the Golden State Valcrease, who led the league in attendance last season in their inaugural year in the league. In the Indian of Fever, we'll welcome back Starguard Caitlyn Clark, who missed most of
last season with injuries. The Fever have hopes of a title as due the Las Vegas Aces in their four-time MVP, who once again look good. The Aces have won three of the last four WNBA titles, but the early season favorite twin at all are the New York Liberty. Becky Sullivan and PR news. On Wall Street in pre-market trading, down futures are higher.
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