"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronin.
The US military says it is disabled two more Iranian oil tankers, and PR's Quil Lawrence
“reports the Trump administration says ongoing attacks do not mean the ceasefire is over."”
SENTCOM posted video on social media showing the massive Iranian tankers as their smokestacks burst into flames from precision U.S. strikes. SENTCOM says the tankers were empty and approaching Iranian ports despite the U.S. blockade. For its part, Iran continues to effectively block all commerce through the Strait of Hormuz stopping oil gas and fertilizers shipping for a significant part of the globe.
This comes after Iran and U.S. forces traded attacks this week, but the White House maintains that a four-week-old ceasefire continues and therefore congressional approval is not needed for the war. Iranian negotiators haven't announced a reply to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war, and the demands of both sides still appear far apart.
SENTCOM says the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is 450-5
a gallon in California's 616. That's about 10 cents higher than Monday, even though oil prices have fallen, and PR's Camilla Dominozki reports. Global crude oil futures have been highly volatile since the start of the war. They spike up on any news that signals a drawn-out conflict and fall down on any hint
that a resolution may be nice.
“But traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, that crucial waterway for oil markets, has remained”
all but non-existent in recent days. The global oil market is facing a supply crisis that doesn't go away based on a social media post or a headline. Meanwhile, refinery outages in the Midwest pushed U.S. gasoline prices up even further. And warmer weather means the start of summer driving season when demand usually goes up.
Camilla Dominozki and PR news. The academic platform canvases back online after a date of breach during the height of college final exams, and PR's Rachel Treesman has the latest. Students and professors at thousands of universities lost access to their course materials, communications, and grades during the Canvas Outage on Thursday.
That prompted a number of schools, including the University of Illinois, Penn State, and UT San Antonio, to postpone some final exams, or cancel them all together. Many are now urging students to be extra vigilant about potential fishing attacks. Here's advice from Rachel Tobak, the CEO of Social Truth Security. You can lightly paranoid and make sure you use another method of communication to confirm
that message really is who they say they are. She also recommends that everyone use a password manager and turn on multi-factor authentication. Rachel Treesman and PR news. Wall Street finished the week in positive territory. The Dow gained 12 points closing at $49,699.
The NASDAQ closed to $26,247. The SNP added 61 closing at a record 7,398. It's NPR news. President Trump is giving the European Union a July 4th deadline to approve a trade deal, or he says the 27 member block will face higher tariffs.
The announcement appears to actually be an extension of Trump's earlier tariff announcement where he said European auto autos will face a 25% tariff this week. Many foods are being evaluated using international, recognized standards, but that wasn't
always the case for chocolates, main and ingredient cow cow until recently, Ari Daniel reports.
The standardized process of evaluating cacao took years to develop. It involves roasting the beans, separating out the shells, and then running the nibs through a mill. Sugar and cocoa butter are added before pouring the resulting chocolate into molds. Juliana Simonus helped develop the process for the cacao with excellence program created
by a non-profit in Rome. Harmonizing the way of talking about a food product, it's to see the differences, to let people appreciate it. Which helps persuade consumers to pay for higher quality chocolate, thereby benefiting farmers many of whom struggle economically for NPR news, I'm Ari Daniel.
Virginia's Democratic Attorney General Friday said he would appeal a state court ruling that struck down a voter approved constitutional and congressional redistricting plan. The plan would have given Democrats four more house seats in a 10-to-one majority. The appeal will be made to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court, the state court ruled that the procedure was invalid.
I'm Dan Ronin NPR News in Washington. On the latest episode of Sources and Methods, a week of whiplash in the Iran War, the U.S. escorting ships through the state of Hormuz, then just as quickly, not. Reminds me of the movie, Jaws.
“Remember their mayors said, "Hey, everything's great.”
Go back in the water." What it all means for the wider war and for gas prices. This week, on Sources and Methods, the National Security Podcast from NPR.
