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The U.S. war with Iran has pushed inflation to its highest level in nearly three years.
“NPR Scott Horsley tells us more about the latest cost of living report from the labor”
department.
Consumer prices in April were up 3.8 percent from a year ago.
That's the biggest annual increase since May of 2023. This is jumped 6-10 percent in the last month alone, higher energy prices triggered by the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, accounted for about 40 percent of that overall monthly increase. Gasoline prices have jumped about a buck and a half since the war began, and diesel prices
are even higher. That's also starting to show up in the price of other goods and services. The price of plain tickets, for example, is up more than 20 percent from a year ago. As airlines struggle with soaring jet fuel prices, higher trucking costs may have also contributed to a sharp monthly jump in grocery prices.
Scott Horsley and PR News, Washington. President Trump said to leave shortly for our state visit to China.
“He's expected to urge President Xi Jinping to persuade Iran to agree to U.S. conditions”
for ending a war the U.S. and Israel initiated in late February.
Iran and China are close allies and trading partners. As Trump seeks Chinese support, he is bringing along corporate executives representing more than a dozen companies from Tesla to Meta that have major business interests in China. The include Apple's outgoing CEO Tim Cook, his NPR Stone Roo at reports Cook's being replaced by an executive who led hardware engineering teams for nearly all of Apple's best-known
product. Apple said the company faced supply chain constraints for its iPhone and Mac businesses. Unprecedented investment and artificial intelligence has pushed demand for memory chips through the roof. That's caused memory chip prices to sore, and Cook said he doesn't see the supply crunch
easing. He expects significantly higher memory costs, which will impact Apple's business.
Still executives projected confidence, John Turnes, who takes over from Cook as CEO
in September, said the company has an exciting road map ahead. NPR Stone Roo at the WHA reports 11 cases of the road and borne illness, hunt a virus, in connection with an outbreak on a cruise ship, the U.S. is among the countries, contact tracing, and quarantine and group of passengers from that ship. Your NPR's Gabriella Manuel.
Well, hunt a virus can cause very serious illness. The risk to the public at large is extremely low. Among the biggest reasons, hunt a virus does not spread from one person to another that easily. Scott Weaver is with the University of Texas Medical Branch.
So if a person becomes infected with this hunt a virus, and their no control measures in place, they're going to transmit on average to two other people. Compare that with COVID, where he says an infected person can now pass it on to more than ten people. And for measles, 15 other people get infected from one case on average.
Gabriella Manuel and PR News. It's NPR News. Against the backdrop of a war is really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition is expected to collapse next week after one of his
“key ultra-orthodox coalition partners called to dissolve parliament.”
Israeli media report that new national elections would likely be called for early September Netanyahu told ultra-orthodox political leaders in Israel that he would not advance legislation they sought to exempt ultra-orthodox Israelis from military service that, again, according to Israeli media, Netanyahu is seeking a new term. Last night, late-night host Stephen Colbert invited four fellow late-night TV host to one
of his final shows before it goes off the air May 21st, and PR's Mandalita el-Badical reports of cancellations per conversation and jokes. Joining Stephen Colbert were John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and the two Jimmy's, Kimmel and Fallon. They called themselves Strike Force 5.
Also the name of the podcast they hosted during the Hollywood writer's strike. Here's Colbert. Late night is in a bit of a weird spot right now, spoiler alert. CBS paramount plus canceled Colbert show citing financial reasons. Though many fans say it was retribution for Colbert's skewering president Trump, Kimmel
said fans should be outraged by the ending of the late show. Prior now, set Strike Force 5 will reunite on Wednesday for an emergency podcast, Mandalita el-Badical and PR news. It's NPR. New shows, new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time
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