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that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes,
“or face what it calls a "forceful response."”
It comes after U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately with mediators who said positive progress has been made to resolve the conflict, started by the U.S. and Israel in February, ship passes through the vital waterway as continuing to rebound, even after Iran attacked two commercial vessels last week that circumvented its routes, but traffic remains far below pre-war levels.
Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Keev, killing at least 21 civilians in the city and injuring many more, it comes after Ukraine launched long-range strikes on Russian oil facilities that have disrupted energy supplies and created long fuel lines in Russia as NPR's "Rajoraniki Kisus" explains. Vladimir Putin has acknowledged these strikes.
There are real problems in Russia now because of these strikes. Russia's defense ministry today said, "Yes, these overnight strikes that we experienced last night were in retaliation for the long-range strikes, and they said that they suggested that more were to come." NPR has joined a Keev's reporting.
“Louisiana's Republican attorney general has been indicted on 16 counts, including intimidation.”
The charges stemmed from letters she sent to New Orleans City officials, Mel Bridges with conversation, "W-W-N-O" explains. A grand jury in Orleans, Parrish, indicted the state's Republican attorney general, Liz Murrell, on eight counts of malfeasance in office, and eight counts of intimidation. The letters went to five Democratic City Council members, the mayor, the city attorney,
and a retired judge. The dispute began after the state legislature combined the Parrish's criminal and civil clerk offices. Murrell argued the Parrish's civil court clerk should take over, and she warned the city officials that she'd take legal action to remove them from office if they moved to fill
the seat. Murrell calls the indictment "retalliatory, mirrorless, and unconstitutional." Republican Governor Jeff Landry posted that he would quote "part in her as fast as the law allows." For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
The extreme daytime heat in much of the Eastern U.S. is likely to set records, but his empires Scott Newman reports experts say the warm night-time temperatures are also a health concern. Daytime highs are expected to reach into the 100s for parts of the mid-Atlantic through the end of the week.
Ashley Ward, director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University's Nicholas Institute, says climate change is not only bringing hotter days, but hotter nights too. And that's worrisome, she says. "We're not getting the opportunity for recovery overnight."
Roughly 35 million Americans do not have air conditioning installed in their homes, making
them more vulnerable to heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Scott Newman and PR News. Major stock indexes closed mixed today. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. More than 1 million immigrants have applied to legalize their status in Spain under a program
to integrate those living and working without authorization. The initiative started in April and closed at the end of June. It offered a one-year renewable residence permit to those with a clean criminal record who have lived in Spain for five months. The policy contrasts with deportation efforts and other parts of the EU and the US, most
applicants are from Central and South America. The Vatican says a small group of conservative Catholics who ordained bishops without official permission is in schism, and PR is adjacent to rose reports. The church is now excommunicated members of the group. The society of St. Pius, the 10th, is a traditionalist movement that opposes official teachings
on interfaith and ecumenical relations. It also promotes the Latin mass during a ceremony in Switzerland this week, a bishop affiliated with the group consecrated four men as new bishops without Vatican approval. Now, the church has issued a statement saying the decades long attempts to bring the society of St. Pius the 10th back into alignment with Catholic teaching have proved vain.
Because of that, the Vatican's office of theology has formally excommunicated both clergy and lady who are formal adherents of the group. Jason D'Rose and PR News The NHL's career goals scoring record holder, Alex Aveschkin is returning for a 22nd season after recigning with the Washington capitals, Aveschkin turns 41 in September.
He had said he was waiting until the off season to decide whether to retire. He broke Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals in 2025 and currently has 929. This is NPR.
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