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The U.S. has launched a series of strikes against Iran after three merchant ships were
“struck in the Strait of Hormuz and the Trump administration reversed a decision today that”
allowed Iran to produce, sell and deliver crude oil for two months, and PR's Jackie Northam has more. Last month, the Trump administration swept aside long-standing sanctions on Iran oil as part of an interim peace agreement. It was one of the sweetness the U.S. offered in a bid to get Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
The waivers allowed Iran to sell crude and other petroleum products on the open market,
potentially pulling in between $8 and $10 billion in sales for the regime while the agreement
was in place. The waiver was due to expire mid-August but could have been extended by mutual consent. But after Iranian attacks on ships, the U.S. cancelled the sanction waivers and started launching strikes in retaliation for the attacks on the commercial vessels. Jackie Northam and PR news states are seeking up to $1.4 trillion from meta over claims
the company designed Facebook and Instagram to add to a "dict young users" as NPR's Bobby Allen reports that's nearly equal to the entire value of the tech giant.
“Meta revealed the number in a new court filing tied to an upcoming trial slated for August”
and Oakland. In the filing meta says the estimated damages are grossly exaggerated and have no basis in law. The case centers on claims that meta violated child safety laws and misled consumers about the addictive nature of Facebook and Instagram.
The maximum possible damages estimated by states is nearly the same as Meta's $1.5 trillion valuation. But states must first win the trial and if they prevail, damages will be determined by the court. The case this fall in Oakland follows two major courtroom losses for Meta, in Los Angeles and New Mexico, where a jury awarded the state $375 million after finding the company
knowingly harmed children's mental health, Bobby Allen and PR news. Far right, French leader Marine Le Pen, says she'll run for president next year and legally challenge her investment conviction and PR's owner Beardsley reports a French appeals court is cleared the way, but is requiring her to wear an electronic monitor. Most people expected a clearer decision, if the lower court verdict was fully upheld,
Le Pen was to be barred from politics for five years, but the court gave her a suspended sentence and one year with an electronic bracelet. If she'd been declared in eligible her national rally party's number two, Jordan Bardello was to be the candidate for president. The 30-year-old politician is very popular, especially with young people, others call him
an empty suit who lacks experience. Le Pen is a shrewd politician with decades of experience, but a guilty verdict on her head.
The National Rally now faces a difficult choice at a time when it's never been so popular
and has a real chance at the presidency. Eleanor Beardsley and PR News Paris. U.S. stock indexes closed down today. This is NPR News. Colombia's president-elect Abelardo de la Espriaia has suspended the transition process
without going President Gustavo Petro, he accuses Petro of planning a coup to stay in power after Petro refused to recognize the country's election results. Petro alleged fraud in the June 21st runoff election without providing evidence. De la Espriaia has been endorsed by President Trump. In the past decade and a half, the blue crab population on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay has
been falling, while the average age of a crabber has been rising. The PR's prank length had met with some young crabbers to see the future of the industry. Jack Tony is 23, he's been crabbing commercially for nearly a decade. "I'm not seeing many juvenile crabs, or as many as I'd like to see, so the crab population might not be great in the future."
To maximize profits and high overhead business, Tony sells directly to customers through Facebook. His colleague, Luke McFadden, 30, has become a social media star, explaining crabbing to an audience of more than 3,000, some fans drive for hours to meet him at his crab stand. "It's real life storytelling that is playing out in real time, it's crazy to me that all
these people watch and people will come from wherever."
“As McFadden says, "To make it as a crabber these days, you have to adapt.”
Franklin McFadden pure news, Len Bernie Maryland." Government data shows that US Airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May, an 84% increase from last year. That's even though consumption was slightly lower from a year earlier, fuel prices have ease since a US Iran ceasefire but tensions remain.
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