Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Today was the last day of Iatola Ali Hamanese funeral, which started a week ago and
span five cities.
“This comes as the U.S. and Iran traded fire for a second day.”
Empires Hadeel Al-Shalci has more. Earlier in the day, Iranian state media showed huge crowds swarming the truck carrying the casket of Ayatola Ali Hamanese, and four of his killed family members as it made its way through his birthplace, Meshat. People wearing black spilled into the streets to perform the ritual Islamic funeral prayers
facing the casket, draped in the Iranian flag. Iranian state media reported that army fighter jets were flying over the skies of Meshat to secure them for the last day of the funeral. On Wednesday, U.S. sent comm said it struck Iranian military installations in retaliation for Iranian strikes on ships in the state of Hormuz.
Iran responded by targeting U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. The main Democratic Party says it's working on a plan to replace Graham Platner as the U.S. sent it nominee. Platner announced he's suspending his campaign after he was accused of sexual assault by a former romantic partner.
He denies the allegation. Empires Hadeel Miller has more.
“While Platner has not officially withdrawn himself from the race, the main Democratic Party”
released a statement saying it will host a new nominating convention to select his replacement. The statement emphasized the process would include Platner supporters and draw from the grassroots movement his campaign. Built. State Party leadership knows without that support.
The chances of beating Republican incumbent Susan Collins becomes much harder.
The main Senate race is a critical seat Democrats are looking to flip in November if they
have any chance of taking control of the chamber. The party has less than three weeks to register a new nominee with the main secretary of state. Page Miller and PR news. Gas prices are taking up again.
They've been fluctuating for months because of the war in Iran. As Empires Joe Hernandez reports, it's made filling up the tank on predictable for drivers.
“The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.85 on Thursday, according to”
AAA. But that numbers surpassed $4.50 in May and was as low as $2.79 in January. The organization found personal finance experts say the seesaw of gas prices can be an added stress on consumers trying to budget for fuel. It's also changing how they buy.
Data from the cashback app, upside found that when gas prices rose in early March, drivers visited gas stations more often and bought less fuel each time. To stay ahead of price swings, experts say consumers can bank on higher costs and use apps to shop around for the best deal. Joe Hernandez and PR news.
And you're listening to NPR news from Washington. Diving seabirds are the inspiration for a new kind of robot. When they can fly in the air, swim in the water and transition between the two. And here's Ari Daniel has more. The robot's central body houses the motor, battery, and electronics.
The wings are made from a flexible nylon fabric. The wingspan's not quite three feet and the whole package weighs about half a pound. To leave the water, the robot must flap its wings ten times a second. Rafael Zufre is a mechanical engineer at MIT. We need to lift the robot out and there require a huge amount of thrust.
Zufre is excited by the possible applications of such a robot, including monitoring harmful algal blooms and coastal erosion. In a video filmed at Lake Geneva, you can see the robot burst out of the water and into the air in less than a second. It sounds a lot like a bird taking flight.
Ari Daniel and PR news.
African countries are getting $900 million in new funding from the International Energy Agency
to expand access to clean cooking. The IEA's money built on the $2.2 billion secured at the African Clean Cooking Summit in Paris brings the total commitments to over $3.1 billion. Nearly a billion African still rely on polluting cooking fuels like charcoal and firewood, which contribute to around $850,000 premature deaths every year.
Agency is working with the African Union to secure clean cooking policies and launch new program to improve global supply chains for cleaner cooking fuels. I'm Janine Herbst and PR News in Washington. President Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is over. This week on Consider this, a former high-ranking U.S. diplomat shares his thoughts on
what could happen next. The rulers and Tehran clearly believe they have a stronger will than the United States. I don't think there are any good options. That's this week on Consider This. You can get the full story behind the headlines every afternoon, listen on the NPR app or
