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and Monday trading, following Wall Street's rally last week, but oil prices are going
“up again in part because of confusion over what is happening with the straight-of-four”
moves through which as much as 25% of the world's oil must travel. White House economic council chair Kevin Hassett, though, remains optimistic. "The reason oil prices have come down is that our excellent US Navy has been escorting ships out of the Gulf, but also we've taken a whole number of steps, including increasing production of the US waving the Jones Act so
that right now 100 million barrels of Gulf of America produced oil are now shipped into the
east of West Coast because we wave the Jones Act." Much of that US oil though must still be shipped overseas to be refined, Hassett was speaking on CNN's State of the Union. At least eight people are dead and several more wounded. We can dare attacks between Russia and Ukraine as NPR's Charles Mane's reports from Moscow. The casualties come as both sites have increased attacks on civilian infrastructure. For the past month, Ukraine is used long-range
drones to strike energy in commercial logistics centers in Russia, part of an attempt to bring the war home to Russians in a way Ukrainians have experienced for more than four years. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky says the campaign is successfully drained Russia of millions of dollars that could have otherwise put towards the war effort. Yet Russia's intensified its own attacks, taking advantage of Ukraine's dwindling air defenses with ballistic missile strikes,
“that includes in the Black Sea region where attacks have brought shipments of Ukraine's key export”
grain to a virtual standstill raising concerns of a global food shortage come winter. Charles Mane's MPR News, Moscow. And just in a Ukrainian drone attack in central Russia today killed 12 people. Water levels of the nation's largest reservoir have reached their lowest level ever. From member station KJZZ, Alex Hager tells us that Lake Mead hasn't been this slow, since it was filled some 90 years ago. The Hoover Dam strattles the Arizona Nevada border and
holds back water from the Colorado River to create the reservoir. It's water flows to big cities like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, plus a massive agriculture industry that puts produce on grocery shelves across the country. Climate change and drought have been cutting into those backup supplies for about 26 years and policymakers have struggled to respond with a plan that rains in demand. The federal government has been working on a deal with California, Arizona,
“and Nevada to cut back on the amount of water flowing to those states. It's part of an effort to”
leave water in Lake Mead and boost the dropping reservoir. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix. A 46-year-old man is facing 13 counts of reckless endangerment after a boat he was operating flipped over in New York Harbor Saturday night. Coast Guard officials say 12 people were rescued after the accident, but a 27-year-old mother and her five-month-old daughter were killed. Authorities are investigating whether that boat was chartered illegally.
You're listening to NPR News. Typhoon Dolphin arrived in Chanda's eastern shore as bringing high winds massive waves and heavy rainfall forecasters say as much as 16 inches of rain could fall before that storm
finally dissipates. Shanghai is in the path of Dolphin and the city's two major airports
cancelled more than 1,300 flights in anticipation of its arrival. Just after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more people sought long-term and permanent birth control options, but as NPR's Selena Simmons' Duffin reports, abortion restrictions don't seem to be influencing those decisions quite as much anymore. Dr. Katelyn Bernard is an OB-GYN in Indiana, which has had a strict abortion band for years.
She says right after the band took effect, her patients talked about it when considering birth control options. Now, nobody is really talking about abortion bands, nobody really is thinking about them, then other things that help you decide whether or not she's contraception are more top of mind. Things like health insurance coverage or potential side effects, Bernard says more than abortion restrictions, social media influencers,
disparaging hormonal birth control is something her patients are talking about these days. Selena Simmons Duffin and PR News. Astrid Tally is the new U.S. women's amateur golf champion after convincing Winsundae over Anna Ewanaga of Japan, Tally controlled the entire championship match opening with three straight birdies. Ewanaga won just one hole the entire match. Tally now is two U.S. G.A. titles. She won the U.S. women's amateur four ball in 2024.
I'm Dale Wilman and PR News. 50 years ago, Congress set out to protect coal miners from black lung disease. Today, it's back at rates not seen in half a century. These guys are being treated like disposable widgets, not human beings. On the Sunday story, why coal miners and Appalachia
are getting sicker faster. Listen now to the Sunday story from the up first podcast on the
