>> Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Skivoni.
The Labor Department is reporting wholesale inflation fell last month as price spikes associated
“with the war with Iran began to receive.”
The latest producer price index results suggest consumer inflation could begin to decrease in the coming months. NPR has got horsely looks at the details of a seesaw energy situation. >> Gasling prices came down a little bit in July as they did in June, but they are still way up compared to where they were before the war with Iran began.
Triple A puts the average price of regular gas today at $4.7 a gallon. It's actually been going up again in recent days. And prices could climb further in August unless there's some real progress to get oil moving more normally through the straight-of-war moves. >> NPR has got horsely.
In Iraq, a major Iran backed militia has handed its weapons over to the government, and P.R.'s
J.R.'s reports the move is part of an effort to disarm powerful paramilitary groups
before U.S. forces withdraw and September. >> The group, Assad Al-Lakh, was once one of the most powerful militias fighting U.S. forces in Iraq.
“It says it has not attacked U.S. targets since the Iran war began.”
Iraq's security spokesman, Lieutenant General Saad Man, says the group handed over drones, missiles, and other weapons to government security forces. He tells NPR, "It's an important step." >> I think the situation will be better. You know what you will have this opposition against the government against the world of
our society, our community." >> Several other groups that have been attacking U.S. targets are still refusing to disarm. J.N.R.F. and P.R. News, like that. >> The Department of Homeland Security is planning to equip officers from U.S. immigration and customs enforcement with gloves that can deliver electric shocks to people being
arrested. NPR's mega-anderson reports manufacturer compliant technology says the gloves are designed for de-escalation. >> Kenneth Corey, former New York City police officer, says U.S. Force is like a ladder. Each run gets more intense.
If someone charges at you with a knife, more force might be warranted. He says it's how an agency uses a new tool that matters most.
“>> You have to have strong policies that governments use, and then you have to make sure”
that your people are being held accountable. >> But ICE has faced intense scrutiny over its use of force, including multiple fatal shootings. Some immigrant advocates worry those guard rails won't happen at the agency.
In a statement, DHS told NPR that ICE is always assessing officer needs to ensure they have
the tools to safely make arrests. Meg Anderson and Perenuse. >> Record-breaking heavy rain has caused floods in paralyzed traffic and cheaper prefecture and eastern Japan, one person has died, hundreds of thousands have been told to move to higher ground.
Wall Street, the Dow is off 84 points. This is NPR. >> Hurricane Watch has been posted for the big island of Hawaii, currently Tropical Storm Lala, is roughly 700 miles east southeast of Hawaii with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles an hour.
The National Hurricane Center says the storm is expected to strengthen and that starting late tomorrow heavy rain, high winds, and dangerous surf could begin to appear on the Hawaii and Islands. New research from UC San Francisco reflects a change in how doctors care for low-risk prostate cancers in the veterans affairs health care system.
April's Emboski of Member Station KQED reports more physicians are taking an active surveillance approach instead of defaulting to invasive treatments. Historically, low-risk prostate cancers were treated aggressively with surgery and radiation. This often led to devastating side effects, like incontinence and erectile dysfunction. UCSF Urologist Matt Cooperberg says many of these men were over-diagnosed and overtreated.
>> Meaning men would go on to surgery radiation therapy, other treatments that they did not need, that did not extend their life, and only threatened their quality of life. >> But according to Cooperberg's research, the tide has shifted in the last 20 years, especially at the VA. Doctors have backed off over treatment.
Now 93% of low-risk prostate cancers are monitored with blood tests and checkups. For MPR News, I'm April Dimbaski in San Francisco. >> Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest today announced next year's event will be held
for the first time in Bulgaria.
I'm Louise Givoni, and P.R News. It makes a perfect cover song, one that's so good, it completelyoclipses the original. On the latest all songs considered from MPR News, we make a case for the greatest of all time. That is what I want out of a great cover, something that picks up the thing that was in the
song, but that was not made explicit. Check out new episodes of all songs considered in the MPR News podcast every Tuesday.
