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President Trump says he will quote "never apologize for the war in Iran and that Americans
“should accept higher prices for gasoline," NPR's Emily Fang reports.”
"Speaking at a rally for law enforcement on Long Island, Trump told attendees that he "quote did the right thing starting the war. Trump has redouble his defense of the war, even as efforts to negotiate a new ceasefire agreement with Iran have stalled. Iranian officials say they will not negotiate with the U.S. into the end of Trump's
term." Meanwhile, about 5,000 American soldiers have been serving for more than 250 days aboard the warship the U.S. as Abraham Lincoln. Their families have raised concerns of their worsening, sanitary, food and mental health conditions.
But when asked by a reporter if the sailors had been on board for too long, Trump replied, "No, no, no, no, not nearly long enough." Emily Fang and Pernus Washington. Luigi Manjiani has pled guilty in New York to federal stocking charges in connection with the December 2024 shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Manjiani said he made a gun on a 3D printer traveled to New York and posed as an investor to get information about the health care event that Thompson was attending. In the audience was Thompson's widow Paul Vett, who wiped away tears from her eyes during the proceedings. NPR's Brian Man was at the courthouse with a guilty plea was entered and reports on what
the Thompson family said. Thompson who led United Healthcare, he was a husband, he was a father of two. His family should have statement saying today's guilty plea, and I'm quoting here, "Marks
“an important step toward justice for Brian and our family," they added, "that nothing”
will ease the pain of losing him." Satton Singh is set for December the 18th Prosecutors' plan to ask for life and prison. Manjiani still faces New York State murder charges there. Federal regulators have opened an investigation into the so-called "Mention Markets." It's a type of prediction betting that allows people to wage her on word spoken by the
president, executive sportscasters and others during live and pre-recorded events, NPR's Bobby Allen reports, "Mention Markets have surged in popularity on sites like calcium polymarket despite critics who say the markets are easy to rig. Now the commodity futures trading commission has opened a review of this type of betting, as regulators determine if the markets are susceptible to manipulation.
That's according to two sources with direct knowledge of the probe who are not authorized to speak publicly. In response, calcium has removed all mentioned markets for sports, where people were able to bet on whether a sportscaster would say things like NVP or jumpshot or overtime. The new review follows the revelation that President Trump's teleprompter operator had
been profiting off the president's words on calcium, Bobby Allen and PR news. The doubt was done 107 points Friday, the Nasdaq drop 73, the S&P lost 13, this is NPR.
Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time,
NPR's Joel Rose tells us the U.S. its forcing drivers to slow down and some don't seem to like it. Speed cameras have sprung up in hundreds of school zones across Florida. The program's backers say the goal is to make the streets safer for kids. But Ted Hollander, a lawyer at the ticket clinic, is not convinced.
We believe this is a money grab and they just are not interested in the safety issue. They're just pretending that they are, but in reality they just want to get the $100. Florida recently joined the growing list of states that allow speed cameras, along with California, Minnesota and Hawaii. They're now legal in more than 2,000 states and the district of Columbia.
No one likes getting a speeding ticket, but safety advocates say there is clear evidence that these cameras work to make streets safer by forcing drivers to slow down. Joel Rose and PR news. Air traffic controllers at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport haveverted a potential crash today, keeping two American Airlines flights which ironically had identical flight
numbers apart from each other. The two planes were identified as American 2482, one plane was inbound from Chicago. The other was taking off from Phoenix. If both planes assumed controllers were giving them instructions to fly at the same altitude, as they were converging towards each other, they might have collided.
Controllers noted the discrepancy and managed to speak to each crew separately, keeping them far enough apart.
One controller says during his career, he's never seen two planes with the same identical
call sign this close, the FAA is investigating this is NPR. Support this week on Consider This, stories about the Trump administration. Here how a former Olympian was targeted by the Justice Department over damage to the reflecting bull.
“Plus inside Trump's secret decoy flight out of Turkey that left press and cabinet officials”
on Air Force 1 without him. Listen for those stories and more of the week's biggest news.
