Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyan.
Stocks open higher this morning after a big cell-off yesterday, NPR has got horsly reports
“the Dow Jones industrial average rose about 340 points in early trading.”
Investors will be keeping a close eye on the bond market today. The yield on long-term government bonds rebounded Thursday, despite an effort by the Treasury Department to push those bond yields down. Fund holders have been demanding a bigger payback in return for lending the government money.
They're concerned about the size of the federal debt, which reached $40 trillion this week, as well as stubborn inflation. Gasoline prices typically fall, as summer draws to a close, but AAA says this could be the most expensive August ever at the gas pump. The average price of regular gas is just under $411 a gallon, topping the previous high set
back in 2022. It's got horsly impure news. Washington. Federal agents have seized the home of former California Democratic Congressman Eriks
“Wallwell, and taken his electronic devices.”
The searches are part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, NPR's Ryan Lucas reports. Federal agents stop swall well at San Francisco Airport on Saturday, with the search warrant and seized his electronic devices. A day later, agents searched the former Congressman's home in Washington, D.C., that's
according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. The probe is focused on the sexual misconduct allegations that multiple women have made against swall well, allegations that he denies. After those allegations came to light in April, swall well resigned from Congress and dropped
out of the California governor's race. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The former Congressman is also facing investigations by state authorities in California and New York. Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington.
“The FBI says it's stopped a plot by a woman who was planning to settle off a bomb at the”
New York State Capitol. Samuel King, with New York Public News Network, says the suspect appeared in Federal Court yesterday. Federal prosecutors alleged she pledged allegiance to ISIS. Federal enforcement agents say Jessica Bowie had a gun and a dummy explosive device with her Wednesday as she met with informants, who she thought were helping her carry out
her plan to destroy as much of the Capitol as possible, and, quote, "kill all the senators."
First assisted U.S. attorney John Sarkone says he arrested serve as a warning to other
would-be terrorists. "We are vigilant, we are prepared, and just as we stop this defendant, we will continue to disrupt plots and protect the American people." The arrest comes just weeks before the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the FBI says they've stopped more than 400 individuals from carrying out alleged attacks here at home
and abroad. For MPR News, I'm Samuel King and Albany. You're listening to NPR News. The world's oldest living person is celebrating her 117th birthday today. Ethel Katerom from England got the title after the death last year of a 116-year-old Brazilian
non, and Piora's Fatima Al-Qasab has more. Ethel Katerom was born in 1909 and has lived through the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, and two-world wars. She's the last surviving subject of King Ed with the 7th. Farah 116th birthday last year, she got a visit from his great-great-grandson, King Charles.
According to Guinness World Records, she's also one of the oldest people to survive COVID after contracting it in 2020. She's celebrating with family and friends at a nursing home in Surrey outside London and says she's looking forward to what next year might bring, Fatima Al-Qasab MPR News London. Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay the equivalent
of $13 million to the publisher of Britain's Daily Mail.
The order follows an unsuccessful invasion of privacy case against the publisher. Justice Matthew Nicklin says the payment is due by August 28th. The group lost its case in London last month, when it alleged illegal phone hacking. The publisher had denied the claims, and the court found there was a lack of evidence to prove the plaintiff's case.
The judgment comes as Harry and his family planned to move back to the UK. The Prince's legal battles have helped to strain his relationships with his family and with the media. I'm Linda Kenyan, MPR News in Washington This week on the MPR Politics Podcast, the Trump Administration is taking credit for a major drop in violent crime, murder, robbery, assault,
all-down in big cities and small towns. We're going to dig into the numbers and unpack whether this is really as simple as the President claims it is on the MPR Politics Podcast. Listen on the MPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
