Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
The Trump administration says today is economic D-Day against Iran, as the U.S. prepares
to announce new sanctions.
“Washington is threatening economic pressure to force Iran back into negotiations over”
the state of Hormuz. Middle East oil exporters are racing to build pipelines to bypass the state where shipping has stalled since the beginning of the Iran war, and PR's Jain Iraq has more. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Pessent says the state of Hormuz will become irrelevant, in the next two years as new pipelines are built, but that's not how energy analysts see it.
The relevant is way too strong and overstated. That's Robert McNally, a former energy advisor in President George W. Bush's administration. He and others say it will take several years for the biggest project since Saudi Arabia and Iraq to be finished, and that pipelines will still be in firing range of Iran.
And they say pipelines won't solve the problem of transporting liquid natural gas, or shipping
commodities such as fertilizer, where disruptions have already led to higher global food prices. Jain Iraq and PR News, among Canada is threatening retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports. As after President Trump imposed 50% levies on some Canadian goods. A fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, is uncontained. More than 40,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and shelters are filling up quickly.
Washow County official Chris Kiarlo says residents are very worried. They're concerned about when they can get back to their house, and they're coming here really with not much. They're feeling what any human would feel, and it's the anxiety. It's the worry.
It's the fear. It's the stress. It's the unknown. And it's not known yet how many homes have been destroyed. The hawk fire started on Saturday and spread into areas of a national forest.
Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected over the big island of Hawaii today. With Islanders barely recovering from Hurricane Lala, tropical storm moke has been downgraded to a tropical depression, but as Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman reports, some areas could get more than a foot of rain. Tropical depression moke is forecast to move past Hawaii today, staying about 300 miles
south of the island chain, but some of its rain is lingering. Moke has been an unpredictable storm, and emergency workers are still being cautious in their response. Hawaiian Electric says their crews worked through the weekend on Hawaii Island, restoring power to nearly 4,000 customers by late yesterday afternoon.
Nearly 6,000 remain without electricity, and the utility warns that the impacts of moke may delay remaining repairs. For NPR News, I'm Bill Dorman in Honolulu. This is NPR News from Washington. Crowds are expected to return to a Massachusetts courthouse today for the trial of a woman
who killed her three children in 2023. Hansi Clancy's attorneys argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis. Deborah Becker from Member Station W. B. U. R. reports the case is drawing attention to postpartum mental health care. Clancy supporters have been lining up to get into the courtroom, Renee Kimble organized
a rally in support of Clancy last week. She's concerned that Clancy repeatedly tried to get postpartum mental health help before the children were killed.
“Honestly, I think that she should not be in trial right now.”
I think that the systems of mental health care should be. Prosecutors say Clancy was in her right mind at the time. Closing statements are expected later this week, then the case goes to the jury. For NPR News, I'm Deborah Becker in Boston. Thousands of people in Gary, Indiana, have been without electricity for almost two weeks after
severe storms there. People are looking to shelters for food and other help. People's in Gary have been closed, but most students are expected to return to classes today with power restored to most school buildings. The local power company NIPSCO is under scrutiny for its lower sponsor and its race concerns
about systemic inequity. Gary is nearly 80% black. A fishing boat captain in Massachusetts has caught what's believed to be the largest Atlantic blue Marlin ever caught off the east coast. It's more than 11 feet in length and weight over 1,200 pounds.
They've fought and struggled with the fish for three hours. I'm Christian Wright NPR News from Washington.
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