NPR (Chandelis Duster) - Gas prices went up more than 30 cents a gallon last week. How high could they go?
U.S. gas prices were nearly $3 an average prior to the start of the war in Iran.
NYTIMES (Adam Nossiter) - Jack Thornell, Pulitzer Winning A.P. Photographer, Dies
He captured one of the most wrenching moments of the civil rights struggle: the agony of James Meredith after he was shot on a Mississippi highway.
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NYTIMES (Kate Zernike) - The Widow of the Firefighter Slain by a Would-Be Assassin Speaks Out
The conspiracy theories around the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt hurt Helen Comperatore, but in this age of distrust, partisanship and social media, she nurtures a conspiracy theory of her own.
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NYTIMES (Vivian Wang and Jiawei Wang) - How A.I. Is Transforming China’s Entertainment Industry
A.I.-generated microdramas have taken off. Celebrities have threatened legal action against the use of their likeness, while actors say jobs have dried up.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond) - Trump says U.S. will guide ships through Strait of Hormuz
He called the operation starting Monday a humanitarian gesture for nations “that have done absolutely nothing wrong” but whose crews have been stranded for weeks.
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Trump says U.S. Navy will escort ships out of the Strait of Hormuz from Monday
President Trump said the U.S. Navy will start escorting ships from foreign countries through the Strait of Hormuz from Monday and warned that if Iran tries to disrupt the process the American military will use force. Why it matters: This move that Trump called "Project Freedom" is the most significant step by his administration to try and reopen the key strait since Iran shut it down early in the war. - While Trump claims the move is "humanitarian," it is a clear U.S. challenge to Tehran's effort to control the strait . An Iranian military response could spark a confrontation or even an escalation back to war. What he's saying: Trump wrote on Truth Social that countries from around that are not involved in the war but have ships that…
ABCNEWS - 8 people arrested at protest during ICE arrest in Brooklyn, NYPD says
The suspect arrested by ICE allegedly overstayed his visa expiration, DHS said.
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NPR (Rob Stein) - Pellet found in Secret Service agent's vest links suspect to WHCD attack, Pirro says
The pellet "definitively" links the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, to the attack, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told CNN on Sunday.
NYTIMES (Rebecca Davis O’Brien) - E.E.O.C. Investigating Discrimination Claim at The New York Times
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently referred a reverse-discrimination complaint by an employee to the agency’s legal unit for review.
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NYTIMES (Alexandra E. Petri) - 3 Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship, W.H.O. Says
One case of the infection has been confirmed in a laboratory, and there are five additional suspected cases, the organization said on Sunday.