NEWSNATIONNOW (Laura Kelly) - Gulf countries press for end to Iran war with push for diplomacy
Gulf countries are pushing for an end to the war between the U.S., Israel and Iran, a rare moment of unity in a fight they tried to avoid. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, who rarely see first-hand conflict in the region, have all come under varying degrees of attack [...]
NPR (NPR Staff) - Four confirmed dead after U.S. military aircraft goes down in Iraq
The U.S. Central Command confirmed that at least four of six crew members on the KC-135 aircraft were dead, after the refueling plane went down in western Iraq on Thursday.
REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - Mr. 1st Amendment: Mamdani Claims He Fêted Hamas Sympathizer Because Suddenly Free Speech Is Important
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart and David Guttenfelder) - Trump Removes Sanctions on Russian Oil, and Chatbots Want Your Health Records
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AXIOS (Nathan Bomey) - Food inflation is back on the table as midterms loom
A potential new inflation headache is forming from the Strait of Hormuz to America's farm fields — threatening to ripple into food supply and grocery prices months from now. Why it matters: The Iran war could reignite the one form of inflation voters feel most directly — in the grocery aisle — just as midterm campaigns ramp up. The big picture: Not long after our last bout of food inflation — caused partly by the increase in commodity prices from the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war — we're staring straight in the face of a similar chain reaction. - The Strait of Hormuz — which has been effectively shut down due to disruption from the war — ferries about one-fifth of the world's oil and about 25%-35% of fertilizer…
NEWSNATIONNOW (Andrew Dorn) - ATM jackpotting suspect added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, also known as "Prometheus" and "The Engineer," is considered armed and dangerous.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Andrew Dorn) - Amazon drivers turned away from warehouse as tornado approached
Multiple Amazon delivery drivers say they were locked out of an Oklahoma warehouse during a tornado warning this week.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - Iran-linked hack on US company ‘not shocking,' security experts say
A pro-Iran hacking group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Stryker.
ABCNEWS - 4 dead after US refueling aircraft goes down in western Iraq
Four U.S. military members have been killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command.