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President Trump says for the last two days, the U.S.

and Iran have held good and productive conversations about ending the war in the Middle East.

Writing online last hour, Trump says the U.S.

will stop any planned attack on Iranian power plants for a five-day period.

He says that's based on the success of ongoing discussions.

Over the weekend, Trump had threatened Iran he'd said the U.S.

would bomb all of Iran's power plants if it didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The near closure has forced oil and gas costs to skyrocket.

Like oil and gas, the cost of fertilizer has spiked since the start of the war with Iran.

From member station KCUR, Frank Morris reports.

There was a deadly collision on the runway of a New York airport late last night.

The pilots of an Air Canada jet had just landed when they collided with a fire truck on a runway at LaGuardia.

Several people remain hospitalized.

This is day 37 of the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

It's unclear when the Senate might strike a deal to end it and end long security lines at airports.

NPR's Claudia Grisales reports.