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Hundreds of people are heading to Cuba this weekend, delivering some 20 tons of humanitarian aid.
The country has been on the verge of collapsing since President Trump imposed an energy embargo on Cuba in January.
A small group of activists arrived in Havana on Wednesday, taking supplies to hospitals.
Cuban doctors working abroad are a major source of money for the Cuban government, but more than half a dozen countries have started sending those doctors home or phasing out the arrangement.
As NPR's Gabriela Emanuel reports, this comes as a result of U.S.
CBS News is shutting down its radio news service.
The familiar sound of their hourly newscast has been heard across the country for 99 years.
Edward R. Murrow offered reports for CBS documenting the Blitz of London during World War II, often broadcasting from a rooftop while bombs could be heard in the background.
The storage service will end its broadcasts in May.
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
military is deploying three more warships to Iran along with another 2,500 Marines.
The moves come as Iran continues its attacks on Israel as well as a number of energy sites in neighboring Gulf states.
Oil prices continue to climb this week as Iran has also blocked most oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
But President Trump said Friday that Iran will not be able to maintain that stranglehold for very long and the economy will return to normal.
Georgia is the first state to suspend its gas tax in response to the war in Iran.