Janine Hurst

The 53-year-old rights activist and champion of women's rights was awarded the Nobel in 2023 while in prison, and she's been jailed repeatedly throughout her career.

Her current prison term started when she was arrested in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad.

In a world where you can gamble on almost anything, some like to bet on the time ice will break on an Alaskan river.

Scientists are paying attention, too.

As Shelby Herbert reports, the guessing game provides an important climate data point.

U.S.

futures contracts are trading lower at this hour.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

President Trump today called the Iranian response to the latest U.S.

proposal to end the war in the Mideast totally unacceptable without giving details.

Earlier, Iran responded to the U.S.

proposal via Pakistan, which is mediating.

It's not clear what Tehran thought of the U.S.

plan, though.

MPR's Deepa Shivaram reports the war is largely unpopular in the U.S.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram reporting.

As gas prices rise amid the war in Iran, they're now at $4.52 a gallon on average nationwide today, according to AAA.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the administration is considering temporarily suspending the federal gas tax to help struggling Americans.

Speaking there on NBC's Meet the Press, but he says he can't make predictions about gas or oil prices.