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NPR's Ryan Lucas reports on the FBI arrest of the defendant this week in North Carolina.

The Masters golf tournament is heading into Friday's second round with Sam Burns and Rory McIlroy sharing the lead.

Both players shot a first round 67 Thursday.

And for McIlroy, the defending champion, it was his best start at the Masters in 15 years.

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White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says talks with Iran are progressing, saying Monday that what Tehran says publicly differs from what it tells U.S.

officials in private.

Levitt says President Trump wants to reach a deal with Iran before the April 6th deadline he set last week after extending an earlier deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.

On social media Monday, Trump again threatened Iranian power plants, oil wells, and the oil-rich Karg Island if the Strait is not opened immediately.

With President Trump repeating his threats against Iranian power plants and oil facilities, authorities in Dubai say a fully loaded oil tanker was hit by an apparent Iranian drone strike Monday, sparking a fire.

Authorities say the fire is under control and no injuries have been reported.

The U.S.

war with Iran continues to rattle global energy markets.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports that crude oil prices have resumed their upward climb.

The countdown clock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is taking down towards a potential launch of the Artemis II mission tomorrow evening.

sending a crew of four on a mission around the moon and back.

Central Florida Public Media's Brendan Byrne reports.

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Authorities in Texas say they're working to understand what led a 15-year-old student to shoot a teacher and then fatally shoot himself.