Louise Schiavone

naval blockade was put in place Monday and one that did go through turned back.

At the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, research director Dana Stroll says the parties are at a point where everyone needs a closing deal.

Dana Stroll at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

A man who received a pardon from President Trump for assaulting police in the January 6th, 2021 Capitol riot has agreed to plead guilty to new charges of child sex abuse.

NPR's Tom Dreisbach reports.

Millions of people in the Midwest are under threat of tornadoes today after at least a dozen twisters reportedly touched down yesterday, striking Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Kansas.

Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.

On Wall Street, the Dow closed up 317 points.

The Nasdaq gained 455.

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Oil prices retreated today.

Brent crude fell more than 4% to roughly $94 a barrel, above the $70 a barrel price pre-war, but below a $119 peak.

Americans are getting bigger tax refunds due in large part to the signature tax law passed by Republicans last year.

But NPR's Stephen Passaha reports that so far...

Few Americans are noticing the bump.

The American Postal Workers Union is launching a TV ad campaign to promote voting by mail.

The 30-second union ad features voters who explain why they vote by mail and encourages voting by mail to be protected and expanded.

The ad will start airing this week in Ohio, where Union Army soldiers during the Civil War cast the first mail ballots in 1864.

The message from the 200,000-member postal union counters President Trump's stand on mail-in voting.

I'm Louise Schiavone and PR News.