Louise Schiavone

At the start of trading today, oil prices rose sharply despite an OPEC Plus decision to increase production.

The spike comes in response to the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran.

Prior authorization is the process of getting approval from your insurance company for a test or treatment.

But one in three people insured are

Polled by health policy firm KFF say the process is a major burden in securing adequate health care.

Sarah Bowden reports.

At the box office this weekend, Scream 7 debuted with $64 million in ticket sales, a record in the history of the Scream movie franchise.

It was a bigger-than-expected take for Paramount, which entered the weekend with news of its acquisition of Warner Bros.

Discovery.

In second place, with $12 million, last weekend's winner, the animated Goat.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

Arab Gulf states are facing waves of missile and drone attacks from Iran.

It comes after the U.S.

and Israel launched deadly attacks across Iran that killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and top military and political leaders.

NPR's Aya Batraoui has details from Dubai.

At the same time, President Trump says that combat operations will continue in full force until all U.S.

objectives are achieved.

NPR's Franco Ordonez has the latest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is condemning yesterday's killing of Iran's supreme leader in airstrikes.