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NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Trump says he's calling off the action to see if an agreement with Iran can be reached.

Americans are paying an average of $4.48 a gallon for regular gas today.

In California, it's $6.13.

That's up about 50% since the war with Iran began.

President Trump has claimed gas prices will come crashing down after the war.

But as Martha Gimbel, the executive director of the Yale Budget Lab, explains, even if the conflict ends soon, it'll take a long time for gas prices to go down.

Martha Gimbel from the Yale Budget Lab.

A grand jury has handed up an indictment against the man accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

31-year-old Cole Allen faces four counts, as NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.

Wealthy biotech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has won the Ohio Republican primary for governor.

According to a race call by the Associated Press, Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, a former state health commissioner, will face Ramaswamy in the general election tomorrow.

A Democrat hasn't been elected governor of Ohio in 20 years, but this year's race does look competitive.

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President Trump is reviving the Presidential Physical Fitness Award as he reintroduces a competitive physical fitness test in America's schools.

The award is part of Trump's revamped presidential fitness test, which had been a public school fixture for decades but was phased out under President Barack Obama.

The earlier exam tested children on exercises including a one-mile run and sit-ups.

Those scoring above the 85th percentile received the presidential award.

Crypto exchange Coinbase is the latest company to announce layoffs that were driven in part by advances made by AI.

NPR's Raphael Nam reports.

A lone coyote stunned biologists and others by swimming to Alcatraz Island earlier this year.