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How did the U.S. military action in Venezuela affect oil markets and gasoline prices?
Live from MPR News, in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. US military action in Venezuela pushed U.S. stock sharply higher on Monday, although the market was relatively subdued. Details from MPR Scott Horsley.
The US military's capture of Venezuela's president and his wife over the weekend had little effect on global oil prices. Venezuela has large oil reserves, but its oil output has dropped sharply after years of neglect. While President Trump wants U.S. oil companies to revitalize the Venezuelan industry, the cost and time commitment necessary would be sizable. Retail gasoline prices in the US continue to fall.
What steps are airlines taking for Americans stranded after the Venezuela operation?
Triple A says the average price of regular gas is now two dollars eighty one cents a gallon. That's down about a penny from a week ago at about twenty five cents less than this time last year. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington.
Trump administration officials say the U.S. will run Venezuela until it completes an orderly transition of power. White House. Депуті чіфоставен Мiller says the US is in de facto control. Although he says Venezuela is cooperating with the US. A US man on flights from the Eastern Caribbean ended at midnight Sunday, but thousands of American travelers remained stranded.
Why are Somali‑American daycares in Ohio facing harassment and security threats?
US carriers are added flights to accommodate Americans who couldn't get flights home. During the US operation to capture Nicholas Maduro Delta Airlines says it's already added twenty six hundred seats through extra flights and that it is working to accommodate all customers by today. Conservative activists have harassed Somali American owned daycare centers in Ohio following allegations of fraud in Minnesota. But WOSU's George Shilcock reports that one new daycare center that hasn't opened yet. Was forced to call police and boosts its security.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says the state regularly audits child care centers and that these daycares are required to have a security plan to prevent adults from just walking in. That's what happened to 161 Childcare. Director Hamda Muhammad says she had to call police twice on intruders alleging fraud.
What is the latest update on the Capitol riot’s legal and commemorative aftermath?
A person hacked the center's voicemail greeting, which now says hateful things about Muslims.
I do know every community has problems and like there is bad people in every community but not you don't have to target a whole community for this. With um the way daycares work, we get audited. We have unannounced inspections.
One sixty-one childcare now has no trespassing signs and cameras. Not how Muhammad says she pictured her first day in business. For NPR News, I'm George Shilcock in Columbus.
It was five years ago today that a mob stormed the US Capitol to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's twenty twenty election victory. Five people died as a result of their injuries from the attack.
How is a new H3N2 flu strain driving a surge in cases across the U.S.?
Roughly fifteen hundred people charged in the riot received partial or full pardons after President Trump returned to office last year. A plaque honoring police who defended the capital has never been unveiled. This is NPR. Medical professionals across the US are reporting a surge in flu cases over the holidays, mostly From a new strain of the virus called H three N two. Around forty five states are reporting high flu activity. During the Christmas holiday season, that's up from thirty states before the holiday. The C D C data was released as the Trump administration announced it would no longer recommend flu shots and other vaccines for children. Of all ages.
What are the allegations in the first lawsuit over the Philadelphia nursing‑home explosion?
The operator of a Philadelphia nursing home and a utility are facing allegations of negligence following a deadly explosion at the home two weeks ago. NPR's Giles Snyder reports on what is believed to be the first lawsuit over the blast.
The lawsuit has been filed in Philadelphia Common Please Court on behalf of four survivors of the explosion, two workers at the home, a resident and a contractor. The lawsuit claims that a suspected gas leak had been festering for days, and that the defendants were aware of it, but failed to evacuate the building and fix it. Authorities have said a utility crew was responding to reports of a gas odor when the explosion happened.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How did the U.S. military action in Venezuela affect oil markets and gasoline prices?
0:01–0:39
2
What steps are airlines taking for Americans stranded after the Venezuela operation?
0:39–1:15
3
Why are Somali‑American daycares in Ohio facing harassment and security threats?
1:15–2:08
4
What is the latest update on the Capitol riot’s legal and commemorative aftermath?
2:08–2:45
5
How is a new H3N2 flu strain driving a surge in cases across the U.S.?
2:45–3:27
6
What are the allegations in the first lawsuit over the Philadelphia nursing‑home explosion?
3:27–4:38