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Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on the U.S.-Iran conflict?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. More than two weeks after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, the Trump administration is offering assurances that spiking gas prices will be short-lived, and so will the war. The price at the pump is up about 78 cents a gallon compared to a month ago, says AAA. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
During the war, Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for the world's oil and economy.
Chapter 2: How are gas prices affected by the ongoing war?
But Energy Secretary Chris Wright told ABC News the war will, quote, certainly end soon. The conflict will come to the end in the next few weeks, and we'll see a rebound in supplies and a pushing down of prices after that. On Saturday, President Trump said other countries would help to reopen the strait. Wright did not say which countries would assist the U.S. or when.
The energy secretary then argued the war will ultimately make gas cheaper. This is short-term pain to get through to a much better place where the Middle East can no longer be held hostage by the one rogue nation in Iran. But Wright also said, quote, there's no guarantees in wars. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
The Pentagon has identified the six American service members who died last week when their refueling plane crashed in Iraq. NPR's Joe Hernandez reports. Three airmen who died were part of the 99th Air Refueling Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, 33-year-old John Klinner, 31-year-old Ariana Savino, and 34-year-old Ashley Pruitt.
The three others, who had been assigned to the Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, were 38-year-old Seth Koval, 30-year-old Curtis Angst, and 28-year-old Tyler Simmons. The Defense Department says it was neither hostile nor friendly fire and that the incident is under investigation. An Iranian proxy group has claimed responsibility. Of the 13 U.S.
service members who've died during the war with Iran, seven have been killed by enemy fire. Eight others have been severely injured. Joe Hernandez, NPR News. A large late winter storm system is hitting the central U.S. today. And as NPR's Matt Bloom reports, it's bringing blizzard conditions.
The National Weather Service says heavy and blowing snow and freezing cold will disrupt travel for millions across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region through late Monday. Gusty winds are bringing elevated fire risk to the southern plains. In farther southeast, harsh winds and severe weather could extend through the Ohio and Tennessee valleys and deep south.
The storm is the latest part of a busy mid-March weather pattern for the U.S. An unusually early heat wave is settling over the southwest, bringing highs 10 to 20 degrees above normal through the week. And in Hawaii, tens of thousands of residents remain without power after torrential rainfall hit the island chain. Matt Bloom, NPR News. This is NPR News.
A federal judge is ordering the Kennedy Center to allow a Democratic congresswoman to participate in a board meeting Monday to discuss the planned closure of the Washington, D.C. venue for two years of renovations. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports.
Joyce Beattie says she takes the responsibility to serve on the board seriously and that she intends to make it clear in the meeting that, quote, no president has the authority to unilaterally rename or demolish the Kennedy Center. A Kennedy Center representative says they'll abide by the court's ruling and that Beattie was invited to the meeting despite her claims in court.
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