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What did President Trump announce about a national address and actions against Iran?
President Trump says he will give a speech to the nation Thursday evening. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the speech comes as the U.S. has relaunched heavy military strikes against Iran.
President Trump did not give any details on what the speech would be about, but that it would be given at 9 p.m. The announcement comes amid new escalation in the fight against Iran. In addition to launching a series of strikes, the president says the U.S. is reinstating its blockade on Iran, after leaders in Tehran announced that they would be closing the Strait of Hormuz. Trump insists the critical waterway that's vital for global energy transportation remains open. He also announced that the U.S. plans to impose a 20 percent charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait. He says the U.S. should be reimbursed for the security costs for maintaining the waterway. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
The district attorney in Harris County, Texas, says his office is still trying to obtain evidence from federal investigators in the fatal ice shooting of a Houston man last week. As Houston Public Media's Kyle McGlinigan reports, the DA says he has not ruled out legal action.
Last week, Harris County DA Sean Teer announced his office would be conducting its own investigation into the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Ararjo, who was killed by federal agents after they tried to pull him over. This week, Teer says his office is still asking for cooperation.
We are still trying to get access to a number of key pieces of evidence. What those pieces are, I'm not going to go into. At some point, it becomes a place where we stop asking and we start asking district court judges in state court and federal court to grant us access.
Teer announced the independent investigation after he says DHS declined to invite his office to join the ongoing federal investigation. For NPR News, I'm Kyle McClinigan in Houston.
Stocks retreated and oil surged after President Trump said the U.S. would reimpose a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.
How is the U.S. responding to Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz?
As NPR's Rafael Nam reports, the announcement is reviving fears about energy costs.
Once again, financial markets are at the mercy of developments in Iran. Brent crude futures, the benchmark for prices globally, jumped more than 9 percent. The Dow fell more than 100 points as the continued tensions in the region revive fears about the fate of this vital passageway for oil. Trump's threat to also impose a toll on all cargo traveling through the state added to the concerns. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq slumped by more than 1.5 percent as chipmakers retreated amid the seemingly perennial worries about whether the AI trade has been overdone. Raphael Nam, NPR News.
The sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham will finish his term in the U.S. Senate. Darlene Graham was named today as South Carolina's interim senator by Governor Henry McMaster. It's NPR. The beloved New Zealand actor Sam Neill has died at age 78. He had a wide-ranging career over some 50 years, most famously in the Jurassic Park franchise. NPR's Anastasia Sielkis has this remembrance.
Sam Neill was best known and loved by fans for the 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jurassic Park. He played a paleontologist with doubts.
Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by 65 million years of evolution, have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea of what to expect?
He played many other kinds of roles, too, from Holly Hunter's clueless husband in Jane Campion's film The Piano to the hugely entertaining antagonist Inspector Campbell in the first two seasons of the BBC drama Peaky Blinders. His family said he died in Sydney, Australia, but did not provide any further details. Anastasia Tsilkos, NPR News, New York.
A dozen states have challenged Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, filing a lawsuit today. They argue the $80 billion mega-merger would extinguish competition in Hollywood and threaten jobs across the entertainment industry.
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