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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The FBI says it's investigating Thursday's attack on a synagogue outside Detroit as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community. Alex McLennan is with Member station WDET in Detroit. He's been covering the attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
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Southeast Michigan is a very diverse area and local law enforcement say when tension is high globally. For instance, like right now in the Middle east, law enforcement here are also on alert. It should be noted that the FBI's Detroit office says they carried out an active shooter drill at the Temple Israel about six weeks ago.
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The FBI is leading the investigation into the attack in which a suspect crashed his truck into the synagogue. The truck burst into flames after security guards fired on it. The suspect was killed. No one else was killed, but a guard was injured. The FBI is also investigating today's attack at Virginia's Old Dominion University. Authorities say a convicted Islam Islamic State supporter killed one person and injured two others. A gunman was killed by ROTC students. Iran's new supreme leader is vowing to fight on and to keep the strategic Strait of Hormuz shut down. A message attributed to much to Bahaminei was read Thursday by a television presenter. As both sides trade airstrikes and as the Iran war approaches the two week mark, Israel has also been targeting Hezbollah and Lebanon. NPR's Hadil Al Shalji is in Beirut.
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The Israeli military said it started a new wave of strikes in the Lebanese capital as it issued evacuation orders for parts of central Beirut for the first time since the beginning of the war in Iran. Explosions rocked the city as strikes hit a building in the Bashura neighborhood just one kilometer from downtown Beirut. It's a busy commercial area and close to the prime minister's office. The Israeli military did not immediately say what it was targeting in the building. The Israeli chief of staff said that the military operation in Lebanon will, quote, not be short. He said that Israel would be ready to bring additional troops and act with, quote, great determination to fight Hezbollah. Hadil Al Shalchi, NPR News, Beirut.
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Iran war continuing to upend the oil market and unsettle investors in the stock market. As NPR's Maria Aspen reports, the price
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of oil again rose above $100 a barrel, signaling more pain ahead at the gas pump for consumers. That's intensifying investor worries and the broader economy. It's also raising questions about how soon the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates again. The Fed typically lowers the cost of borrowing as inflation cools, but it's still above the Fed's target rate of 2%. Now the war and its impact on oil prices threaten to heat it up again. Dollar General is among the businesses warning that higher prices will hurt its customers. Its shares fell after the discount retailer told investors to expect slower sales growth this year. Maria Aspen, NPR News.
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And this is NPR News. The Trump administration is moving to try to ease supply concerns amid the Iran war. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says the US Is lifting sanctions on Russian oil and petroleum products stranded at Sea for 30 days, allowing Russian oil to be shipped to buyers around the world. Last week, treasury issued a 30 day waiver specifically for India. This latest move comes the day after the Energy Department said it would be releasing 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, part of a broader release of 400 million barrels by the 32 member nations of the Paris based International Energy Agency. Levels of physical inactivity worldwide have basically stayed the same the last 20 years. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports on new research showing nearly 1 in 3 adults and 8 in 10 children don't get enough exercise.
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Studies show that being physically active cuts the risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and can boost mental health. Countries worldwide have taken note of that research and tried to coax their populations to move more, but those efforts haven't amounted to much, according to new studies published in Nature Medicine. Deborah Salvo is a researcher at UT Austin.
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Despite really good science, great interventions, good ideas for policy, the levels of physical inactivity globally haven't really improved.
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While many governmental agencies do some work to boost physical activity, the researchers say it's usually not the focus of any single one. To get more people moving, they suggest that perhaps one agency in a country should take responsibility. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.
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This week on Consider this war in Iran and a new front in Lebanon. What is the cost in lives and to Americans at home and in Ukraine? After four years, the war there grinds on. Is that what Russians want? Our reporters are on the ground with first hand reporting from Beirut to Moscow. Listen for their stories on Consider this on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.