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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The FBI says yesterday's shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia is being investigated as an act of terrorism. One person was killed. Two others were wounded inside a classroom. The suspected gunman is identified as a former Army National Guardsman who pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS in 2016. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison before being released in December of 2024. The FBI says ROTC students inside the room subdued the attacker, who was later pronounced dead. Virginia's governor says the person killed by the gunman was Lt. Col. Brandon Shaw, an ROTC instructor. The FBI says it believes yesterday's attack on a synagogue in Michigan was a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community. The Department of Homeland Security says It was a 41 year old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon who who crashed his vehicle into the building outside of Detroit. A security guard fired at the driver, who was later found dead inside the truck after a fire broke out. The International Energy Agency says the ongoing U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Iran are creating the largest supply disruption in the history of global oil markets. Iran's retaliatory drone attacks on ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz prompted the IEA to announce the release of 400 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserve. The U.S. will account for 172 million of those barrels. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more.
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The IEA says oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have plunged from around 20 million barrels a day to a mere trickle, and that Gulf countries have cut total oil production by at least 10 million barrels a day because they cannot ship the oil. And storage facilities have filled up. The shocks are being felt across the world. In Europe, drivers in border areas are exploiting different government taxation levels. French motorists are driving into Spain for cheaper gas, but Germans are lining up at French gas stations. French oil giant Total says it will freeze prices through the end of March. Gas in France is around €2 a liter, the equivalent of $9 a gallon. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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The uncertainty surrounding the world's oil supplies continues to push up gasoline prices. AAA says regular gas in the US is now averaging $3.63 a gallon. Iran has been launching more drones at Gulf Arab states today, including Saudi Arabia. These latest attacks follows yesterday's warnings from Iran's new supreme leader. In western Iraq, a US military KC135 refueling plane has crashed. The fate of the crew is unclear. U.S. central Command says rescue operations are underway this is NPR News. With the start of spring still a week away, the National Weather Service is warning of summer like heat in Southern California. A heat advisory is in effect today in Los Angeles, where afternoon highs of about 90 degrees are expected. Forecasters say LA will likely see temperatures around 100 degrees over several days next week. Officials in Foxborough, Massachusetts, say the town won't be paying the security costs for seven men's World cup soccer matches scheduled to be played there this summer. Andrea Promodo Hernandez with member station wbur, reports.
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A statement issued by the town stadium owners, the Craft Group, and the organizing committee for the matches, Boston 26, says an agreement has been reached that would prevent the town from incurring any financial burden associated with the World Cup. Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll has wanted this.
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I think the leaders at the Craft Stadium group and the town of Foxborough came together and realized there's an opportunity here for us to host this amazing World cup, and everybody was committed to making it happen.
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It's not a done deal yet, but the organizers and the owners say they, not the town, will cover the security costs. For NPR News, I'm Andrea Perdomo Hernandez in Boston.
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The U.S. canada and Mexico are hosting this year's Men's World cup soccer tournament. Despite the US economy having lost 92,000 jobs in February, the Federal Reserve is expected to leave US Interest rates unchanged at next week's policy meeting. The Fed held rates steady at its January get together. I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.
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This week on Consider this war on 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 firsthand reporting from Beirut to Moscow. Listen for their stories on Consider this on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.