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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump says he is assembling a coalition of countries to help police the Strait of Hormuz. As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, the president argues they would be helping themselves more
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Franco Ordonez
than the U.S. trump said he's demanding seven countries send warships and other military support to help oil vessels travel through the critical choke point.
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President Trump
Really, I'm demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their territory. It's the place from which they get their energy.
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Franco Ordonez
Oil tankers have largely stopped traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for about 20% of global oil since the war began. Many countries have been reluctant to get involved with the conflict, but Trump argues that they should help because the shipping route benefits their energy needs more than it does the U.S. franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
But several countries have said they will not send any ships to the Strait of Hormuz. That includes Japan, Australia and Germany. Italy's foreign minister has cast doubt on sending any vessels to the region. Security forces in Iran are intensifying their crackdown on civilians as the U. S. Israel war against Iran enters its third week. NBIR's Arwizu Rezvani reports on the repressive campaign.
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Arwizu Rezvani
People all over Iran are now routinely stopped at an increasing number of checkpoints where security forces are often checking people's phones to see who they're communicating with. That's according to the Norway based Hangow Organization for Human Rights, which has a network of independent sources inside Iran. The group says it has seen and verified text messages civilians are regularly receiving from Iranian authorities, warning them not to share information with foreign media since the start of the war. Iran state media reports that dozens of people across the country have been arrested on suspicion of spying. Arizu Rezvani, NPR News, Erbil. In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, a
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Korva Coleman
powerful blizzard is blanketing parts of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Member station WUWM Mayon Silva reports people in Wisconsin are being urged to stay home.
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Ayan Silver
In a large part of the Central Plains through the Upper Great Lakes region, there's heavy snowfall, dangerously high winds and whiteout conditions. Some areas of Wisconsin have had more than 2ft of snow, with more expected by the time the blizzard is done. But meteorologist Kevin Wagner with the National Weather Service in Milwaukee says in other areas in it's not necessarily the amounts that are the big issue.
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Franco Ordonez
It's the blowing, drifting and the strong
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Bob Mondello
winds accompanying with the heavy snow.
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Ayan Silver
Meteorologists are warning people about dangerous wind chills as Some areas deal with power outages due to heavy snow or earlier sleet and freezing rain. For NPR News, I'm Ayan Silver in Milwaukee.
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Korva Coleman
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump is backing comments from the chair of the Federal Communications Commission. Brendan Carr is threatening license of broadcasters who deliver what he terms fake news. Carr says they will lose their licenses if they don't operate in the public industry, rather interest the media industry group. RTNDA says Carr is a bully with a briefcase. It says he's describing government control of the press. And the group urged journalists to remember the Constitution is on their side. The 98th annual Academy Awards were held last night in Hollywood. They brought a few surprises, but not in the acting categories. NPR's Bob Mondello has details.
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Bob Mondello
Best actress went, as widely expected, to Jessie Buckley, who played Will Shakespeare's wife Agnes in the historical drama Hamnet.
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Franco Ordonez
The women in my family see things.
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President Trump
What do you see?
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Korva Coleman
I see landscape, undiscovered countries.
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Bob Mondello
Michael B. Jordan took home best actor for playing two characters, the Smokestack Brothers, Smoke and Stack in in the Blues, inflected thriller sinners.
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Sunday Story Host
Sorry I couldn't keep you safe. Don't be sorry.
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Bob Mondello
You always leave Seriously unhinged characters dominated the supporting categories. Sean Penn, who already has two best actor Oscars, one best supporting actor for his volatile Colonel Lockjaw in One Battle After Another. And best supporting actress went to Amy Madigan's witchy Aunt Gladys in the horror film Weapons. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
The best picture Oscar went to the film One Battle After Another, and its director, Paul Thomas Anderson, won the Oscar for best director. This is npr.
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Sunday Story Host
With March Madness getting underway, coaches are pushing their players to the limits. But an investigation finds that in some instances, tough coaching can go too far.
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Korva Coleman
She would call us idiots, stupid, worthless,
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Sunday Story Host
low of the low. On the Sunday story, coaches accused of emotional abuse and the players who push back the Sunday story from the up first podcast. Listen now on the NPR app.