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Jeanine Herbst
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Search crews continue to look for the missing US Airmen after his plane, one of two shot down over Iran yesterday went missing. Two other service members were rescued. This as the conflict in the Middle east intensifies. Iran targeted the Oracle office building in Dubai overnight after threatening to strike Data Centers and U.S. defense and Tech companies in the Gulf. And Piraziah Batrawai has more.
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Piraziah Batrawai
Authorities in Dubai say debris fell on the facade of Oracle's office building. The apparent overnight drone attack occurred when offices would normally be empty of personnel and no injuries were reported. Iran says the attack is in response to the attempted assassination this week of former Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi. Iran says he was severely wounded and his wife killed. Iranian media reported he'd been talking with Pakistani mediators on possible U. S. Iran talks to end the war. The US And Israel have been coordinating most attacks on Iran, and it's unknown which carried out the attack on Kharaz. Iran's revolutionary guard named 18 US tech and defense companies as targets to further assassination attempts. The list includes Palantir, Meda, Google, Microsoft and others. Eyel Batrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
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Jeanine Herbst
High housing costs are pricing people out of not only buying but also renting alone. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that's led to an uptick in seniors seeking roommates.
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Jennifer Ludden
The share of people 65 and older looking for a roommate has tripled in the past decade, says Matt Hutchinson with the listing site Spare Room.
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Piraziah Batrawai
They're not the big group of roommates, but they're by far the fastest growing.
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Jennifer Ludden
David west is one of them. He never imagined living with a stranger at age 72, but divorce and job loss burned through his savings. His roommate in Fresno covers utilities, and west shares his Costco membership.
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Heather Long
And it's that give and take thing. It's trying to help each other out
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State Senator Tim Lang
as much as possible.
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Jennifer Ludden
Darla Decatel is 74 and enjoys the shared company when she gets along well with a roommate, and that's pretty special. When that works out, she's also proud she's learned to live with less. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
The government's monthly jobs report shows 178,000 jobs were added last month, higher than economists were expecting. But revisions to February show a bigger loss than first reported of 132,000 jobs. Heather Long is chief economist with Navy Federal Credit Union. She says it's called the K shaped economy, where people in the top 20%
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Heather Long
are okay, people earning $170,000 or more. They're doing really well. Generally speaking, they are benefiting from the AI investments, which have really driven big stock market gains. I know the stock market had a little bit of a correction in the last few weeks, but by and large, it's been a great couple of years for investors. And those folks, they don't worry that
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Jeanine Herbst
much speaking there on NPR's WEEKEND EDITION. You're listening to NPR News. The Trump administration is suing three states, Arizona, Illinois and Connecticut, arguing the prediction market industry should be federally regulated and not subject to the rules of state gambling commissions. Some states have sued individual companies claiming they offer unregulated sports gambling. Todd Bookman with the New Hampshire Public Radio has more.
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Todd Bookman
March Madness is one of the most widely bet on events of the year. And for states, regulated sports gambling has become a key source of reven. But prediction market companies have come seemingly out of nowhere, offering people the chance to win money on the outcome of games. But state governments don't get a cut. State Senator Tim Lang, a Republican, says New Hampshire could soon join other states that have filed lawsuits.
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State Senator Tim Lang
They're welcome to apply for a license, right? A welcome to come to the state and work within our state regulations to make this happen. They should not be able to skirt our state laws.
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Todd Bookman
The prediction markets and the Trump administration say the federal government, not the states, should have oversight. For NPR News, I'm Todd Bookman.
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Jeanine Herbst
As oil prices surge, raising inflation fears, European Union finance ministers from five countries are urging the bloc to implement a windfall tax on energy companies. Spain, Germany, Portugal and Austria are warning of market distortions linked to the U. S. Israeli war in Iran. As costs for businesses and households are rising, the proposal would tax excess energy company profits using a formula similar to the one used during the 2022 energy cris. After Russia invaded Ukraine, inflation in the Eurozone rose 2.5% this month. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News.
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Short Wave Host
Do you ever wish you could predict the future? Well, some scientists try to do that every year, forecasting when cherry blossom trees will bloom each spring.
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Jeanine Herbst
It's a wild guess, but there is
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Piraziah Batrawai
some science involved in that and there
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Short Wave Host
is a lot riding on the peak bloom forecast, tourism, climate change models and more. Listen to Short Wave on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcast to hear how scientists are predicting the future.