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Luis Schiavone
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Luis Schiavone. Stock prices rallied and crude oil prices started to retreat by the close of business on Wall street, amid indications the US And Iran are working toward resumed talks to avert new hostilities in Israel, war on Iran. The Dow gained 317 points. Brent crude fell more than 4% to roughly $94 a barrel, above the $70 a barrel price pre war, but below a $119 peak. Lebanon and Israel have held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is happy to facilitate the talks, though he's downplaying expectations for a quick breakthrough. NPR's Michelle Kellerman has more.
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Michelle Kellerman
Secretary Rubio gathered the ambassadors from Lebanon and Israel to talk about how to end what he calls 20 to 30 years of Hezbollah's influence in the region. Israeli Ambassador Michael Leiter says the fact that the talks took place at all was a victory because Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government not to take part.
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Michael Leiter
We are both united in liberating Lebanon from an occupation power dominated by Iran called Hezbollah.
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Michelle Kellerman
But he was making no promises that Israel will ease up on its military campaign against Hezbollah. Leiter says the talks will resume in a few weeks. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
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Luis Schiavone
Two members of Congress, one a Democrat, the other a Republican, are resigning from the US House of Representatives due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Eric Swalwell has also abandoned his Democratic Party bid for California's governorship. This as another woman stepped forward today to Char Swalwell, drugged and raped her eight years ago, which Swalwell denies. Swalwell's letter to the House was read by Clerk Tylese Ali.
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Luis Schiavone
Congress effective at 2:00pm Eastern Time on April 14, 2026. Also leaving Congress early, GOP lawmaker Tony Gonzalez of Texas after he admitted to an affair with a staff member who later died by suicide. A super typhoon is battering Guam in the Northern Mariana Islands. NPR's Rebecca Hur Hersha reports. It's bringing sustained winds of up to 150 miles an hour and flooding to the Pacific territories.
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Rebecca Hersher
Super Typhoon Sinlaku is hitting the Northern Mariana Islands with dangerous winds powerful enough to down trees, knock out electricity and even destroy wood frame buildings. It's also bringing significant flooding to Guam. Powerful typhoons and Hurricanes are more likely to form because of climate change. Ocean temperatures are rising because of planet warming, pollution from birth, burning oil, gas and coal. That warmer ocean water helps storms like Sinlaku get larger and more dangerous. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News.
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Luis Schiavone
This is npr. New research suggests that military personnel exposed to repeated bomb blasts are much more likely to develop brain aneurysms. NPR's John Hamilton has more on a study in the journal Radiology.
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John Hamilton
The study used magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brains of more than 500 members of special operations units, which are often near explosions. The scan showed that brain aneurysms were three times as common in individuals with high levels of blast exposure compared with those who had relatively low exposure. The abnormality was found in 9.5% of the high exposure group compared with just 2.7% in the low exposure group. Aneurysms are weak or bulging spots in an artery that are prone to rupture and can cause deadly bleeding in the brain. Researchers suspect that blast waves damage the walls of an artery by stretching the vessel beyond its limits. John Hamilton, NPR news.
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Luis Schiavone
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 15, is the big day for US taxpayers. You could be fined if you don't file on time, and you can file either electronically or through the mail. If you're filing by mail, here's what the Internal Revenue Service is your envelope with its documents is considered to have been filed on time if you have used the right address, enough postage and a postmark d that is on or before the filing deadline. To make sure your mail to the IRS is Properly postmarked, the U.S. postal Service recommends going into the post office during business hours and asking for a manual postmark. The S&P 500 closed up 81 points today. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.
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