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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. U.S. warships attacked an Iranian flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz this weekend and took control of the ship. President Trump announced the action on social media Sunday and also said U.S. negotiators are heading to Pakistan again for ceasefire talks. But the latest developments could put those talks in doubt. Oil prices have risen 5% in trading because of these latest developments. And the prospect of seeing gasoline prices dropping below $4 a gallon anytime soon seems unlike. But Energy Secretary Chris Wright says those prices have likely peaked and will start
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going down under $3 a gallon is pretty tremendous in an inflation adjusted terms. We had that in the, in the Trump administration, but we hadn't seen that in inflation adjusted term for quite a long time. We'll get, we'll get back there for sure.
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But speaking on cnn, State of the Union Sunday, Wright said those lower prices may not be seen again until sometime next year. Thousands of Israelis gathered over the weekend to demand an investigation into the 10-7-20. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, many people say the country is no safer or better off two and a half years later as it fights wars on several fronts.
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One of them, 41 year old Yoav Cohen, says everyone suffered during the month long Iran war, which saw ballistic missile strikes on Israel. If the war had guaranteed long term peace, it might have been worth it, he says. But under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Cohen accused of taking his orders from President Trump, he said there seems to be no strategy.
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It feels like Trump wakes up one morning, says, okay, let's go for ceasefire today, said listen, if Iran won't cooperate, we're going to war. Back again, it looks like they don't know what they're doing.
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Cohen says you can't bomb your way to peace and Israel needs better leadership. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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Police say a mass shooting early Sunday in Shreveport, Louisiana, was a case of domestic violence. The gunman killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot and injured two other people. As NPR's Matt Bloom tells us, authorities
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say the 31 year old gunman carried out the attacks in at least two separate homes. One of the adults who was wounded was the mother of the suspect's children. Local leaders reacted with shock. Shreveport Councilwoman Tabitha Taylor broke down in tears as she spoke to reporters.