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Details@capitalone.com Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan ronan. At least 10 people have been injured and are hospitalized after a mass shooting near Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma, Sunday night. Police say the violence erupted at a party involving a large group of people. Emily Ward is a spokesman spokesperson for the Edmond, Oklahoma, Police Department. She briefed reporters on what took place and what the department is doing now.
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So our investigators are at the scene. It's very dark right now. So obviously as the sun comes up, they'll be we'll continue to investigate. They're just right now it's just, you know, we're taking witness statements. We're kind of all over the metro speaking with victims and witnesses. So that's what we'll be doing in these next multiple hours.
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Gasoline prices around the country have reached the highest level since July of 2022, going up more than 30 cents a gallon in just the past week. NPR's Chandelys Duster reports.
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AAA says the national average is around $4.44 per gallon. That's nearly $1.50 higher than the national average before the war in Iran started. Kevin Book, co founder of Clearview Energy Partners, told NPR long the Strait of Hormuz stays closed. Gas prices could rise higher.
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When inventories are low and you can't get oil out of the ground or out of the strait, you should expect prices to keep rising, at least until demand capitulates and starts to contract.
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President Trump has promised that when the war in Iran ends that gas prices will, quote, drop like a rock. But experts warn gas prices will remain elevated even after the war ends. Chandelyse Duster, NPR News.
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An Iranian proposal reportedly includes an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement there. Israeli airstrikes have killed dozens of people in Lebanon in just the past two days. Duri Bukares is monitoring the story from Turkey.
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On Saturday, Israeli strikes killed at least seven people in the border village of Yaron. Local officials said the Israeli military also used bulldozers to demolish part of a Catholic convent. More than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon over the past two months, according to the UN with the Israeli military forcing evacuations and occupying several towns in the country's south. Today, an Israeli military spokesperson issued a warning on social media to the residents of several towns, saying that, quote, anyone located near Hezbollah operatives, facilities or weapons may be putting their life at risk. For NPR News, I'm Jerry Buscarin.
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In Istanbul, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized. A spokesman says the 81 year old Giuliani is in critical but stable condition. It's not clear what sent Giuliani to the hospital. He was New York's mayor on September 11th. This is NPR. The federal prosecutor overseeing the case against the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents association dinner says buckshot that hit a Secret Service agent came from the suspect's weapon. Appearing on CNN, Jeanine Pirro said the U.S. attorney said the shot from Cole Thomas Allen's weapon hit the agent's bullet resistant vest. The officer was briefly treated and survived the attack. Indigenous activists say a pipeline that gained President Trump's permission to cross the U.S. canada border sounds a lot like the Keystone XL pipeline. The Biden administration effectively ended that project soon after Office. Karla Desroche from Keystone Public Radio has more.
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The Bridger pipeline would start in Phillips county in north central Montana and carry Alberta oil sands down through eastern Montana. Fort Peckassino Boyne tribal member and Wolf Point City Councilman Lance Forstar says he fought for years against the Keystone XL pipeline.
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This was all kind of new to me. I was hoping that it wasn't real and that this was just a rumor.
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Indigenous activists and environmental groups have been rallying around the public comment period for the Bridger Pipeline's environmental analysis. A spokesperson with developer Bridger Pipeline says construction is slated to begin next fall. The pipeline still needs several permits to go ahead. For NPR News, I'm Kayla Drosch in Billings.
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Three people have died after a suspected outbreak of a rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic. Several people are also reportedly ill. This is NPR News from Washington.
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Date: May 4, 2026
Host: Dan Ronan (NPR)
Duration: 5 minutes
This episode of NPR News Now provides a concise national and international news roundup, featuring developing stories on a mass shooting in Oklahoma, surging gasoline prices linked to conflict in Iran, ongoing violence and displacement in Lebanon, the hospitalization of former mayor Rudy Giuliani, updates on a controversial pipeline project, and a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.
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This NPR News Now edition delivers a fast-paced, factual overview with direct sound bites from officials, experts, and community members, providing listeners with critical updates on major breaking stories.