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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper says the U.S. navy sank six Iranian small boats and opened a passage through the Strait of Hormuz. He told reporters in a call that two ships pass through today and more are en route. Cooper also described Iran's military assets as seriously degraded. Since the US And Israel waged war against Iran in late February, shipments including that of oil has been disrupted in the waterway between the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, leading to a historic energy crisis. NPR's Camilla Dominosky says the oil cartel OPEC met over the weekend and decided to boost production starting next month.
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OPEC and its allies have lost some of their leverage over markets now that United Arab Emirates has left the group. But the bigger problem is that key members rely on the Strait of Hormuz to export crude. So whatever OPEC announces, the biggest question remains how many ships are getting through that key waterway and the answ? The answer to that is not many. Between Iranian tolls and the US Blockade in the US Gasoline prices had been easing since the ceasefire announcement. But between the global oil supply crisis and US Refinery outages, prices are rising aggressively again. Camila Domonosky, NPR News.
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Drivers across the US Are pulling into gas stations and finding prices have climbed yet again. The auto club AAA reports people are now paying on average $4.46 for a gallon of regular that is an increase of about 35 cents in one week. The energy crisis had something to do with Spirit airlines folding Saturday. NPR's Joel Rose explains.
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CEO Dave Davis talked to the Wall Street Journal after the company ceased operations. Davis said Spirit was trying to emerge from bankruptcy, and he says the company's plan could have worked, but the rising cost of jet fuel forced Spirit to burn through cash faster than expected, and it just ran out of money.
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NPR still rose A new analysis out today finds a striking feature of these upcoming midterms. In roughly half of all US States, candidates who have denied election results in the past are running for positions that will have a direct role in the certification of Future elections. Here's NPR's Miles Parks.
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A few years ago, most people didn't know and frankly, probably didn't care who their state secretary of state was. But 2020 changed that. Republican Brad Raffensperger in Georgia declined President Trump's request to find votes. In Michigan, Democrat Jocelyn Benson had armed protesters visit her home. Those two states are now among the dozens this year that are electing new secretaries of state and governors. And a new Analys from the nonprofit states United Action finds that Many of those races will feature candidates who have denied election results in the past. In 23 states, including five presidential swing states, candidates who have denied election results are running for offices that will have a direct role in certifying future elections. Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.