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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Economists warn the financial fallout from the US War with Iran is already spreading beyond the gas pump, with disruptions to shipping, freight and oil markets, driving up the cost of some Everyday household products. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports. Experts say those costs could keep rising even if tensions ease soon.
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Prices are going up because many everyday household products rely on plastics and petrochemicals. Jason Miller is a supply chain professor at Michigan State University.
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What we've seen as an example is plastic prices are going up. That's going to mean the plastic that is used to wrap your food will be more expensive. That means that the paperboard that snacks are coming in is going to be more expensive.
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Miller says products like paint, soap and WD40 could also cost more in the months ahead. And he warns those price increases may not ease anytime soon. Ships have already avoided the Strait of Hormuz for nearly 10 weeks, creating supply chains, backlogs that could take months or longer to untangle. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
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President Trump has said Iran wants to make a deal, and he said it again this afternoon as he pressures the Islamic Republic to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. At a military Mother's Day event at the White House today, President Trump gave the audience a preview of the new White House ballroom.
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That's the entrance to the new ballroom that's being built, which everybody, which everybody likes, especially since last Saturday evening. They like it even because it'll have a thing called security.
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President Trump referencing the recent alleged attempt on his life at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. The president had said taxpayers would not foot the bill for the ballroom. But Senate Republicans have proposed spending a billion dollars in government money for security upgrades at the ballroom. CNN founder Ted Turner has died at the age of 87. He started the first US superstation and owned sports teams, including the Atlanta Braves. He also sought to make the world a more peaceful place. The media mogul previously announced he had Lewy Body Dementia, a degenerative disease. Here's NPR's David Folkenflik.
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TED Turner is perhaps best known for starting cnn.
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He was a visionary, a trailblazer, a rabble rouser, a do gooder, and he thought there would be a market for it.
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He that's Ethan Jordan, who rose to be CNN's chief news executive. The place operated on the cheap and on the fly.
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Look, we were young and at times very shoddy, but we were the only game in town and we did some extraordinary things.
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CNN came into its own with coverage of the Challenger space shuttle explosion and the first Gulf War. In 1996, with the launch of Rivals, Fox News and MSNBC, Turner sold his holdings. He gave a billion to fund the United nations and helped to inspire the giving pledge from philanthropic giants Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
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That's David Folkenflick. It's npr. Three cruise ship passengers who may have the Hanna virus are being flown to the Netherlands for treatment. They're among the eight cases on board, five confirmed, three suspected. They were evacuated today before their ship carrying nearly 150 passengers departed for Spain's Canary Islands. The vessel had been stranded for days off the coast of Cape Verde, unable to dock due to public health concerns. Three people have already died from the hantavirus, which is a rare rodent borne illness. The Make America Healthy Again movement is often associated with healthy food and opposition to pesticides. But a new poll found Maha supportive voters care much more about the cost of health care than those other issues. Here's NPR's Helena Simmons Duffen.
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The poll is from KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization. Voters who support the Make America Healthy Again, or Maha movement were asked to rank their top priorities from a list. Lowering the cost of health care was by far the most popular choice across the political spectrum. Four in ten Maha voters ranked cost issues first, compared to fewer than one in ten who chose limiting corporate influence on food policy, for example. When it comes to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Only one in three Maha voters strongly approves of his job performance, even though MAHA is Kennedy's signature effort. The survey was conducted in mid April and included 1300 people. Selena Simmons Duffin, NPR News.
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