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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Millions of Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend with gasoline prices near a four year high. NPR Scott Horsley reports on the unofficial start to the summer driving season.
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High gasoline prices don't seem to have dampened our national fondness for road trips. AAA says a record 45 million people are expected to travel this weekend, including more than 39 million by car. Filling the tank will cost more. The average price of Regular gasoline is $4.55 a gallon. That's up about $1.36 from this time last year. The spike in gas prices caused by the US War with Iran is pushing inflation higher. That will be a challenge for incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh. He's being sworn in at the White House today by President Trump. U.S. stocks opened higher this morning. Asian stocks were also up overnight, with Japan's Nikkei average climbing to a record high. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is attending a NATO summit in Sweden. He says the US should consistently question the value of the Western military alliance.
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If you go back 30 years, there's never been a time in which there hasn't been a debate in American politics about what our presence and our contribution to NATO should be. And that is always driven by what is the value of NATO to the United States. I understand NATO is valuable to Europe and it should be. It also has to be valuable to the United States.
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Rubio is also talking about European countries that denied the Trump administration the use of their military bases as the US Launched its war on Iran. The some European countries were blindsided by the start of the war, and many oppose it. Rubio's visit comes as President Trump appears to have reversed himself on one matter. Writing online, Trump says the United States will now deploy 5,000 of its troops to Poland. That comes after he recently said the US would withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. Trump was vexed after Germany's leader criticized the war. Venezuelan officials have released a few dozen political prisoners, but the head of Venezuela's national assembly had announced hundreds of prisoners would be released by the end of the week. NPR's Kerry Kahn reports. Among those freed are three of the longest held political prisoners in Venezuela.
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Less than 40 detainees had been released from Venezuelan prisons as of Thursday morning, according to the human rights group Foro Penal. Jorge Rodriguez, the head of the national assembly and the brother of the interim president, had said 300 prisoners would be released on humanitarian grounds. Authorities did release three men, former police officers who had spent each more than 20 years in Venezuelan custody. They were convicted in connection to the deaths of protesters during a 2002 opposition march. Human rights groups say there are at least 400 political prisoners still held in jails despite an amnesty law passed this year and pledges of more releases this week, including from President Trump. Carrie Kon, NPR News.
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You're listening to npr. The World Health Organization is changing its risk guidance for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo. WHO Director General Tedros Adnham Ghebreyesis says there are as many as 750 suspected cases and he expects more. He says the regional risk for Ebola cases is high, but a global threat remains low. For the first time, a Planned Parenthood organization is prescribing abortion medication for patients who are not pregnant. NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports. The service allows patients to have the medication at home in case they need it.
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The new service is called Just in Case Abortion Pills, and it's being offered by Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky. Rebecca Giboron is the CEO. As evidence supporting this model of care has continued to grow, and with supportive policy environments in Washington and in Hawaii, this really is the right time for us to step into this space. The service is available to residents of Washington and Hawaii. They can get it via telehealth or in person at 16 health centers. Demand for getting abortion medication to have on hand spikes when abortion restrictions are in the news. Selena Simmons Duffin, NPR News.
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NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has died suddenly, according to his racing team. He was 41. The statement says he had been hospitalized with a severe illness. Busch had just won a race last week in Delaware. Kyle Busch raced for more than 20 years and won 63 NASCAR cup races. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.
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