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The U.S. Venezuela oil deal won’t lower your gas prices. Here’s what you need to know
[ad_1] A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. Pedro Mattey/AP hide caption toggle caption Pedro Mattey/AP The Trump administration announced an agreement with the Venezuelan government on…
Read MoreNPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
[ad_1] Getty Images/Collage by Emily Bogle/NPR Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat. As summer heat intensifies because of human-driven climate change, the United States’ official tally of heat-related deaths does not come close to capturing the full human toll. The data feeding into nationwide death counts is collected inconsistently…
Read MoreWhy too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don’t have
[ad_1] A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn’t have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction. BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images For stories on the science of healthy living, subscribe to NPR’s Health newsletter. …
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[ad_1] Trump says U.S. struck a deal to take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, U.S. and Iran resume exchanging strikes, funding at the top of the agenda as House reconvenes. [ad_2] Source link
Read MoreArizona’s taps won’t run dry, but water bills will go up under federal plan for Colorado River
[ad_1] The Central Arizona Project canal winds through Phoenix on March 26, 2026. The 336-mile canal system pumps water from the Colorado River to the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Water supplies for the canal’s users will be cut under a new plan for managing the Colorado River. Alex Hager/KJZZ hide caption toggle caption Alex Hager/KJZZ…
Read MoreWhat Argentina gets right about youth soccer — and what the U.S. gets wrong
[ad_1] Children wait to play football in the minor leagues of Newell’s Old Boys, where Argentine football star Lionel Messi used to play in Rosario, Argentina, 2018. Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images ROSARIO — Newell’s Old Boys is one of the most popular soccer clubs in…
Read MoreFamilies of pilgrims likely caught in floods are desperate for news from Nepal
[ad_1] A young boy is helped by a women to put up a photograph of her missing relative on a wall alongside photographs of missing and deceased people displayed outside a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Dar Yasin/AP hide caption toggle caption Dar Yasin/AP As the possibility of more mudslides threaten…
Read MoreU.S. plans to sanction another bank in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions, Bessent tells AP
[ad_1] ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Trump administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week in an effort to clamp down on Iran transactions, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday. Bessent spoke with The Associated Press ahead of Group of 20 meetings in Asheville, North Carolina, where he will meet individually with his counterparts…
Read More‘We’re not changing it’: SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump’s ‘Lake America’
[ad_1] Within days of President Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Google Maps quietly fell in line. Searches for the international boundary water in Google Maps now direct U.S. users to a renamed “Lake America.” While the president’s preferred name for the smallest Great Lake isn’t yet reflected on Apple Maps, it…
Read MoreMartin Short Explains Why He’s Never Been to Therapy for His Grief After Multiple Family Deaths
[ad_1] Martin Short Details Similarity Between Daughter Katherine Short, Late Wife Nancy Dolman’s Deaths Content warning: This story discusses suicide. Martin Short is detailing how he maintains his mental health amid tragedy. The Only Murders in the Building actor shared that he’s never been to therapy to process his grief following the deaths of his…
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