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Oil surges above $100 a barrel
NEW YORK -- Oil prices have shot past $100 a barrel as fighting between the U.S. and Iran escalates, threatening to increase costs for consumers and businesses worldwide.
Brent crude, the international standard, climbed into triple digits for the first time since July and settled at $101.21 a barrel on Wednesday. The tipping point came a day after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East raised the risk of further disruptions to already constrained global oil supplies.
florida
Protections for immigrants in limbo
MIAMI -- Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as it has done with hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries.
The Temporary Protected Status designation expires Wednesday. If the administration takes no action, TPS will be automatically extended for six months.
missouri
Congressional map returns to court
JEFFERSON CITY -- The battle over Missouri's congressional districts has returned to the U.S. Supreme Court, just two months before a crucial November election.
Many Missouri voters are unsure which U.S. House districts they will vote in and which candidates will appear on their ballots. A federal appeals court panel sided with Republicans on Wednesday, supporting a new map backed by Donald Trump. However, this decision was immediately appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Missouri's top court had previously ruled against the Trump-backed districts. Time is running out to resolve the issue before the election.
World
united kingdom
Man charged with aiding Russian spies
LONDON -- Prosecutors say a British man has been charged with helping Russian military spies plan sabotage in the U.K.
Joshua Cammidge was charged under the National Security Act. The 31-year-old Cammidge was arrested last week. But authorities haven't disclosed details about the alleged sabotage. Security Minister Dan Jarvis said Wednesday that police acted against a potential threat.
syria
Warehouse explosion kills at least 14
SARMADA -- A weapons warehouse in northwestern Syria exploded, killing at least 14 people and wounding others.
Syrian state media reports that at least 11 people were injured in Wednesday's explosion near the town of Sarmada in Idlib province. The Defense Ministry says the warehouse was used to temporarily store weapons and munitions from the country's uprising and civil war from 2011 until 2024.
kenya
Nurses end six-week strike
NAIROBI -- A 43-day nurses' strike in Kenya that paralyzed public hospitals has ended after the government and the nurses' union signed a return-to-work agreement.
The nurses marched Tuesday to the Council of Governors' office, a body established to bring together Kenya's 47 county governments. On Wednesday, union representatives signed the agreement at the same office. The nurses' union Secretary-General, Seth Panyako, said nurses would return to hospitals within 24 hours.