NPR News: 03-25-2026 11PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. It's still not clear what's going on with negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end the war. NPR's Mar-a-licent reports. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said talks continue and that they are quote productive. But according to Iranian state media, Tehran has rejected a U.S. proposal, quoting a senior Iranian security official who says Iran will end the war when its conditions are met. Those conditions include the right of Iran to control the straight-of-war mues. Iran has refused President Trump's demands to reopen the strait to oil and gas shipments. Trump has made a series of other demands, sometimes contradictory. They include unconditional surrender, regime change, a hand in picking Iran's next leader, and an end to Iran's nuclear weapons program. When asked about the possibility of more talks this weekend, Levitt said nothing has been officially announced. NPR News. The White House. Iran's foreign minister appeared on state television Wednesday saying messages have been

1:01exchanged through mediators, but that does not mean negotiations are being held with the U.S. Abbas Arakchi city. Iran has no intention of holding talks for now. The Iran war is driving gas prices higher, prices inching closer to the $4, a Gala mark as NPR Scott Horsley reports. 45% of Americans say they're concerned about being able to afford gasoline in the coming months. That's according to a new survey from the Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center. Triple A says the average price of gasoline nationwide now tops $3.98 a gallon. That's up about a dollar since the war with Iran began. Crude oil prices have eased a bit on hopes for a negotiated end of the conflict. The U.S. benchmark for crude has dropped below $90 a barrel. Scott Horsley in Pair News, Washington. Jerry and Los Angeles has found meta in Google, libel, in a case brought by a 20-year-old woman. She accused the companies of contributing to her social media addiction. Here's Steve Futterman reporting. On the ninth day of deliberations, the jury found that meta in Google were both negligent,

2:03that both knew of the potential dangers of their apps, especially when it came to young people, and failed to take sufficient action or warn users. The jurors awarded the 20-year-old woman a total of $6 million. Her 20-marked linear admitted that he thought the damages would be higher, but still called it a significant ruling. This is a landmark moment. It will reverberate. I'll tell you this. If the jury had returned to know, the champagne courts would be popping in the boardrooms of Google and meta. Many similar lawsuits have already been filed against social media companies, and legal experts predict the verdict is likely to trigger many more. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. A verdict in LA follows Tuesday's jury decision in a similar case in New Mexico to impose a $375 million civil penalty on meta. You're listening to MPR News. Crews in Hawaii are evaluating the damage in a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu, residents

3:06air cleaning up after what's being called the worst flooding to hit Hawaii in 20 years. The storm dumps several inches of rain late Monday, one national weather service forecasters says the ferocity of the downpour even took meteorologists by surprise. The group of Jewish faculty members at Harvard criticizing the Trump administration's latest charges of anti-semitism against the university from a member station GPH in Boston Kirk-Karrapeza reports. More than 100 Jewish professors have signed an open letter condemning the Trump administration's actions against their university. The letter says the administration is weaponizing anti-semitism as a way to target Harvard and other schools. Professor Stephen Lewitsky teaches government and helped organize the letter. He says the group opposes what he calls a broader authoritarian project. Jews thrive in a democratic environment with free independent universities, freedom of expression, and broad protection of civil liberties, and this administration's behavior

4:08is threatening those things. The professors are demanding the Justice Department drop its lawsuit. For NPR News, I'm Kirk-Karrapeza in Boston. A major financial markets in Asia are largely lower and Thursday trading. Japan's Spentchmark Nikkei gave up initial gains now, trading lower, following advances on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rolls 305 points up 6 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 gained half a percentage point. I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News. This message comes from Mint Mobile. If you're tired of spending hundreds on big wireless bills, bogus fees, and free perks, Mint Mobile is for you. Shop plans at mintmobile.com slash switch. Taxes and fees extra. See Mint Mobile for details.