NPR News: 03-12-2026 11PM EDT

Live from MPR news, I'm Giles Snyder. The FBI says it's investigating Thursday's attack

on a synagogue outside Detroit as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.

Alex McClendon is with member station WDET in Detroit. He's been covering the attack

on Temple Israel and West Bloomfield.

Southeast Michigan is a very diverse area and local law enforcement say when Tencent

is high globally. For instance, like right now in the Middle East, law enforcement here

are also on alert. It should be noted that the FBI's Detroit office says they carried

out an active shooter drill at the Temple Israel about six weeks ago.

The FBI is leading the investigation into the attack in which a suspect crashed his truck

into the synagogue. The truck burst into flames after security guards fired on it. The

suspect was killed. No one else was killed, but a guard was injured. The FBI is also investigating

today's attack at Virginia's Old Dominion University. Authorities say a convicted Islamic

state supporter killed one person and injured two others. A government was killed by ROTC

students. Iran's new supreme leader is vowing to fight on and to keep the strategic

straight of her moves shut down. A message attributed to much to Bahamine was read Thursday

by a television presenter as both sides straight air strikes. And as the Iran war approaches

a two week mark, Israel has also been targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon. And here's Hadil al-Shalji

The Israeli military said it started a new wave of strikes in the Lebanese capital as

it issued evacuation orders for parts of central Beirut for the first time since the beginning

of the war in Iran. Explosions rocked the city as strikes hit a building in the Basura

neighborhood just one kilometer from downtown Beirut. It's a busy commercial area and close

to the Prime Minister's office. The Israeli military did not immediately say what it was targeting

in the building. The Israeli chief of staff said that the military operation in Lebanon

will, quote, not be short. He said that Israel would be ready to bring additional troops

and act with, quote, great determination to fight Hezbollah. Hadil al-Shalji and Beirut.

Iran war continuing to up in the oil market and unsettled investors in the stock market

as MPR's Maria Aspen reports. The price of oil again rose above $100 a barrel,

signaling more pain ahead at the gas pump for consumers. That's intensifying investor worries

about inflation and the broader economy. It's also raising questions about how soon the federal

reserve will start cutting interest rates again. The Fed typically lowers the cost of borrowing

as inflation cools, but it's still above the Fed's target rate of 2%. Now the war and its

impact on oil prices threaten to heat it up again. Dollar general is among the businesses warning

that higher prices will hurt its customers. It shares fell after the discount retailer told

investors to expect slower sales growth this year. Maria Aspen and PR News. And this is MPR News.

The Trump administration is moving to try to ease supply concerns amid the Iran war,

Treasury's Secretary Scott Besan says the US's lifting sanctions on Russian oil and petroleum

products stranded at sea for 30 days, allowing Russian oil to be shipped to buyers around the world.

Last week, Treasury issued a 30-day waiver specifically for India. This latest move comes a day

after the Energy Department said it would be releasing 172 million barrels of oil from the

strategic petroleum reserve, part of a broader release of 400 million barrels by the 32

member nations of the Paris-based International Energy Agency. Levels of physical activity

are worldwide and basically stayed the same the last 20 years. MPR Jonathan Lambert reports on

new research showing nearly 1 in 3 adults and 8 in 10 children don't get enough exercise.

Studies show that being physically active cuts the risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer,

and can boost mental health. Countries worldwide have taken note of that research and tried to

coax their populations to move more, but those efforts haven't amounted to much,

according to new studies published in Nature Medicine. Deborah Salvo is a researcher at UT Austin.

Despite really good science, great interventions, good ideas for policy,

the levels of physical inactivity globally haven't really improved.

While many governmental agencies do some work to boost physical activity,

the researchers say it's usually not the focus of any single one. To get more people moving,

they suggest that perhaps one agency in a country should take responsibility. Jonathan Lambert

and PR News. And I'm Joel Snyder. This is MPR News.