Surging Gas Prices Shake Americans, and How Ted Turner Unleashed 24-Hour News

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<p>Plus, the conflicting messages on the state of the war. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/business/economy/gas-prices-inequality-lower-income-consumers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Higher Gas Prices Are Hitting Lower-Income Americans the Hardest</a>, by Talmon Joseph Smith</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/world/middleeast/us-iran-peace-proposal.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iran Says It Is Reviewing a U.S. Proposal to End the War</a>, by Leo Sands, Qasim Nauman, Mark Landler and Michael Levenson</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-west-bank-settler-violence-iran-war.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">With World Distracted by War, Extremist Settlers Intensify Attacks in West Bank</a>, by Natan Odenheimer, David M. Halbfinger and Fatima AbdulKarim</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/business/media/ted-turner-dead.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87</a>, by Jonathan Kandell</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>