The Pour Over Today - Shots Fired in the Strait of Hormuz, Cruise Ship Stranded Amid Hantavirus Outbreak, Pulitzer Prize Winners & More

Starting point is 00:00:02 Hey, this is Joe. And this is Peter. Today, we're talking about the U.S. and Iran exchanging missile fire in the Strait of Hermuz, a hanta virus outbreak on a cruise ship leaving three dead, four sick, and the ship stranded offshore, the Pulitzer Prize Board announcing this year's winners, and other top news for Wednesday, May 6th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the pourover. Here's your quote of the day. Patience is waiting to keep going when the going is hard and slow.

Starting point is 00:00:38 That is patience. Leo Tolstoy. Let's get started with some espresso shots. The U.S. Iran ceasefire was tested Monday as the two sides traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz. The waters got choppy after the U.S. launched, quote, Project Freedom, a mission to guide stranded commercial ships through the blocked oil artis. Two American flagged ships made it through, but Iran fired missiles and drones at U.S. warships in the process, prompting Uncle Sam to reportedly sink six Iranian speedboats.

Starting point is 00:01:18 Washington isn't calling it a ceasefire violation, though. Secretary Hegsef insisted the skirmishes are part of a, quote, separate and distinct operation. Iran also struck both a key UAE oil facility, to which the Gulf War II. nation warned it may respond, and a South Korean cargo vessel which Trump hopes will nudge Seoul to, quote, join the mission. Along with tensions, gas also rose 30 cents since last week to a $4.48 national average. As hints of conflict make peace feel fragile, we know God's desires for Shalom haven't changed. We call upon the Prince of Peace to maintain peace where it is threatened and create it where it is absent. Let's pray.

Starting point is 00:02:13 Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed. Kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all people, the true love of peace, and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom, those who take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquility your kingdom may go forward, till the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Book of Common Prayer, page 654. A rare hantavirus outbreak at sea has killed three and sickened four others. Oceanwide expedition's vessel M.V. Hondias departed Argentina last month to voyage across

Starting point is 00:03:00 the Atlantic. Saturday, the World Health Organization was made aware of seven passengers with suspected hantavirus, a severe respiratory illness caused by exposure to infected rodents. Two cases have been laboratory confirmed. One passenger has recovered, another is in intensive care ashore. Two symptomatic crew members remain on board, and while they await evacuation, the ship, and its roughly 150 passengers, is anchored off the coast of West Africa's Cape Verde, prohibited from docking. Hanta virus is relatively uncommon and rarely transmitted human to human.

Starting point is 00:03:37 However, the South American Andes strain is known to have limited human to human transmission, a possibility the World Health Organization is assuming, quote, as a precaution, while maintaining that the, quote, risk to the general public is low. As believers, we pray for the families of those who died, for all on board awaiting evacuation and for public health officials working to contain the outbreak. And ultimately, we remember the Lord's promise to be with his people in troubling and uncertain times all the way into eternity. As Isaiah 4110 says,

Starting point is 00:04:18 Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be afraid for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand. The 110th Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday. Pulitzer Prizes, the highest honor in journalism established by newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer in 1917, were awarded in 25 categories, including reporting, photography, books, and music.

Starting point is 00:04:54 Awards went to The Washington Post, winning the top public service prize for reports on Doge and federal layoffs, the New York Times for investigative stories on President Trump's money-making opportunities like Trump's Trump coin and photography of the Gaza humanitarian crisis, a Texas reporter for his personal account of the July 20, and the Poblo Tories Finds Out podcast for breaking the L.A. Clippers, Kauai Leonard, salary cap scandal. Awards for Works with Higher Word Count,

Starting point is 00:05:28 a.k.a. books included Daniel Krause's Angel Down for fiction and Jill Lepore's We the People for history. Here's a verse to consider whether your day-to-day work is being judged by prize boards or only seen by you. Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people. Knowing that you will receive the award of an inheritance from the Lord,

Starting point is 00:05:59 you serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3, verses 23 through 24. Hey, it's Zan from the Pourover. I've been making a purposeful effort to eat more seafood because I know it's packed with nutrients and I feel better when I do. But finding quality seafood where I live is a feat. That's why I started ordering from Wild Alaskan. They deliver 100% wild caught, never-firmed seafood like coho salmon and Pacific halibate, straight to my door.

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Starting point is 00:07:16 Life-imitated art at Monday's Met Gala. The fundraiser slash celebrity fashion show raised a record $42 million for the museum's costume institute, with attendees, including Madonna, Rihanna, and for the first time in a decade, Beyonce, Donning painting and sculpture-inspired threads for this year's theme, Fashion is art. Some, however, considered former Amazon head Jeff Bezos's $10 million gala sponsorship of faux pa, sparking protests. Shots rang out near the Washington Monument Monday.

Starting point is 00:07:52 Secret Service officers shot and wounded an armed man after he opened fire on agents, briefly locking down the White House. A 15-year-old bystander was grayed. by the suspects gunfire and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The incident came minutes after Vice President Vance's Motorcade passed by, but officials haven't found a connection. GameStop made a bid for eBay, but the math is just not mathing. Sunday, the video game retailer worth $12 billion, made an unsolicited $56 billion offer to acquire eBay.

Starting point is 00:08:33 They reportedly have a $20 billion commitment from TD securities, but GameStop CEO was vague in explaining to CNBC where remaining funds would come from. Markets responded by boosting eBay's stock 5%, and GameStop's fell 10%. It ends with a settlement. Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni ended their roughly two-year legal dispute Monday. The he-said-she-said controversy following their 2020, for film, it ends with us, involving sexual harassment allegations, social media smear campaigns, and dueling defamation suits, concluded with a joint statement Sands settlement details.

Starting point is 00:09:19 The deal comes two weeks before their highly anticipated May 18th trial. SCOTUS flipped the script on mail-in abortion prescriptions. On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Alito temporarily blocked a federal court's decision to make abortion medication Miphypristone available only by in-person appointment, restoring nationwide access to the pill via telemedicine while litigation continues. The order was issued after Miphypristone manufacturers argued the lower court ruling caused, quote, immediate confusion for patients and practitioners. That's all the news we have for you today, but here's some good news to dwell on for the middle of your week. Christ has died. Christ is risen and Christ will come again someday.

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The Pour Over Today - Shots Fired in the Strait of Hormuz, Cruise Ship Stranded Amid Hantavirus Outbreak, Pulitzer Prize Winners & More

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