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Trump says Ships are now moving through the Strait of Hormuz;12 people are dead in a skydiving plane crash in Missouri; Some Kentucky counties and cities are hitting the pause button on data centers; Expert urges North Carolinians to keep cool and avoid extreme heat; Critics question the role of a religious pregnancy center in an Idaho care desert.

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The Public News Service Monday afternoon update.

I'm Mike Clifford.

On social media, President Donald Trump says ships are starting to move, many loaded with oil, out of the Strait of Hormuz.

That after the U.S. and Iran reached a framework deal.

In the post, Trump said they're going along the Southern Highway, which is totally safe, secure, and pristine.

According to BBC Verify's ship tracking data, a tanker was seen crossing the Strait of Hormuz shortly after the deal was announced.

And 11 skydivers and a pilot are dead after a plane crashed in Butler, Missouri Sunday morning.

According to Flight Radar, the aircraft took off in the airport, reached an altitude of 13,400 feet before descending at about 200 miles an hour.

Local authorities are calling it a mass casualty event.

And a growing number of cities and counties across Kentucky are considering moratoriums on data centers.

Our Nadia Ramlagan has more.

Davies County residents were the latest to implement a 12-month ban on these types of centers.

Jerry James with the National Sierra Club says the caution is warranted the unprecedented explosion in generative AI energy demand and the potential to wreak havoc on the natural environment and resources.

When you add quantum computing at high speed for everybody at the tip of your fingertips, and then you have the defense industry, and the commercial industry is using it, that is where the energy consumption is.

Moratoriums have been criticized by the data industry as anti-business, even as technology companies continue to pour billions of dollars into building the centers.

Credit for original reporting goes to Liam Neyemeyer for the Kentucky Lantern.

And as North Carolina braces for another summer of intense heat, one expert explains how to stay cool and watch for signs of heat-related illnesses.

Dr. Anjani Joyner at Duke University urges people to try to find ways to keep their homes cool if they don't have air conditioning.

That includes shutting blinds, running fans, and even putting towels in the freezer to cool off later.

But if a person is unable to cool themselves adequately at home, Joyner recommends finding a different place to escape the heat.

If you're not able to cool yourself indoors, then you really need to look to go somewhere else, whether it's a grocery store, movie theater.

Many communities have cooling centers.

In Durham County in particular, most of the libraries serve as cooling centers during the daytime hours.

Common signs of heat-related illness include heavy sweating, intense thirst, dizziness, headaches, and nausea.

People with a more serious heat medical emergency, like heat stroke, often experience confusion or slurt speech.

Next, a faith-based pregnancy center in Idaho's Panhandle offers prenatal care for women, but critics say that comes at a price.

According to reporting from KFF Health News, these centers attract pregnant women with their free services, then counsel them against having an abortion.

Jen Jackson-Quintero lives in Sandpoint and is a founder of the ProVoice Project.

Human beings aren't one-size-fits-all, and not everyone with their particular pregnancy situation or relationship situation is going to fit into the framework of their Christian beliefs.

The center in Sandpoint is an affiliate of CareNet, a national network of Christian pregnancy crisis centers.

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Thirteen states require employers to offer paid family medical leave, but Nevada is not one of them, thanks to a veto by Governor Joe Lombardo one year ago.

Last June, the governor vetoed Assembly Bill 388 after the legislature passed it, saying the bill would severely disrupt the economic stability of business across Nevada.

Assemblywoman Selena LaRue-Hatch, who sponsored the bill, disagrees.

The number of businesses that are operating successfully with paid family medical leave policies already shows that it is not a hardship.

Every other industrialized nation in the world has paid family medical leave.

The bill would have required companies that have 50 employees or more to offer 12 weeks of paid family medical leave to cover the birth of a child, a serious illness, or the need to flee domestic violence.

I'm Suzanne Potter.

And over 9 million older adults in Wyoming and across the U.S. are missing out on $58 billion in benefits that can help them pay for necessities.

That is according to the latest data published by the National Council on Aging and the Urban Institute.

Nearly 30,000 eligible Wyomingites are not enrolled in three key federal programs that can help them make ends meet.

Jessica Johnston, the council's senior strategist for economic well-being, points to the Medicare Savings Program, which can be used to pay for insurance premiums.

Health care is one of the largest expenses for older adults.

And so having some extra help to pay for health care is a really critical benefit.

And we encourage people to apply for these Medicare savings programs.

Wyoming has the lowest participation rate in the nation in the Medicare Savings Program, SNAP Food Assistance, and Supplemental Security Income, which provides extra cash each month for qualifying seniors.

The average monthly benefit for these three programs combined adds up to just over $900.

I'm Eric Galatas.

Older adults are the only demographic in the nation that saw a rise in poverty over the last several years.

Finally, a controversial livestock provision could become part of the next farm bill under consideration in the Senate.

The proposed Save Our Bacon Act would block state laws such as California's Proposition 12, which limits the use of gestation crates for pregnant pigs.

Supporters say farmers shouldn't have to comply with production standards set by another state, while opponents argue the laws create new market opportunities for producers and respond to consumer demand.

Osage County hog farmer Russ Kramer says Proposition 12 has created opportunities for producers willing to meet the state's housing standards for breeding pigs.

The number of farms that now qualify for Proposition 12, pork has gone from 8 or 9 percent to 40 percent.

So people are embracing this.

Crystal Blair reporting.

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