Surging Gas Prices Shake Americans, and How Ted Turner Unleashed 24-Hour News 
Plus, the conflicting messages on the state of the war.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Higher Gas Prices Are Hitting Lower-Income Americans the Hardest (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/business/economy/gas-prices-inequality-lower-income-consumers.html) , by Talmon Joseph Smith
Iran Says It Is Reviewing a U.S. Proposal to End the War (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/world/middleeast/us-iran-peace-proposal.html) , by Leo Sands, Qasim Nauman, Mark Landler and Michael Levenson
With World Distracted by War, Extremist Settlers Intensify Attacks in West Bank (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-west-bank-settler-violence-iran-war.html) , by Natan Odenheimer, David M. Halbfinger and Fatima AbdulKarim
Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87 (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/business/media/ted-turner-dead.html) , by Jonathan Kandell
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