Trump may hope an 'economic onslaught' will pressure Iran - its leaders are betting otherwise

The United States has imposed what it is calling an economic D-Day on Iran. The new sanctions package targets Iranian oil exports, financial institutions, and what the Treasury Department describes as key revenue streams for the regime.

Iran's leaders are calling this business as usual.

They have survived sanctions before. The administration in Washington is betting that the scale of this package will force negotiations. Tehran's response so far has been that economic pressure will not change their position.

Iran shares a border with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Also Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.

Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania. Both were unvaccinated adults. Cases in the United States have now reached the highest level since the virus was declared eliminated in the year two thousand.

The Centers for Disease Control says vaccination rates have been declining for several years.

Measles is extremely contagious. One infected person in a room can spread it to nine out of ten unvaccinated people. Health officials in Pennsylvania are now identifying anyone who may have been exposed and urging vaccination for those who have not yet received it.

The virus was eliminated in the United States twenty-five years ago.

The declaration was made in the year two thousand. Cases have been rising steadily since twenty twenty-three as vaccination rates decline.

In golf news, Sir Nick Faldo says players who left for LIV Golf may need to eat humble pie if they want to return to the DP World Tour.

The DP World Tour is what we used to call the European Tour.

LIV Golf is the Saudi-backed league that offered enormous contracts to top players starting in twenty twenty-two. Some of those players are now exploring a return to the traditional tours.

Faldo, who won six major championships, says those players may need to acknowledge they made a mistake before regaining eligibility. He used the phrase eat a bit of humble pie.

Back in August of twenty twenty-four, a real estate agent in Michigan began selling homes from a helicopter while dangling by a harness fifty feet off the ground.

Back in December of twenty twenty-four, two men were arrested near Boston Logan Airport after police say they flew drones in restricted airspace over multiple nights.

Also back in December of twenty twenty-four, archaeologists in Turkey say they may have discovered the sarcophagus of Saint Nicholas.

Number three. One hundred and twenty pounds of dog, hiding from ice, behind a two-year-old. Posted by Tiny Boss Big Dog. Four million five hundred and nineteen thousand and forty-eight new views.

Unchanged since the last count.

Number two. When Kindness Goes Both Ways. Posted by Windypaws. Eight million one hundred and fifty-seven thousand one hundred and seventy new views in the last four days.

That one has also held position.

And number one. Fisherman Found This Heron Fighting For Its Life. Posted by Sassy. Nine million nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand four hundred and twenty-eight new views.

That video has now led the KRAK 11 animal countdown for twenty consecutive hours.

Magnus Carlsen has won his seventeenth consecutive Esports World Cup chess title. That is seventeen in a row. He remains unbeaten in the tournament since it began.

College football. Yahoo Sports has Ohio State ranked number four in their preseason top twenty-five. The Buckeyes are looking to beat Michigan and win the playoff.

And Pete Crow-Armstrong made history in the Cubs walk-off win over the White Sox, six to five. That is how you close out a ballgame.