3月11日，一艘货船在霍尔木兹海峡附近的波斯湾航行。 （路透社）

美国中央司令部称，美军已完全切断伊朗海上进出口贸易。

彭博社报道，美国中央司令部星期二（4月14日）发布消息说，美军对伊朗港口的封锁已全面实施。“伊朗经济约90%依赖海上国际贸易。封锁实施不到36小时，美军已完全切断伊朗海上进出口经济贸易。”

美国中央司令部说：“没有船只突破由十几艘美国军舰和1万名美军组成的封锁线。”

美国正在阿曼湾和阿拉伯海执行封锁措施，以阻挡试图驶出波斯湾的伊朗船只，这意味着一些船只可以穿越霍尔木兹海峡，但仍无法突破封锁。

《华尔街日报》稍早前引述匿名美国官员的话报道，美国海军自13日开始实施封锁以来，已拦截八艘进出伊朗港口的油轮。美方在拦截过程中均通过无线电与船员取得联系，要求他们改变航向。“所有油轮均予以配合，无需登船检查”。

美国官员说，首批被拦截的两艘船从伊朗恰巴哈尔港驶出，由美国一艘驱逐舰实施喊话拦截；美军还出动P-8海上巡逻机执行油轮拦截任务。

美国中央司令部14日在X平台说，超过1万名美国海军、海军陆战队和空军人员，十余艘军舰、数十架飞机正在执行封锁伊朗港口的任务。

美国于美东时间13日上午10时起，对所有进出伊朗港口船只实施封锁。

总部位于英国的海事分析公司温沃德14日发布报告说，美国对所有进出伊朗港口的船舶实施封锁后，仍有部分船舶进出霍尔木兹海峡，通航并未因美国封锁而完全停止。

美国中央司令部：已完全切断伊朗海上进出口贸易

2026年4月15日 11:00 / 联合早报

3月11日，一艘货船在霍尔木兹海峡附近的波斯湾航行。 （路透社）

美国中央司令部称，美军已完全切断伊朗海上进出口贸易。

彭博社报道，美国中央司令部星期二（4月14日）发布消息说，美军对伊朗港口的封锁已全面实施。“伊朗经济约90%依赖海上国际贸易。封锁实施不到36小时，美军已完全切断伊朗海上进出口经济贸易。”

美国中央司令部说：“没有船只突破由十几艘美国军舰和1万名美军组成的封锁线。”

美国正在阿曼湾和阿拉伯海执行封锁措施，以阻挡试图驶出波斯湾的伊朗船只，这意味着一些船只可以穿越霍尔木兹海峡，但仍无法突破封锁。

《华尔街日报》稍早前引述匿名美国官员的话报道，美国海军自13日开始实施封锁以来，已拦截八艘进出伊朗港口的油轮。美方在拦截过程中均通过无线电与船员取得联系，要求他们改变航向。“所有油轮均予以配合，无需登船检查”。

美国官员说，首批被拦截的两艘船从伊朗恰巴哈尔港驶出，由美国一艘驱逐舰实施喊话拦截；美军还出动P-8海上巡逻机执行油轮拦截任务。

美国中央司令部14日在X平台说，超过1万名美国海军、海军陆战队和空军人员，十余艘军舰、数十架飞机正在执行封锁伊朗港口的任务。

美国于美东时间13日上午10时起，对所有进出伊朗港口船只实施封锁。

总部位于英国的海事分析公司温沃德14日发布报告说，美国对所有进出伊朗港口的船舶实施封锁后，仍有部分船舶进出霍尔木兹海峡，通航并未因美国封锁而完全停止。

Prosecutors from Jeanine Pirro’s office tried to access Federal Reserve headquarters, but were turned away

2026-04-14T22:25:25-0400 / CBS News

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Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office visited the Federal Reserve’s headquarters unannounced Tuesday and attempted to gain access to the building’s ongoing renovations, which are the subject of a months-long active criminal investigation, according to a source familiar with the matter and a letter reviewed by CBS News.

The two prosecutors and an investigator from Pirro’s office were denied access to the site, and were given contact information for the Fed’s legal team, the source said.

The decision by the federal prosecutors to visit the renovation site is highly unorthodox. A similar move by Pirro’s predecessor to visit New York Attorney General Letitia James’s house drew allegations from James’ attorney that the office ran afoul of the rules of professional conduct for attorneys and internal Justice Department policies, which call for fair and even-handed treatment in criminal cases.

The investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell centers on a pricey years-long project to renovate the Fed’s headquarters and was opened by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. in November, according to court filings. The Fed is not funded through tax dollars.

In January, Powell revealed that the Federal Reserve had received grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department as part of a criminal investigation into him. The central bank chief said the subpoenas threatened a criminal indictment related to his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025.

The chair said the investigation centered on his testimony about the renovation project, which has cost about $2.5 billion so far. But Powell — who has drawn President Trump’s ire for declining to slash interest rates at a rapid clip — argued the probe was part of an effort to intimidate the Fed. The investigation has not resulted in any criminal charges.

In March, Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia quashed the pair of subpoenas, saying they were a pretext to pressure Powell into voting for lower interest rates or resigning. Powell’s term as Fed chair ends in May, but he can remain a member of the central bank’s board — and keep voting on monetary policy — until early 2028.

“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will. On the other side of the scale, the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President,” Boasberg wrote in his ruling, adding that in his opinion, “these subpoenas are mere pretexts.”

The Justice Department asked Boasberg to reconsider his decision, but he denied that request earlier this month.

In a letter to the prosecutors reviewed by CBS News, the Fed’s outside legal counsel, Robert Hur, wrote that the men appeared at the Fed without prior notice Tuesday, told staff they wanted to “check on progress” of the renovations and asked for a “tour” of the site.

“As you know, Chief Judge Boasberg has concluded that your interest in the Federal Reserve’s renovation project was pretextual,” Hur wrote. “Should you wish to challenge that finding, the courts provide an avenue for you; it is not appropriate for you to try to circumvent it.”

Hur served as the Justice Department special counsel who investigated former President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents from his time as vice president, and found that no criminal charges were warranted in the case.

In a statement to CBS News, Pirro said that “Any construction project that has cost overruns of almost 80% over the original construction budget deserves some serious review. And these people are in charge of monetary policy in the United States?”

A spokesperson for the Fed declined to comment.

The prosecutors’ surprise visit to the headquarters renovation was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The prosecutors, Carlton Davis and Steven Vandervelden, are two allies of Ms. Pirro who were also involved in a failed bid to indict six sitting congressional Democrats who taped a video urging members of the military to reject “illegal orders.” In that case, the grand jury unanimously rejected the charges, CBS News previously reported.

The investigator who accompanied the two prosecutors to the Fed’s renovation site, Matthew Fox-Moles, is assigned to a special prosecutions team in Pirro’s office, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News.

Last summer, Mr. Trump visited the Fed’s headquarters personally to tour the renovation project. Powell and Mr. Trump donned hard hats and, while television cameras rolled, openly argued about the scope of the project’s cost overruns.

The ensuing criminal probe has caused difficulties for Mr. Trump’s effort to replace Powell as Fed chair when his term ends. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, has said he will not vote to advance Mr. Trump’s nominee for the powerful job, Kevin Warsh, until the Justice Department’s investigation wraps up.

4月7日，世界银行行长彭安杰在大西洋理事会一场活动上发言。 （路透社）

世界银行可在约15个月内，为受美以伊战事严重冲击的国家筹集约800亿至1000亿美元（约1017亿至1271亿新元）资金。

路透社报道，世行行长彭安杰（Ajay Banga）星期二（4月14日）在布雷顿森林体系委员会主办的活动上说，这笔资金包括各国可通过危机应对窗口获取的200亿至250亿美元。

危机应对窗口允许各国动用现有项目已批准资金的10%，另外300亿至400亿美元可来自对现有项目的重新规划。

他说，如果这场战争持续，超过期限，世行就不得不动用资产负债表和净值，寻找额外资金，以达到800亿至1000亿美元的目标。

世行可为受伊朗战事影响国家提供资金应对危机

2026年4月15日 11:23 / 联合早报

世行可为受伊朗战事影响国家提供资金应对危机

4月7日，世界银行行长彭安杰在大西洋理事会一场活动上发言。 （路透社）

世界银行可在约15个月内，为受美以伊战事严重冲击的国家筹集约800亿至1000亿美元（约1017亿至1271亿新元）资金。

路透社报道，世行行长彭安杰（Ajay Banga）星期二（4月14日）在布雷顿森林体系委员会主办的活动上说，这笔资金包括各国可通过危机应对窗口获取的200亿至250亿美元。

危机应对窗口允许各国动用现有项目已批准资金的10%，另外300亿至400亿美元可来自对现有项目的重新规划。

他说，如果这场战争持续，超过期限，世行就不得不动用资产负债表和净值，寻找额外资金，以达到800亿至1000亿美元的目标。

Android users could get money under $135 million Google settlement. Here’s how.

April 14, 2026 4:26 PM EDT / CBS News

Millions of Android users could be eligible for a payment under a $135 million class-action settlement over allegations that Google’s operating system caused mobile devices to send data without users’ permission.

People who used Android mobile devices to connect to the internet over a cellular network from Nov. 12, 2017, to the present could qualify for the payment, according to the settlement website.

The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleged that Google’s Android platform transferred data without device owners’ knowledge. Data was allegedly transmitted even when devices were idle, including when they were not in use and when all apps were closed, eating up people’s cellular data.

“Google effectively forces these users to subsidize its surveillance by secretly programming Android devices to constantly transmit user information to Google in real time, thus appropriating the valuable cellular data users have purchased,” the lawsuit alleged.

Google denied the allegations. Here’s what to know about the settlement.

How do you get a payment?

All qualifying Android users who don’t opt out of the settlement will receive a payment, according to the settlement site. Users should receive a personalized notice in the mail or by email with a notice ID and a confirmation code.

People filing a claim must enter their preferred method of payment at the settlement website at this link. The link asks for your notice ID and confirmation code to confirm the payment method.

How much could you receive?

It’s unclear because it will depend on how many Android users receive payments, the settlement site notes. The $135 million settlement will also be reduced by court-approved attorneys’ fees, costs, taxes and other expenses.

Roughly 100 million people could be eligible for payments, so amounts could be fairly small.

What if you don’t do anything?

The settlement administrator will still try to pay Android users who qualify, even if they don’t enter their payment information, the website said. But those consumers “run the risk of not receiving a payment if those attempts are unsuccessful,” it added.

7-Eleven plans to close 645 stores in the U.S. this year

April 14, 2026 / 5:31 PM EDT / CBS/AP

7-Eleven plans to close 645 stores across the U.S. in fiscal year 2026, according to earnings filings from the convenience chain published last week.

Seven & i Holdings Co., the Japan-based parent of the convenience chain, noted that these closures “include the conversion to wholesale fuel stores.” Financial documents show that 7-Eleven Inc. has steadily opened new wholesale fuel stores in North America over recent years, which accounted for more than 900 locations as of December 2025.

The chain’s North American operator forecast it will open 205 stores during the same time period, although those openings will be outpaced by the closures.

The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why it is shuttering the stores. 7-Eleven has closed hundreds of “underperforming” convenience stores in recent years, citing pressures such as slowing sales, less foot traffic and inflationary pressures.

According to the company’s website, there are over 86,000 7-Eleven stores across 19 countries today. 7-Eleven Inc., the brand’s North American operator based in Texas, oversees more than 13,000 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

The latest wave of store closures arrives as higher prices strain consumers worldwide. The U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran has especially rattled energy markets, with drivers now facing soaring gas prices.

Consumers were facing stubborn inflation even before the war. In North America specifically, Seven & i noted in its April 9 report, “although the economy remained robust, personal consumption also began to soften” for the 2025 fiscal year — “particularly among low-income households, as inflation continued to weigh on spending.”

Openings for Seven & i subsidiaries outside of North America are set to outpace the stores they’re closing — including Seven-Eleven Japan, which expects to close 350 stores and open 550 locations, per financial filings.

Seven & i expects its revenue to fall 9.4% for the current fiscal year, totaling a projected nearly 9.45 trillion yen (about $59.5 billion).

The company has been looking for new opportunities for growth, and last year outlined a wider transformation plan aimed at boosting its convenience store offerings. Among goals, Seven & i has said it would invest in more fresh food offerings and expand its “7NOW” delivery service.

The changes also arrive under new leadership. Stephen Hayes Dacus became Seven & i’s CEO last spring.

Florida doctor indicted after allegedly removing patient’s liver instead of spleen in fatal surgery

April 14, 2026 / 5:54 PM EDT / CBS News

A Florida doctor is facing charges of second-degree manslaughter following a fatal surgery where he allegedly removed a patient’s liver instead of the spleen.

Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, 44, was arrested Monday after a two-year investigation into the August 2024 death of a 70-year-old Alabama man conducted by local and state law enforcement in collaboration with medical authorities, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said.

Dr. Shaknovsky, who is licensed to practice medicine in Florida, Alabama and New York, is now being held at the Walton County Jail on a $75,000 bond, according to correction records, after a grand jury returned an indictment. His medical licenses were all suspended or turned in before his recent arrest.

“The Grand Jury has spoken, and our responsibility is to ensure the charges are carried out through the proper legal process,” Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson said in a statement.

A chaotic operative scene

When the Alabama man first arrived at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach with abdominal pain on Aug. 18, 2024, Dr. Shaknovsky recommended surgery.

The patient refused an operation at first and wanted to return home, Florida health officials said in a 2024 emergency application to suspend Dr. Shaknovsky’s license. Ultimately, the patient conceded under pressure from Dr. Shaknovsky, an osteopathic physician, to a laparoscopic splenectomy.

The procedure was scheduled late in the day on Aug. 21, 2024, after 5 p.m., raising concerns among the operating room staff who noted they only had a skeletal crew available. Staff also raised concerns about the doctor’s lack of experience and skills in the emergency department.

Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, 44, was arrested for allegedly removing a patient’s liver instead of the spleen in a fatal surgery. Walton County Sheriff’s Office

Operating room staff “knew splenectomies were complicated procedures that could quickly deteriorate and were not regularly performed at Ascension,” documents read. Dr. Shaknovsky started the laparoscopic procedure but then elected to convert to an open procedure, without properly documenting the reasons, the emergency application said. During the operation, the patient started to hemorrhage, and his vitals dropped, so the operating staff called an emergency code.

A spokesperson for Ascension Sacred Heart said in a statement that “Dr. Shaknovsky was never a Sacred Heart Emerald Coast employee and has not practiced at any of our facilities since August 2024. We remain focused on upholding the standards our patients and community expect of us.”

Dr. Shaknovsky said in an interview with officials following the operation that he tried to control the patient’s bleeding. He claimed he blindly fired a stapling device into the abdomen, removing an organ he presumed to be the spleen, despite later admitting he was unable to properly identify it due to shock and chaos. He also alleged that the patient’s spleen was grossly enlarged and the liver was unusually positioned, contributing to his misidentification.

Accounts from operating room witnesses paint a chaotic scene and markedly different recollections. Upon opening the patient’s abdomen, a megacolon allegedly burst, obstructing visibility, the emergency application said. While staff attempted to clear the field, Dr. Shaknovsky is said to have identified a pulsing vessel, stapled it, and continued to dissect even as the abdomen was full of blood, failing to ask for essential tools like a clamp or cauterizer.

Dr. Shaknovsky identified a vessel that he intended to cut and noted that he could feel it pulsing under his finger. He told the staff member assisting him, “that’s scary.” He ultimately removed the liver, identifying it as the spleen, an organ distinct in size, color, and location.

Staff members said in the emergency application that they were reportedly shocked by this misidentification.

Despite resuscitation efforts, the patient was pronounced dead. Dr. Shaknovsky informed staff that the cause was a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm and insisted that the removed organ be labeled as a “spleen” for pathology. However, the medical examiner found no evidence of a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm.

Dr. Shaknovsky has denied wrongdoing, the emergency application said, asserting that the patients’ organs presented with abnormal anatomy or had “migrated” to an unusual location.

A checkered medical history

Applications to suspend or revoke Dr. Shaknovsky’s physician licenses document a checkered medical history. In an application for an emergency suspension of the Florida medical license of Dr. Shaknovsky, which was issued in 2020, Florida health officials detail another incident leading to patient harm. Just two months before the fatal surgery, Dr. Shaknovsky had operated on a 58-year-old man, removing a portion of his pancreas instead of the adrenal gland during an adrenalectomy, according to Florida’s Department of Health.

Dr. Shaknovsky documented removing the left adrenal gland and later claimed the adrenal gland had “migrated.” The patient suffered permanent harm from this error, department of health officials said. The Florida Department of Health suspended Dr. Shaknovsky’s license in September 2024, according to public records.

The wife of the patient who died in 2024 contacted the Alabama Board of Licenses to alert them to Dr. Shaknovsky’s alleged role in her husband’s death. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners filed a complaint against Dr. Shaknovsky, temporarily suspending his license, which he has held since 2016 in Alabama. Dr. Shaknovsky “may constitute an immediate danger to his patients and the public,” the Alabama Medical Licensure Commission said in its order.

He surrendered his license on Nov. 7, 2024, according to Alabama’s medical license records. The Alabama application to suspend Dr. Shaknovsky’s license documented two prior operating mistakes in 2023 – one of which, the documents said, led to another fatality.

According to the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners in July 2023, Dr. Shaknovsky was scheduled to perform an ileostomy, an operation that diverts the small intestine through the abdominal wall, but instead opted to perform a bowel resection on the patient, which resulted in a perforation. The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit, where she later died.

His New York State medical license, which he has held since 2015, was suspended in 2025.

Dr. Shaknovsky did not respond to a request for comment.

宏茂桥警署的警员展开调查，最终锁定涉案者为六名年龄介于13岁至16岁的青少年。他们在星期二（4月14日）被警方逮捕。 （档案照片）

从电单车储物箱里找到智能钥匙，六名青少年连偷两辆电单车，结果被新加坡警察部队逮捕。他们星期三（4月15日）将在青少年法庭被控。

新加坡警察部队星期二（14日）发文告说，当局在上星期天（12日）和星期一（13日）之间各别接到报案，指榜鹅通道（Punggol Drive）和榜鹅中路（Punggol Central）发生电单车偷窃案。

宏茂桥警署的警员随后展开调查，最终锁定涉案者为六名年龄介于13岁至16岁的青少年。他们在星期二被警方逮捕。

初步调查显示，六名青少年之所以能偷走电单车，是因为他们在电单车储物箱内找到电单车的智能钥匙。警方事后找回两辆电单车，后续调查也证实六名青少年都没有相关驾照。

六人星期三将在青少年法庭被控。根据《刑事法典》第379A节条文，偷车一旦罪成，可被判坐牢最长七年和罚款。

警方促请所有车主采取以下防范措施，预防犯罪发生：

• 将电单车停在明亮处；

• 为电单车安装防盗警报器；

• 使用电单车车罩，并固定好两端；

• 使用额外的锁具，例如碟刹锁（disc brake locks），或安装悬挂锁；

• 每次下车时拔出钥匙并锁车；

• 不要将备用钥匙存放在电单车的储物箱。

调查还在进行中。

Chevron says Venezuelan oil imports are helping curb U.S. gas prices

April 14, 2026 / 6:20 PM EDT / CBS News

Chevron’s stepped-up imports of Venezuelan oil are helping ease fuel prices for U.S. consumers, according to a senior executive with the energy giant.

Andrew Walz, Chevron’s president of global refining, told CBS News that the company is running its Pascagoula, Mississippi, refinery around the clock to process crude from Venezuela.

Walz said Chevron is moving to curb prices for consumers as the war in Iran constrains global oil supplies and pushes U.S. gasoline prices up to their highest level since 2022.

A tanker carrying 400,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude will supply Chevron’s Mississippi refinery for four days. The oil imports are helping both “bring revenue to Venezuela, and it’s helping Americans,” Walz said.

“This ship is lowering prices in America because we have access to a new supply point that we didn’t have previously,” he added.

The Trump administration earlier this month lifted sanctions on interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez as the U.S. seeks to rebuild ties with the country’s government. The move came three months after U.S. forces seized Rodriguez’s predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife in a military raid.

Since Maduro’s removal from power, the Trump administration has sought to incentivize U.S. investment in Venezuela’s oil sector, rolling back sanctions to allow American oil companies to spend on infrastructure and production.

“I think the lesson is that energy really matters, and it needs to be affordable and reliable. And that’s why we have to keep investing in infrastructure, investing in capabilities, and companies like Chevron need to keep finding these products and getting them to their customers,” Walz said.

Always be conserving

Without access to Venezuelan oil, Americans would be paying higher prices at the pump, according to the Chevron exec.

“Less supply means higher prices,” Walz said.

The average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. is $4.12, up from $2.98 just before the Iran war, according to AAA.

With U.S. energy costs surging, meanwhile, Walz also encouraged motorists and consumers to take steps to conserve.

“People do need to conserve energy. We should always be conserving energy, whether it’s your light switch or the miles you drive or what kind of car you buy,” he said. “So I would encourage everybody to try to conserve, hang in there and hopefully prices will be coming down soon.”

Chevron and Venezuela this week announced two deals to expand oil production in the country. Walz said that Chevron plans to expand production in Venezuela by 50% over the next few years.

Watch more of Andy Walz’s interview Wednesday on “CBS Mornings.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chevron-executive-venezuelan-crude-oil-helping-lower-prices-iran-war/