man and whether he s going to be forced to buy this thing. let s talk about the impact of the stocks. showers closed at $41.58, down for the year. how does that impact twitter s case? well, twitter certainly will be arguing that musk has hurt their share price, hurt their value. he agreed to buy this thing for $54.20 a share. as you mentioned, it closed at $41.58. twitter is not a stock that is rallying. it s down again today as a few minutes ago, about $41 a share. this is going to be part of twitter s case here they re going to say he has hurt us by dragging his feet. as many legal analysts opposite out, he agreed to buy it without looking inside of it. this may be for nothing if in the end in court it s proven that he has to buy this thing
of gas. it is continuing to climb, hitting another record high today. nationwide, the average for a gallon of gas is $4.62, putting a real squeeze on millions of americans, continuing to put a squeeze on them, especially commuting to and from work. gabe cohen is live in washington with a look at this. what are you finding? kate, it s a hot labor market, so some workers are seeing the gas prices rise and they re asking for stipends or trying switch to remote jobs. not every employee has that obviously. for the workers commuting again, the new gas price, $4.62 a gallon, is up $1.58 in the past year. in some places, it is far worse than that. there are several stations in california where the price is higher than the federal minimum wage. with oil prices rising again this morning, gas prices are expected to follow.
with her very own doll. a warm welcome to tokyo and it s been another incredible day on the athletics track, with another extraordinary 400 metres hurdles final and another dizzying world record. the usa s sydney mclaughlin smashed her own world record with a sensational run. the 21 year old powered down the home straight to finish in 51.46 seconds shaving almost half a second off her old time to beat her fellow american dalilah muhammad who took silver in 51.58 seconds. it means that for the second day in a row, the top two finishers in the olympic a00m hurdles final
the uk birth rate has fallen to its lowest in nearly 20 years. the latest figures show that the number of children born in england and wales continues. there were 613,936 live births a decrease of 4.1 per cent since 2019. the total fertility rate is now 1.58 children per woman. the number of women giving birth fell across all age groups including mothers over 40, for the first time since the early 1980s. police in norway say a suspect accused of killing five people with a bow and arrow had converted to islam and showed signs of radicalisation. the archer shot many arrows several of them hitting houses. reports say he shot at anyone he came across. the suspect is a 37 year old dane living in kongsberg, the south eastern norwegian town where the attacks took place on wednesday. norway s new prime minister, jonas gahr stoere, has called the murders a gruesome and brutal act.