Los precios del combustible alcanzan un récord en el Día del Trabajo en EE. UU. gracias a la guerra de Irán y los problemas de las refinerías - AP News

That tops the previous Labor Day record of $3.82 set in 2012. The jump is tied to the ongoing Iran war and refinery problems that have squeezed supply heading into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

For people here in Lubbock, that kind of number hits at the pump every single day. Whether you're driving Loop 289 to work, hauling out to the South Plains for the weekend, or just making the run from Tech Terrace to the South Plains Mall, there's no avoiding it. West Texas is car country, and there's no workaround when gas costs this much.

The practical math is simple: a 15-gallon fill-up that cost roughly $48 last Labor Day now runs closer to $62. Families who planned road trips are rethinking them, and some, like one Philadelphia resident quoted by AAA's data release, spent most of the summer staying close to home instead of taking their usual weekend drives.