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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: What happened in the violent attack on a synagogue in Detroit?
Schools and houses of worship in the Detroit area are on alert after a violent attack today on a synagogue. Russ McNamara of Detroit Public Radio reports the attacker has been killed. It happened at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard says the suspect rammed his truck into the synagogue. At least one individual came to the temple.
Security saw him, engaged him in gunfire. Once inside, the vehicle became engulfed in flames, sending plumes of smoke out the top and front of the building. Investigators are still working to determine the exact cause and nature of the fire. The suspect was found dead and badly burned inside.
Bouchard said one security guard was struck by the vehicle and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No one else was hurt. For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Detroit. There was also a shooting today on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. School police say there were three victims affiliated with ODU. One person has died.
Authorities say the shooter is also dead, although the cause of death remains uncertain. Iran's new supreme leader, Mushtaba Khamenei, has made his first public statement since his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. The younger Khamenei vows to avenge, quote, martyrs, to continue attacks on U.S.
bases in the region, and to keep its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global route for oil shipments. NPR's Greg Myrie says Iranian state media delivered Khomeini's statement. We didn't see the new leader, Moshe Bahamaneh, and we didn't hear his voice. This statement was read on Iranian state media in his name. So one of the key questions is what condition is he in?
He was believed to be injured in the Israeli airstrike on day one of the war that killed the former supreme leader, his father, as well as his mother, his wife, and his son. NPR's Greg Myhre. The war is continuing to upend the oil market and unsettle investors in the stock market. More from NPR's Maria Aspin.
The price of oil again rose above $100 a barrel, signaling more pain ahead at the gas pump for consumers. That's intensifying investor worries about inflation and the broader economy. It's also raising questions about how soon the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates again.
The Fed typically lowers the cost of borrowing as inflation cools, but it's still above the Fed's target rate of 2%. Now the war and its impact on oil prices threaten to heat it up again. Dollar General is among the businesses warning that higher prices will hurt its customers. Its shares fell after the discount retailer told investors to expect slower sales growth this year.
Maria Aspin, NPR News. It's NPR. The mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac is reporting that rates have gone up again this week. It's reporting that the fixed rate on a 30-year loan ticked up to 6.11 percent from 6 percent last week. Meanwhile, bipartisan legislation designed to bring down the price of homes easily passed the U.S. Senate, however, may not make it through the House as is.
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