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What happened in the Manhattan office building shooting and why was the NFL mentioned?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. The gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan office building yesterday before he took his own life. Apparently had a grievance with a national football league. Here's New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
We have reason to believe that uh he was focused on the NFL. Uh agency that was located in the building.
But the mayor tells MSNBC today the suspect got on the wrong elevator. Investigators disclosed they'd found a rambling note on the suspect's body. He appeared to blame the NFL for repeated brain trauma.
How severe is the famine risk in Gaza and what are the UN and WHO reporting?
The gummin played high school football some twenty years earlier in California. Police say the Las Vegas resident had a history of mental illness. The Gaza Strip is experiencing the quote worst case scenario of famine. The United Nations backed coalition issued that alert this morning, but stopped short of issuing a formal famine declaration. NPR's Emily Fang brings us that story from Tel Aviv.
The alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, warns that, quote, widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths. The World Health Organization says more than 60 people died of malnutrition in July alone, more than 20 of them children under five years old. For hunger to reach the famine threshold on the IPC, the panel says it found at least thirty percent of children experiencing acute malnutrition. The panel used data collected up to four days ago before Israel started letting in more food to Gaza, so the group said a new analysis would be conducted without delay and updated data.
Why is former President Trump seeking to depose media mogul Rupert Murdoch?
Israeli officials have denied there is starvation in Gaza and have blamed Hamas for stoking chaos and aid distribution. Emily Fang and Pure News Tel Aviv.
President Trump's lawyers wanted depose Rupert Murdoch, Trump's suing the ninety four year old Media Mogul, the Wall Street Journal's parent company, and two of the paper's reporters for libel.
The two titans of the American right have been political allies for the past decade. Murdoch's Fox News, the New York Post, and the journal's editorial pages have largely served as pillars of support for Trump. Now Trump wants a judge to give Murdoch just two weeks to be deposed, saying it's uncertain whether he would show up at a trial. Trump says he warned Murdoch not to publish a story saying Trump sent a body birthday message two decades ago to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Trump says he did not draw or send such a note. Outside lawyers say Trump's case is flimsy, yet he has won big settlements from the parent companies of ABC, CBS, Facebook, and X for suits that were similarly deemed as weak.
What are the anti‑government protests in Serbia demanding and how did they start?
Now Trump is putting his former ally Murdoch on notice, too. David Fokkenflick, NPR News.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down more than two hundred points. From Washington, this is NPR News. In Serbia, anti government demonstrators confronted police today. After students were forced out of a university faculty building in Novi Pazar. The group had been camping on site for months in protest with Against the Serbian leadership they accuse of being corrupt. Anger first erupted last November following the collapse of a concrete canopy at a renovated train station.
Who are the standout nominees for this year’s Booker Prize and what are their books about?
Sixteen people were killed in that incident. The long list of nominees for this year's Booker Prize is out. Thirteen candidates are in the running for one of the most prestigious awards recognizing works published in the United Kingdom. And PR's Andrew Limbong says two are debut novelists.
The first time's the charm for Maria Reva and Lady Joga. Reva's novel Endling is about a Ukrainian scientist studying snails until the war starts, and then it becomes about a woman writing a novel about a Ukrainian scientist studying snails. Joga's novel Misinterpretation follows an unnamed interpreter who gets very involved in the lives of people she's doing translations for. Other nominees include Susan Choi for Flashlight, Ben Markovitz for The Rest of Our Lives, and Katie. Kitamura for audition. The judges this year include novelist Kylie Reid, actor and producer Sarah Jessica Parker, and author Roddy Doyle, who is the first Booker Prize winner to chair the panel, Andrew Limbung and Pierre News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What happened in the Manhattan office building shooting and why was the NFL mentioned?
0:01–0:42
2
How severe is the famine risk in Gaza and what are the UN and WHO reporting?
0:42–1:45
3
Why is former President Trump seeking to depose media mogul Rupert Murdoch?
1:45–2:45
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What are the anti‑government protests in Serbia demanding and how did they start?
2:45–3:28
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Who are the standout nominees for this year’s Booker Prize and what are their books about?
3:28–4:37