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What happened in the Utah shooting of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. President Trump is asking for prayers for Charlie Kirk, an influential figure in the MAGA movement. after a shooting today at an event in Utah. And PR's Tamar Keith reports Kirk was the apparent target. The extent of his injuries is not yet known.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, quote, We all must pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. God bless him. Kirk was a key Trump surrogate and supporter registering voters and rallying young conservatives to back Trump in 2024.
Why is the Washington DC National Guard’s deployment being extended?
A MAGA influencer with a wide reach, Kirk was speaking at a rally at Utah Valley University in Oram when the shooting took place. It was the first stop on Talking Point USA's American Comeback Tour, which was set to visit 15 college campuses. Trump joins a groundswell of politicians in both parties calling for prayers for Kirk and his family. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White House.
University officials say a suspect is in custody. The Trump administration's federalization of policing in the nation's capital expires today, but as NPR's quill Lawrence tells us, the Washington DC National Guard has extended its deployment assisting law enforcement in the district.
The DC Guards encampment has been extended through at least November thirtieth, which should guarantee the troops will qualify for uninterrupted benefits and pay, according to National Guard rules. In a Facebook video, Brigadier General Leland Blanchard notes that they're spending time away from their families and their normal day jobs.
Thank you to all of our soldiers and airmen. Thank you to the families.
How did NATO respond to Russia’s drone incursion over Poland?
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It's not clear if the other eight states that have sent almost fourteen hundred additional guard will also extend. The White House says crime is down, but the DC Mayor's office says violent crime had already been falling for months.
Russia's drone incursion in Poland airspace overnight prompted the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to invoke Article four of the NATO treaty. NPR's Jeronica Kisses has more.
Poland's military s has said that it shot down several of these drones, and Tusk says it's the first time NATO has shot down a Russian military asset since the beginning of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in February twenty twenty two. Now NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte calls the incursion reckless, even if it wasn't deliberate, and said NATO forces from Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy helped shoot down these
drones. NPR's Joan is reporting on the fallout of the breach resulting from Russia's Ongoing war with Ukraine, Poland's neighbor. At last check on Wall Street, we see the Dow is down two hundred and fifty-three points before the close.
What new insights have scientists gained from recent black‑hole merger detections?
You're listening to NPR News. A Senate committee advanced Stephen Myron's nomination to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors along party lines. The White House economic advisors widely expected to be approved by the full Senate. Scientists are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their ability to detect shock waves from colliding black holes. NPR's Nell Greenfield Voice reports they've detected hundreds of black hole mergers, allowing them to probe some of the most extreme events in the universe.
It was September 14, 2015, when two massive detectors, one in Washington state and one in Louisiana, caught the distinctive signal of so-called gravitational waves. Predicted by Albert Einstein almost a century earlier, these waves moved through space after being created by cataclysmic events, in this case, two colliding black holes. Since then, scientists have improved their detectors. And now in the journal Physical Review Letters, researchers described the clearest signal yet. It let them essentially watch two black holes growing as they merged into one, allowing them to verify a key theory about the growth of black holes that was put forth by physicist Stephen Hawking in nineteen seventy-one.
Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
Who is currently the world’s richest person and how did the rankings change?
Oracle co-founded.
Founder Larry Ellison replaces Elon Musk as the world's richest man.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What happened in the Utah shooting of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk?
0:01–0:36
2
Why is the Washington DC National Guard’s deployment being extended?
0:36–1:52
3
How did NATO respond to Russia’s drone incursion over Poland?
1:52–2:56
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What new insights have scientists gained from recent black‑hole merger detections?
2:56–4:16
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Who is currently the world’s richest person and how did the rankings change?
4:16–4:38