NPR News: 09-10-2025 8PM EDT

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What happened in the Utah shooting of pro‑Trump activist Charlie Kirk?

Dan Ronan 0:00
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Authorities in Utah say they have a person of interest in custody in relation to the assassination of pro Trump political activist Charlie Kirk. This at Utah Valley University earlier today, NPR's Martin Casty reports.
Jeff Asher 0:18
Law enforcement say they have someone in custody but are still examining security videos in case others were involved. They say Kirk was killed by a single shot, apparently fired from a distance while he was hosting an event in front of about three thousand people. Utah Governor Spencer Cox called the shooting a political assassination.
Unknown 0:37
If anyone in the sound of my voice Celebrated even a little bit at the news of this shooting. I would beg you.

How many arrests and seizures have resulted from the White House’s federal officer surge in DC?

Unknown 0:47
To look in the mirror. And to see if you can find a better angel in there somewhere.
Jeff Asher 0:51
Authorities say they detained a different person of interest earlier in the day. He's no longer believed to be involved, but he was being held because of alleged obstruction of justice. Martin Costi and PR News.
Dan Ronan 1:03
The White House says President Trump's surge of federal officers into Washington DC has resulted in more than twenty three hundred arrest and that more than forty percent of those arrest relate to immigration. NPR's Luke Garrett reports Trump's takeover of the local DC police department expires today, but the National Guard and some federal agents will remain in the nation's capital in the coming days and weeks.
Luke Garrett 1:27
Since August seventh, federal authorities from the FBI, US Marshals Service, and others have arrested two thousand three hundred and ten people, seized two hundred and twenty-five guns, and cleared fifty homeless encampments. That's according to a White House official, not authorized to share the data publicly.

Why are protesters in France demanding change after the new prime minister’s appointment?

Luke Garrett 1:42
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser questions whether all these arrests were made in DC.
Muriel Bowser 1:46
I would say when I heard them that seemed like it would have had to be greater than the district proper. That would that's kind of my first gut reaction.
Luke Garrett 1:57
Despite multiple requests, the White House has not provided specific case numbers, charges, or names for those arrested. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Dan Ronan 2:05
A new prime minister took office in France. Protesters clashed with police in the streets of Paris and other cities. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the protesters are part of a movement called Block Everything, aimed at ratcheting pressure on President Macron.
Eleanor Beardsley 2:20
Macron's fourth new prime minister in two years was sworn in Wednesday morning.

What details are known about the school shooting near Denver that injured three teens?

Eleanor Beardsley 2:25
Sebastian Le Corneau is the former defense minister, a mainstream conservative, and a Macron loyalist. The far left and far right denounced the appointment as more of the same. Left wing protesters blocked roads, roundabouts, and high schools around the country. Hundreds were arrested. In his handover ceremony, Le Cornew said he would bring stability to the country. He also promised what he called a profound break in substance and not just form. Eleanor Beardsley, in Pierre News, Paris.
Dan Ronan 2:57
And you're listening to NPR. A shooting at a school about thirty miles west of Denver took place today.

How did 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke affect millions of people across North America?

Dan Ronan 3:05
It sent three teenagers to the hospital. It took place around midday at Evergreen High School, which is in Jefferson County, Colorado, about twenty miles west of Columbine High School, the site of one of the worst high school shootings in US history that left thirteen students and one teacher dead in nineteen ninety nine. Smoke from Canadian wildfires in twenty twenty three poured into the US for weeks. A new study reports that more than three hundred million people were impacted by the smoke, which contributed to at least five thousand deaths. NPR's Alejandro Burundo reports.
Alejandra Borunda 3:40
That was the summer when New Yorkers woke up to orange skies. People in Minnesota, New Hampshire, and even Georgia got hit with haze and ash. For many, it was the first real experience dealing with wildfire smoke. A study now published in the journal Nature calculated the impacts.

What does the latest Consumer Price Index report indicate about U.S. inflation trends?

Alejandra Borunda 3:56
It found smoke from those Canadian wildfires affected millions of people across North America and even Europe.

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