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What details are known about the Utah shooting of influencer Charlie Kirk?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The gunman suspected of killing right wing influencer Charlie Kirk at an outdoor rally in Utah yesterday is still at large. Investigators say they believe the shooter is a college age man who blended in well at Utah Valley University. NPR's Kirk Sigler has more from the UVU campus in Oram.
At a news conference, authorities said they have surveillance video of the suspect moving through campus and onto the roof where he fired from, then running after the attack into a nearby neighborhood. FBI special agent in charge Robert Bowles said investigators found a high powered bolt action rifle in a wooded area where the suspected gunman fled. Bowles said police do not know how far he may have run or whether he's still in Utah. I can tell you that this was a targeted event.
How is the FBI responding to the hunt for the suspected gunman?
Um we don't believe that the community at is is at risk. However, we are uh exhausting every resource to find him. Asked whether recent high turnover at the FBI was hindering the hunt for the suspect, Bowles says his Salt Lake City field office has the resources it needs. Kirk Zigler, NPR News, Oram, Utah.
Still expressing disbelief over Kirk's assassination, President Trump told members of the media today. He planned to speak with Kirk's family this afternoon. He also says he will posthumously award the slain conservative influencer the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Kirk was among Trump's most prominent allies.
What is President Trump’s reaction and planned honors for Charlie Kirk?
Democratic political leaders are also condemning the shooting, saying political violence in any form should be denounced by all Americans. Today marks twenty-four years since the nine eleven terrorist attacks and annual is and uh annual commemorations are underway. At Ground Zero, New York City, the Pentagon, and in Shaxville, Pennsylvania, the attack claimed nearly 3,000 lives. President Trump and other elected leaders have been taking part in nine eleven observances. In other news, inflation rose last month as consumers paid more for both groceries and gasoline. And PR Scott Horsley has details.
Consumer prices in August were up two point nine percent from a year ago. That's a sharper annual increase than the previous month.
How are national leaders commemorating the 24th anniversary of 9/11?
Prices rose four tenths of a percent between July and August, fueled by rising costs for rent, groceries, and gasoline. Americans also paid more last month for clothing, airfares, and new and used cars. August was the month when President Trump imposed higher tariffs on many U.S. trading partners, which may have contributed to higher prices for imported goods like coffee. A Federal Appeals Court has ruled most of those import taxes are illegal, but they remain in effect pending a review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The High Court said this week it would hear arguments in the tariff case in early November. Scott Horsley, M P News, Washington.
Why did August consumer prices rise and what impact did new tariffs have?
You're listening to NPR News. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires in twenty twenty three poured into the US for weeks. A new study reports that more than three hundred million people were affected by that smoke. NPR's Alejandro Burunda reports it contributed to at least five thousand deaths.
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 health impacts did the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke have across North America?
It found smoke from those Canadian wildfires affected millions of people across North America and even Europe. And because wildfire smoke hurts people's lungs, hearts, and even brains, the study found that it contributed directly to at least five thousand deaths and played a smaller role in some sixty four thousand more. Scientists determined before that climate change played a role in making the twenty twenty three wildfires worse. More major wildfires have plagued Canada again this summer. Alehandra Burunda, MPR News.
The British ambassador to the US, Peter Mendelssohn, has been fired over his connection to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What details are known about the Utah shooting of influencer Charlie Kirk?
0:01–0:51
2
How is the FBI responding to the hunt for the suspected gunman?
0:51–1:27
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What is President Trump’s reaction and planned honors for Charlie Kirk?
1:27–2:19
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How are national leaders commemorating the 24th anniversary of 9/11?
2:19–2:55
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Why did August consumer prices rise and what impact did new tariffs have?
2:55–3:34
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What health impacts did the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke have across North America?
3:34–4:38