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What are the details of the Utah campus shooting and the search for the suspect?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Authorities in Utah continued to search for the shooter who killed conservative influencer Charlie Kirk at a campus event yesterday, as NPR's Bobby Allen reports federal law enforcement has released pictures of a person of interest.
The FBI released two grainy photos of what appears to be a young man wearing a baseball hat, dark sunglasses, and a long t-shirt emblazoned with an American flag. Authorities say it was a single shot fired from a rooftop that fatally struck conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the neck. Utah Valley University freshman James Jordan says students are on high alert.
alert. The man that did shoot him is still undetermined and um how close we live he could be anywhere. Um the other night we had cops at our at our apartment just, you know, doing their protocol and it was a little unsettling and not knowing for sure how safe we really are. Investigators
say they recovered a bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the school, believed to be the shooter's weapon.
How did authorities respond to the bomb threat at the DNC headquarters?
Bobby Allen in PR News, Oram Utah.
Washington DC area law enforcement have determined that a bomb threat at the Democratic National Committee headquarters today was not credible. NPR's Claudia Grasavas reports it came in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
For several hours, Capitol Police conducted a thorough interior sweep of the DNC headquarters building and surrounding area, citing an abundance of caution. A DNC spokesperson reiterated a statement issued in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination saying quote
What is the current state of the stock market and inflation as the Fed meets next week?
Political violence in every form has no place in our country. The attack has put members of Congress on edge as they look to limit public appearances, ramp up security, and shut down plans for outdoor events. Many are worried about additional attempts to target political figures on both sides of the aisle. Claudia Rizales, NPR News, the Capitol.
U.S. stock market today closed at record highs as NPR's Maria Aspen reports, the latest Labor Department report on inflation is giving investors hope of an interest rate cut next week.
Why is former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being convicted and what could his sentence be?
Inflation inched higher last month, up two point nine percent from a year ago, as consumers are paying more for groceries and gasoline. That's still higher than the Federal Reserve's target rate of two percent inflation. But investors think it's relatively mild. That's giving Wall Street more confidence about next week, when the Fed is due to meet and is widely expected to cut interest rates. The Fed has been trying to keep inflation under control, which it does by keeping interest rates higher, but now the central bank is also facing signs of weakness in the labor market as hiring slowed to a crawl this summer. The Dow Jones, the NASDAQ, and the SP five hundred all closed at record highs. Maria Aspen NPR News, New York.
Meanwhile, home mortgage rates continue to click down nowadays at six point three five percent. This is NPR News. Brazil's Supreme Court has formed a majority to convict the former President Jair Balasaro of an attempted coup. This after losing his 2022 reelection bid. The case has been watched closely by the Washington, D.C. establishment and President Trump, who called the trial a witch hunt against his close ally and slapped 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods in retaliation. Yeah.
In a momentous trial for Brazilian history, three justices have voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro for five crimes, including attempting a coup, violently abolishing the rule of law, and leading a criminal organization.
How are Americans commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks today?
The judges found that there was ample evidence to show that Bolsonaro, president between twenty nineteen and twenty twenty two, masterminded efforts to overthrow the government after failing to be re-elected. Bolsonaro may face over forty years in prison. His sentence and those of his co defendants should be announced on Friday. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro in Rio de Janeiro.
Today at the site of the former World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and also Shanksville, Pennsylvania, as well as other locations across the country, Americans remembered those killed during the September eleventh, two thousand one attacks in Lower Manhattan.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What are the details of the Utah campus shooting and the search for the suspect?
0:00–0:59
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How did authorities respond to the bomb threat at the DNC headquarters?
0:59–1:32
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What is the current state of the stock market and inflation as the Fed meets next week?
1:32–2:06
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Why is former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being convicted and what could his sentence be?
2:06–3:42
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How are Americans commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks today?
3:42–4:39