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What happened in the Utah shooting of activist Charlie Kirk and how are authorities responding?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. Authorities in Utah are still searching for a suspect in the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. He was attacked yesterday while speaking at a Utah University. President Trump is expressing anger and grief.
My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country.
Others have expressed anger. Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords said she was horrified at the news. Giffords was shot and badly wounded in twenty eleven at a public event. Two students have been wounded after another student shot them at a high school near Denver yesterday.
How did the Denver high‑school shooting unfold and what are families saying?
Colorado Public Radio's Alejandra Alonso Galva has mourned.
Three teenagers were shot, including the gunman by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died later at the hospital. A fourth student was injured during the evacuation. Law enforcement says the suspect was a student and used a handgun, but a motive remains unknown. Jen Weber is a parent of a freshman who was able to escape. When she heard about the shooting, she went running through the woods to try and reach the school.
I actually had no idea. I was out washing my car and I just got a text message from him.
What are the latest developments in Chicago immigration raids and how are Venezuelan residents affected?
That said that. There was a shooter and that he loved me.
A vigil was held at Flat Irons Community Church in Golden Wednesday night as the state comes together in the wake of the shooting. For NPR News, I'm Alejandro Alonso Galba in Denver.
Federal immigration officers continue their operations in Chicago. There have been arrests, and immigrants are worried. From member station WBEZ, Adriana Cardona Magiga has more.
Chicago residents have filmed arrests and shared them on social media. Anahil Garcia with the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance says many Venezuelans in the area are afraid.
Why are Qatar officials condemning Israel’s recent strike and what does it mean for regional tensions?
The Trump administration changed the rules for Venezuelans who had been allowed in the country on their asylum, humanitarian parole and other programs during the Biden administration. The Venezuelan community is hiding. They cannot go to work, they have to remain at home, and we don't know for how long. Gil Garcia says she's been getting calls from people whose family members were arrested at immigration court appointments. For NPR News, Amadriana Cardona Magigad in Chicago.
Government officials in Qatar remained furious at Israel's attack on Hamas leaders this week in Qatar's capital. Six people died, none of them top Hamas leaders. Qatar's Prime Minister says Israel's attack is quote state terrorism. Israeli officials are unapologetic and say they'll strike anywhere they need to.
What concerns do U.S. lawmakers have about President Trump’s plan to relocate surplus plutonium?
President Trump was warned only a few minutes before the attack happened. This is NPR. Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ed Markey and two House Democrats have sent President Trump a letter. They're worried over his plans to transfer twenty metric tons of plutonium from U.S. bombs to commercial use. Trump wants to get rid of surplus plutonium. But the lawmakers say he's creating a brand new risk of proliferation, that someone could use that plutonium possibly to make new nuclear bombs. NASA scientists say they're one step closer to learning whether Mars once hosted forms of life. NPR's Bill Chapel reports.
What new evidence of possible ancient life on Mars did NASA scientists announce?
NASA researchers say they found potential signatures of life in a rock sample from an ancient river valley on Mars. Nikki Fox is an associate administrator of NASA's science mission directorate.
The rock sample has patterns of what researchers call leopard spots made of minerals. Fox says that on Earth such patterns are often linked to biological processes.
It's kind of the equivalent of seeing leftover fossils, you know, leftovers from a meal, and maybe that meal's been excreted by a microbe, and that's what we're seeing in this sample.
NASA wants to bring the samples back to Earth for more analysis, but right now there's no plan or money to do that.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the Utah shooting of activist Charlie Kirk and how are authorities responding?
0:00–0:50
2
How did the Denver high‑school shooting unfold and what are families saying?
0:50–1:23
3
What are the latest developments in Chicago immigration raids and how are Venezuelan residents affected?
1:23–2:02
4
Why are Qatar officials condemning Israel’s recent strike and what does it mean for regional tensions?
2:02–2:53
5
What concerns do U.S. lawmakers have about President Trump’s plan to relocate surplus plutonium?
2:53–3:32
6
What new evidence of possible ancient life on Mars did NASA scientists announce?
3:32–4:38