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What happened in the Utah Valley University shooting and why is it considered a targeted attack?
Live from NPR News in Washington on Korva Coleman. Authorities in Utah are calling the killing of right wing activist Charlie Kirk a targeted attack. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports two people initially taken into custody in connection with the shooting have been.
Wednesday's shooting here at Utah Valley University is still an active investigation as a manhunt continues. The large sprawling campus north of Provo is closed, and police were seen barricading all the entrances. Details are few, but police say they're working multiple active crime scenes. The shooter is believed to have fired down from the roof of a building to the outdoor event where Kirk was speaking. Graphic video posted to social media. Shows a chaotic scene as people ran for cover. There were an estimated 3,000 people in attendance and six police officers.
What are the details of the Colorado high‑school shooting and the victim’s condition?
Kirk Sigler in PR News, Orum, Utah.
Colorado authorities say a teenager shot and wounded two other students yesterday at his high school outside Denver. He then took his own life. One of the wounded students is in critical condition. There's no word of a possible motive for the shooting. Opening statements are set for next hour in Florida in the trial of the man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year. NPR's Greg Allen reports the judge hearing the case is allowing the defendant Ryan Ruth to represent himself.
Ryan Ruth was arrested in September after a Secret Service agent said he spotted him holding a rifle near where Trump was golfing in West Palm Beach. Ruth is a former contractor, not a lawyer, but in a series of hearings, he told U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon he was dissatisfied with his federal public defenders and wanted to represent himself in court.
How is the Trump assassination‑attempt trial unfolding and why is the defendant representing himself?
He'll be delivering an opening statement in his own defense today. Judge Cannon has ordered his former attorneys to remain on standby. Most of the people wants to call as witnesses are friends and coworkers, people who are being called to testify on his character. If convicted, he faces a potential life sentence. Greg Allen, NPR News, Fort Pierce, Florida.
As fall draws nearer, many people are thinking about vaccinations for flu and covet. But МПР Сидні Лепкин репортус, де сі.
Фуд-друг адміністрація's approvals for this year's covet boosters are narrower. But drug companies say they're still making similar volumes of the jabs as last year.
What should listeners know about this fall’s flu and COVID‑19 vaccine availability and access?
Claire Hannon is the executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers. She says pharmacies are able to order the shots and they've been shipped out. I think it's gonna
be harder to access, but I think Anybody that wants it. You know, we'll be able to get it, but they're just gonna have to work hard to find it.
She says patients can use vaccine finders, which Pfizer and Moderna both have up and running, to find pharmacies with COVID shots in their area. Sidney Lupkin, NPR News.
Members of Congress will hold a moment of silence later this hour. It's to commemorate the nearly three thousand victims who died on September eleventh, twenty four years ago. Later this morning, President Trump will attend a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon.
How did the 2023 Canadian wildfires affect air quality across North America and what health impacts were reported?
You're listening to NPR. The British government has dismissed its ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson. Fleaked emails have disclosed Mandelson expressed close support for late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This comes after Senate Democrats lost a vote yesterday. Senate Republicans rejected the Democrats' effort to force the Justice Department to release all information into the Epstein investigation. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires in twenty twenty three poured into the US for weeks. A new study reports more than three hundred million people were affected by that smoke, and Pierre's Alejandro Burundo 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.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the Utah Valley University shooting and why is it considered a targeted attack?
0:00–0:46
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What are the details of the Colorado high‑school shooting and the victim’s condition?
0:46–1:35
3
How is the Trump assassination‑attempt trial unfolding and why is the defendant representing himself?
1:35–2:13
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What should listeners know about this fall’s flu and COVID‑19 vaccine availability and access?
2:13–2:57
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How did the 2023 Canadian wildfires affect air quality across North America and what health impacts were reported?
2:57–3:50
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Who is the new Bachelorette star and what other reality shows is she known for?
3:50–4:39