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What happened in the Utah college shooting and how are authorities responding?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Authorities say the search for the gunman who killed a conservative activist, Charlie Kirk, is over. A twenty-two-year-old man was arrested today in connection with Wednesday's shooting on a Utah College campus, as Steve Futterman reports.
As he announced that authorities had arrested the suspect, Utah Governor Spencer Cox made a call for national unity.
This is our moment. Um, do we escalate or do do we find an off-ramp?
Although authorities have not shared a motive, Cox said a family member told investigators that Tyler Robinson had become more interested in politics in recent years and had criticized Charlie Kirk's views, which he said were hateful. The Utah governor said political differences should not lead to violence.
How is Missouri’s new congressional map affecting Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver’s district?
It's a choice. It's a choice, and every one of us gets to make that choice.
Formal charges are expected next week when Robinson is due in court. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Orham, Utah.
Missouri Republicans have passed a new congressional map that seeks to remove Democratic Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver. But as St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports, Missouri voters may have the final say over whether the map goes into
effects. The new map would transform Cleaver's Kansas City based district into a GOP leaning seat. President Trump has been pressuring Republican led states to pass new maps before the twenty twenty-six election cycle. But Missouri redistricting opponents immediately launched an effort to put the map to voters.
Why is the EPA proposing to suspend greenhouse‑gas reporting for major polluters?
Missouri Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck says he thinks the map may be unpopular enough for Missourians to vote it down.
I am already going to start cutting up old campaign signs to put petitions on one petitions on there and start going out and collecting signatures.
While Governor Mike Kehoe is expected to sign the map, it can't go into effect if redistricting foes turn in enough signatures to force a vote. For NPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum in Jefferson City.
Administration wants to end a requirement for some of the largest climate polluting industries to report their greenhouse gas emissions. As MPR's Jeff Brady reports, environmental groups say the proposal violates the
law.
The companies include power plants and steel mills. The EPA also plans to suspend reporting for oil and gas facilities. The agency says this will save companies up to two point four billion dollars in compliance costs over ten years. Greenhouse gases from humans burning fossil fuels are heating the climate and causing more extreme weather, wildfires, and flooding. David Doniger with the Natural Resources Defense Council says the proposal is illegal, which means the final regulation would almost certainly be challenged in court. Jeff Brady, N PR News.
What does new research reveal about the dramatic decline of insects in Colorado meadows?
Wall Street closed the week with stocks mixed today. The Dow was down two hundred and seventy-three points. This is NPR News. The World Health Organization is responding to an Ebola outbreak in southern Congo by trying to send vaccines into the region. Officials say they've already delivered four hundred doses of the vaccine and they're sending another fifteen hundred doses from the capital of Kinshasa. WHO officials though say a lack of money is limiting its response. Even in areas relatively undisturbed by human activity, insect populations are on the decline. That's according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and scientists say climate change is likely a factor, and Pierzilana Weiss reports.
In a remote meadow in the Colorado Mountains, researcher Keith Saukman has calculated the density of flying insects over a period of 15 summers. During that time, he found that insect populations dropped by more than 72%. Scientists had attributed previous bug declines to things like boosts in agricultural productivity. But in the pristine Colorado mountain meadows, there wasn't a huge human footprint, and the bugs were still dying off.
How are climate‑change impacts linked to the decreasing insect populations?
off. That led him to the conclusion that hotter summer temperatures were the likely culprit.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the Utah college shooting and how are authorities responding?
0:01–0:46
2
How is Missouri’s new congressional map affecting Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver’s district?
0:46–1:30
3
Why is the EPA proposing to suspend greenhouse‑gas reporting for major polluters?
1:30–2:52
4
What does new research reveal about the dramatic decline of insects in Colorado meadows?
2:52–3:59
5
How are climate‑change impacts linked to the decreasing insect populations?
3:59–4:32
6
What milestone did Aaron Judge reach with his 362nd home run?
4:32–4:39