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What happened in the Utah college shooting and why is it significant?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Authorities say the search for the gunman who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk is over. A twenty-two-year-old man was arrested today in connection with Wednesday's shooting at a Utah College campus. 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 did the confrontation with immigration officers near Chicago end in a fatal shooting?
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 Federman in Orham, Utah.
A man was fatally shot this morning during a confrontation with immigration officers near Chicago. The region is currently in the midst of a heightened immigration enforcement campaign, which is being called Operation Midway Blitz, NPR's Jasmine Garst reports.
The Department of Homeland Security says this morning during an immigration arrest, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez resisted arrest and attempted to flee in his car, dragging an officer with the car. Other officers fired on the vehicle, killing Villegas Gonzalez. The officer he dragged sustained multiple serious injuries but survived.
Why are U.S. consumers feeling gloomier about the economy according to the University of Michigan survey?
A spokesperson for DHS told NPR that, quote, social Social media videos and activists encouraging illegal aliens to resist law enforcement not only spread misinformation but also undermine public safety, as well as the safety of our officers and those being apprehended. End quote. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
Consumers are feeling a bit gloomier about the US economy amid rising prices and slowing job growth. NPR Scott Horsley reports on the latest sentiment survey from the University of Michigan.
The university's index of consumer sentiment dropped more than expected this month. Low and middle income survey respondents sounded particularly nervous about a weakening job market and accelerating inflation. Sentiment is not as bad, however, as it was this spring, shortly after President Trump announced his worldwide tariffs, about six in ten survey respondents this month volunteered that tariffs are affecting their economic outlook.
What were the key movements on Wall Street this week, including the Nasdaq’s record high?
Consumers are also concerned about their personal finances, both now and in the future. People anticipate rising risk to the overall job market and see the odds of losing their own job as higher than one in five. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington.
Wall Street finished the week mixed. The Dow declined 273 points. The SP lost three, but the Nasdaq added ninety-eight points, finishing at a record high. This is NPR News from Washington. President Trump says he will order National Guard troops to Memphis in what he calls an effort to control crime in that city. The state's Republican Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee said he is working with the White House to finalize the details.
Why is President Trump planning to send National Guard troops to Memphis to control crime?
The move comes even as the Memphis Police Department said overall crime in the majority Black City has reached a twenty-five-year low, and the murder rate has dropped to a six-year low. A new way to monitor a rise in blood pressure is set to be released next week on Apple Watches. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that the company's hypertension notification system will use data from the watch's heart sensors.
The optical heart sensor on Apple Watches will analyze how a user's blood vessels respond to heartbeats and can track this data over 30 days, then notify users if it detects signs of high blood pressure. An Apple spokesperson says the feature will be rolled out in 150 countries and says it's been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration. More than half of Americans, 40 and older, have high blood pressure. Which can be effectively treated with changes to diet, exercise, and medications.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What happened in the Utah college shooting and why is it significant?
0:00–0:47
2
How did the confrontation with immigration officers near Chicago end in a fatal shooting?
0:47–1:36
3
Why are U.S. consumers feeling gloomier about the economy according to the University of Michigan survey?
1:36–2:32
4
What were the key movements on Wall Street this week, including the Nasdaq’s record high?
2:32–3:13
5
Why is President Trump planning to send National Guard troops to Memphis to control crime?
3:13–4:32