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Who was Charlie Kirk and what are the circumstances surrounding his death?
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Duahlisa Kaltel. The twenty-two year old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk is being held without bail in Utah. A Steve Futterman reports Kirk's widow made her first public comments hours after escorting his body home to Arizona from Utah.
Erika Kirk blamed what she called evildoers for the death of her husband.
The movement my husband built will not die. It won't. I refuse to let that happen.
Since Tuesday's killing, there have been vitriolic debates in public and on social media between supporters and opponents of Charlie Kirk. The governor of Utah Spencer Cox Friday urged people to take a break from social media.
Why did Utah Governor Spencer Cox ask the public to step back from social media after the killing?
The tone he said must calm down.
This is our moment. Um do we escalate or do do we find an off-ramp? It's a choice.
Investigators are still trying to determine if some specific thing triggered Tyler Robinson. He will be formally charged next week. For MPR News, I'm Steve Federman in Orham, Utah.
Adriana Cardona Magigon of Member Station WBEZ reports.
DHS officials say Silverio Villegas Gonzalez refused to follow commands and tried to flee, allegedly hitting and dragging one immigration officer with his car.
What happened during the DHS traffic stop involving Silverio Villegas Gonzalez?
The officer fired his weapon, fearing for his life, the statement says. Erendira Rendon is with the resurrection project. A local immigrant rights organization. These are outcomes that serve no public safety purpose and leave entire communities traumatized. According to federal law, ICE agents must have reasonable suspicion that an individual has violated an immigration law to initiate a traffic stop. For NPR News, Amadriana Kardona Magiga in Chicago.
France, Germany, and Denmark plan to send troops and fighter jets to help defend Poland after nearly twenty Russian drones entered Polish airspace and were shot down earlier in the week. Other NATO allies are expected to announce more military buildup in the region. Here's NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta speaking to reporters at an emergency session yesterday describing Russia's aggression.
How are NATO and European allies responding to the recent Russian drone incursions over Poland?
It was reckless, it was unacceptable. These are Russian drones and it is extremely serious what happened last Wednesday. So uh obviously uh you would you we would not be sitting here like this if then NATO would not immediately come into action and and defend every inch of territory, this allied territory. That's exactly what we have done.
NATO's supreme allied commander noted that the build up of defenses will take some time before NATO defenses are on the eastern flank. You're listening to NPR News from New York. Paramount is rejecting a pledge circulated five days ago and signed by thousands of directors and actors to boycott Israeli film institutions that they say are quote complicit in the abuse of Palestinians by Israel. It is the first major studio to address the latest boycott intended to stop. What the United Nations has repeatedly said is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Why is Paramount Pictures rejecting the boycott pledge against Israeli film institutions?
Paramount said silencing individual creative artists based on their nationality does not promote better understanding or advance the cause of peace, but film workers for Palestine, the group that organized the pledge, said it has a profound moral duty to Stanford Justice writing We must speak out now against the harm done to Palestinian people. Stocks jumped this week in anticipation of lower interest rates, and Pierre Scott Horsley reports saw the major stock indexes spent time in record territory.
The government's latest cost of living report shows the highest annual inflation in seven months, as double-digit tariffs triggered higher prices for imported goods like coffee, clothing, and small appliances. But concerns about stubborn inflation are taking a back seat for now to worries about the sagging job market. Hiring has slowed sharply in recent months, and new claims for unemployment benefits point to a possible uptick in layoffs. Investors are betting the Federal Reserve will try to prop up the job market by lowering interest rates next week. That sparked a rally on Wall Street where the Dow climbed nearly one percent.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who was Charlie Kirk and what are the circumstances surrounding his death?
0:01–0:46
2
Why did Utah Governor Spencer Cox ask the public to step back from social media after the killing?
0:46–1:33
3
What happened during the DHS traffic stop involving Silverio Villegas Gonzalez?
1:33–2:27
4
How are NATO and European allies responding to the recent Russian drone incursions over Poland?
2:27–3:26
5
Why is Paramount Pictures rejecting the boycott pledge against Israeli film institutions?
3:26–4:39