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What happened in the ICE officer shooting incident in Austin, Texas?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. An ICE officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas Sunday afternoon. Local police say he's in serious but stable condition. US Representative Greg Cassar is a Texas Democrat. He expressed frustration after the shooting.
saw the ice surge come to Austin, especially to north central Austin. I and others said that Ice needed to leave before someone was shot, like in Minneapolis, or like in Corpus Christi, or like in Chicago. And that day is uh here
How are political campaigns and outside groups spending money ahead of the November election?
The Department of Homeland Security has so far not commented publicly on the shooting. Austin's mayor says he wants local police involved in the investigation to provide what he called clear third party eyes in the process. Early voting for November's general election gets underway in several more states this week, as NPR Steven Fowler reports, political campaigns and outside groups have pledged nearly two billion dollars in ads between now and election day.
Republicans have a spending advantage in eight of the nine most competitive US Senate races. That's thanks to outside groups like two Trump aligned super PACs that have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into races in just the last two weeks. But if you look at where that money is going, you see the GOP is playing defense, like spending in House districts where Trump won by more than ten or fifteen points in twenty twenty four in Texas, Kentucky, and Alabama. And those Senate races in reliably red states that Democrats now have a chance to flip. Steven Fowler, NPR News.
Why is the U.S. warning South Sudan’s leaders about obstructing humanitarian aid?
The US Sunday accused authorities in South Sudan of disregarding human suffering in that East African nation. Michael Kaloki has more
on our story. The State Department says that officials in various levels of South Sudan's government have obstructed humanitarian assistance meant for people in the country and instead treated the aid as a source of revenue. It called on South Sudan's leaders to address political violence and other factors contributing to the humanitarian crisis in the East Africa nation, warning the US will use various options, including sanctions, to end what it terms as quote, impunity that has contributed to making South Sudan one of the most dangerous places in the world to deliver humanitarian assistance. For NPR News.
German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz is calling election results in the northern German state a disaster. His ruling Christian Democratic Union Party received about five percent of the vote total. That's the party's worst showing since World War two.
What are the implications of the German election results for Chancellor Friedrich Mertz’s party?
The Anti Immigration Alternative for Germany Party made significant gains. Calls for his replacement are now emerging, but Mertz says he will continue with painful economic reforms. You're listening to NPR News. President Trump will be in New York Monday for a meeting with Mayor Zoran Mamdani. The two will discuss issues that affect the city. The two have met in the past and both have called those meetings cordial, but during his election campaign, Trump called Mamdani a one hundred percent communist lunatic. California health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure after an infected and unvaccinated passenger traveled across the state by Amtrak trains and throughway buses. NPR's Lydia Carliti is our story.
How is the measles exposure case being handled by California health officials?
The California Department of Public Health says the passenger traveled through at least six different counties by train and bus and was later hospitalized. The agency says it's working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify and notify people who may have been exposed. In a statement, California's assistant public health officer, Dr. Rita Wynne, says this case serves as a reminder of the importance of vaccination against measles. More than thirty four hundred cases of measles have been confirmed in the US this year, according to the CDC. Pennsylvania is currently dealing with the country's largest outbreak, with the state reporting 760 confirmed cases and at least four deaths.
Lydia Kaleetri, MPR News.
This week's college football rankings are in and Texas continues to hold the top spot.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the ICE officer shooting incident in Austin, Texas?
0:01–0:41
2
How are political campaigns and outside groups spending money ahead of the November election?
0:41–1:40
3
Why is the U.S. warning South Sudan’s leaders about obstructing humanitarian aid?
1:40–2:46
4
What are the implications of the German election results for Chancellor Friedrich Mertz’s party?
2:46–3:28
5
How is the measles exposure case being handled by California health officials?
3:28–4:15
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What are the latest updates on this week’s college football rankings?
4:15–4:52