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What happened in the Dallas immigration detention shooting?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, police officials in Dallas say there has been a fatal shooting at an immigration and customs enforcement facility. Dallas police say three people were shot and one died at the scene. The other two were taken to the hospital. Authorities say the suspected gunman is dead from his self inflicted gunshot wound. Dallas police are expected to hold a news conference soon. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the UN General Assembly this morning in New York. He said there are no security guarantees other than friends and weapons, and Pierce Michel Kelleman reports.
Ukraine doesn't have the big fat missiles. Dictators love to show off in parades, but we do have drones that can fly up to two, three thousand kilometers.
How did President Zelensky describe Ukraine’s security needs at the UN?
We had no choice but to build them.
Now he says Ukraine is ready to export its battle-tested drones. He says he had a good conversation on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with President Trump, who later called Russia a paper tiger. Michel Kellyman in PR News the United Nations.
The Secret Service says it thwarted a hidden operation that could have devastated cell phone towers throughout the New York City area. Plan involved more than 100,000 SIM cards. These are usually tucked into mobile devices like cell phones. Cybersecurity expert Jordan Ray Kelly explains these are SIM farms.
It essentially operates like hundreds of thousands of cell phones in one place doing things at massive scale.
What are SIM farms and how could they cripple NYC communications?
That means the operation could have cut off communication to millions of people. It's not clear who did this or whether it was intended to spy on the UN General Assembly. Jimmy Kimmel was back on ABC's airwaves last night. He had been suspended after Trump administration officials got angry over Kimmel's remarks about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Steve Futterman reports.
After the applause, this was Jimmy Kimmel's opening line.
As I was saying before I was interrupted.
Most moving moments came when Kimmel became emotional. His voice cracked when he said he never meant to make light of Charlie Kirk's death.
Why did Jimmy Kimmel apologize for comments about Charlie Kirk’s death?
You understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.
And there was more emotion later when he referred to Kirk's wife Erica offering forgiveness to her husband's killer.
A selfless act of grace, forgiveness from a grieving widow. It touched
me deeply. On a serious note, Kimmel said comedians should not be targets. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
On Wall Street, the DAO was up about 30 points. This is NPR. Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth has dissolved a Pentagon committee that provided recommendations and advice for women in the US military.
Why was the Pentagon’s women‑in‑the‑military advisory committee dissolved?
Department spokeswoman says the committee focused on a divisive feminist agenda hurting combat readiness. The Ajay Agency Committee was created in nineteen fifty one and The Military Times newspaper says it has recently focused on military women's well being, such as sexual assault prevention. The US Education Department has canceled nine grants intended for college prep work. The agency cited diversity, equity, and inclusion measures it says don't line up with its priorities. From IdeaStream Public Media, Connor Morris reports.
The Federal GearUp grant pays for counselors and other programs to teach students how to apply for college, write resumes, and more. Winter Mason, one of those counselors at a high school in Akron, says her work went far beyond that though.
those students see you every day and they believed in you and you built that relationship with them.
What impact will the cancellation of Gear Up grants have on students?
So it's just an amazing feeling to have. And we don't want that to be removed.
Advocates say the canceled gear up grants total almost one hundred and seventy million dollars and impact students at two hundred and twenty schools across the US. Cleveland and Akron are two of the biggest, but grants were also canceled in New Hampshire, Indiana, and California. The Department of Education says the majority of gear up grants are continuing.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the Dallas immigration detention shooting?
0:00–1:01
2
How did President Zelensky describe Ukraine’s security needs at the UN?
1:01–1:46
3
What are SIM farms and how could they cripple NYC communications?
1:46–2:27
4
Why did Jimmy Kimmel apologize for comments about Charlie Kirk’s death?
2:27–3:08
5
Why was the Pentagon’s women‑in‑the‑military advisory committee dissolved?
3:08–3:58
6
What impact will the cancellation of Gear Up grants have on students?
3:58–4:39