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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Some 13 federal agencies, including the FBI and National Guard, will join Memphis police to help fight crime in the city starting on Monday. Christopher Blank reports from member station WKNO.
Since President Donald Trump approved the Memphis Safe Task Force last Friday, wary community leaders have debated enhanced public safety versus the optics of a military presence. Governor Lee stressed a cautious approach.
The operation itself will develop as the need is understood on the ground.
Though the city's crime rate hit a 25-year low in the past eight months, officials are aiming for permanent reductions.
We don't know how long it will take for that to work, but however long it takes.
To start, the governor pledged more than 300 state troopers and $100 million toward crime-fighting technology. Troops, he says, will be unarmed unless local law enforcement requests otherwise and will have no power to make arrests. For NPR News, I'm Christopher Blank in Memphis.
During President Trump's campaign last year, he promised to use the justice system to seek retribution against his perceived political enemies. Now, as NPR's Mara Liason tells us, he's made good on that promise. He did it Thursday when former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on charges of lying to Congress.
He specifically told the attorney general to go after specific people, including Comey. He said, do it fast. He clearly understood the clock was ticking. And the interesting thing is, it doesn't matter if this case is weak or strong. He's sending a signal to everyone else that I can bankrupt you. I can ruin your career. Even if I can't convict you, I can ruin your life.
Comey has been one of Trump's most vocal critics. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech at the United Nations on Friday, and he made this claim. Thanks to special efforts by Israeli intelligence, my words are now also being carried. They're streamed live to the cell phones of Gazans. But as NPR's Emily Fang reports, few, if any, people in Gaza heard Netanyahu.
The prime minister's office shared pictures of big loudspeakers mounted on trucks in Israel on the border with Gaza to blast Netanyahu's speech into the enclave. But news outlets, including NPR, contacted people across Gaza who say they didn't hear anything. NPR's producer in Gaza City, Anas Baba, also kept an ear out for Netanyahu's speech. He said that he's going to broadcast a message to the Israeli hostages. But in Gaza City now, the only thing that we can hear here is the Israeli airstrikes, the artilleries and the tanks firing. And dozens of diplomats walked out of the United Nations Assembly Hall ahead of Netanyahu's speech. Emily Fang and Peer News, Tel Aviv.
Stocks finished up across the board on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 299 points, or 0.65%. The Nasdaq closed up 99 points. The S&P 500 closed up 38 points. You're listening to NPR News. Inflation was up slightly in August from the same period a year ago. The Federal Reserve's favored measures showed prices up 2.7 percent, with core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, up 2.9 percent. The increases were what forecasters had been expecting. Fort Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, was originally named after a Confederate general, but the Biden administration changed that in 2020 following protests for racial justice. Now, the Trump administration is making another change. For Member Station, WABE Raul Bali reports.
The original Fort Gordon was named after former Georgia Governor and Confederate General John Gordon. Now it is being named after Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon, who died in the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993. His widow, Carmen Drake Owens, spoke at Friday's dedication ceremony.
I believe that Gary would look at the naming of this post as a way to remember not just him, but every soldier that was involved in the Battle of Mogadishu.
Eighteen American soldiers died in the battle. It was eventually featured in the movie Black Hawk Down.
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