Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on the National Guard shooting incident?
Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. Officials say charges against the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members Wednesday are going up after one of the Guard members died. Sarah Beckstrom was 20. The other Guard member, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, is hospitalized in critical condition. The suspect is a 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA in his country in
before the U.S. pulled out. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro.
There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree.
Speaking there to Fox News, President Trump is cracking down on immigration in the wake of the shootings. In a long anti-immigration post on social media overnight, he says he will pause all immigration from what he calls third world countries, review all Afghan immigrants admitted during the Biden administration, and he says take citizenship away from select legal immigrants in the U.S.
Pope Leo, on his first papal trip, has prayed at the site in Turkey where, 1,700 years ago, early Christian leaders established the Nicene Creed, the foundation of Christian beliefs that is still spoken in churches today. Empire's Ruth Sherlock is traveling with the Pope.
Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians... stood side by side during speeches and prayer at archaeological ruins on the shore of Lake Iznik. It was here that in the year 325, bishops gathered from across the Roman Empire to heal divisions within the church and establish the statement of faith that Christians still recite today.
Speaking at this historical site, Leo called on the world to reject the use of religion for justifying war, violence or any form of fundamentalism. Instead, he said, choose dialogue and cooperation. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, is Nick Turkey.
Black Friday is still the busiest shopping day of the year, and so is the weekend into Cyber Monday. NPR's Alina Selyuk reports this year, despite low consumer sentiment and shoppers' lingering anxiety about tariffs, inflation and uncertainty, retailers are predicting record sales.
The National Retail Federation forecasts that sales will top $1 trillion for the first time spent on gifts, food and decorations. That would be growth of about 4% compared to last year, which is similar to what we saw last holiday season. Other forecasts are less exuberant. Deloitte, for example, predicts growth of about 3%.
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Chapter 2: How is President Trump addressing immigration following the shootings?
The urgency of renovations were exposed last month when four robbers took off with $102 million worth of crown jewels. which have still not been recovered. Last week, the museum said it would install 100 external cameras by the end of 2026.
The renovations also include a new entrance, which will make it easier to get in and out of the museum, and a special room to host its star attraction, the Mona Lisa. For NPR News, I'm Rebecca Rossman in Paris.
A rare crystal FabergƩ egg crafted for Russia's royal ruling family before the revolution is going up for auction. Christie's says the rock crystal winter egg with a snowflake motif in platinum and 4,500 tiny diamonds is expected to go for more than $26 million. It's one of only seven still in private hands. The egg was commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II in 1913 as a present for his mother and
It changed hands several times and was believed lost until it was auctioned in 1994. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.