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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
What happened in the shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C.?
The charges against the man who authorities say shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Wednesday have been upgraded to first-degree murder after Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died. Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, meanwhile, remains in critical condition. Both Guard members grew up in West Virginia. Wolfe was from the Martinsburg area and Beckstrom was from Webster County. MPR's Dave Mistich visited Martinsburg to see how the community is responding.
Most everywhere around Martinsburg, West Virginia was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. But in the handful of bars and restaurants that were open yesterday evening, Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe were on many minds. Amy Fraley was behind the bar at the Big Apple Lounge in Inwood.
It's tragic. They're young. It's unnecessary. It's
Jason Barrett serves the Martinsburg area as a Republican in the West Virginia Senate. Barrett says the conversation is warranted on the Guard's continued deployment to D.C., but he says the shooting also does show the need for the nation's capital to be kept safe. For now, though, he says his focus, like others here I spoke with, is on supporting the Wolfe and Beckstrom families. Dave Mistich, NPR News, Martinsburg, West Virginia.
The chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has resigned just hours after his home was searched by anti-corruption investigators. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley explains what the investigation is all about.
This is fallout from an unfolding and very explosive corruption scandal that broke in mid-November about the siphoning off of at least $100 million tied to energy sector contracts. And exposed by Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Bureau, so far eight officials, some close to Zelensky are under investigation and two have fled the country. But more heads could roll.
How is the Martinsburg community reacting to the tragedy?
Zelensky himself is not implicated, but there are huge suspicions around his right-hand man, Andriy Yermak.
That's NPR's Eleanor Beardsley. Yermak was the lead negotiator in peace talks with the U.S. and other countries. It's not clear just how his resignation may affect those talks. Israel has made another military incursion into Syria, killing this time at least 10 people, including two children. That's according to Syrian state media. Jane Arath has our reports.
Syria's state news agency says Israel fired artillery at the village overnight, followed by troops entering to make arrests. It says clashes began when armed residents confronted the soldiers. Israel says several of its soldiers were wounded. It said it was targeting members of the militant group Jammah Islamiyah. Village residents say those killed were civilians. After the fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad a year ago, Israel seized a former UN-established buffer zone between the two countries and territory beyond it in southern Syria. For NPR News, I'm Jane Araf in Beirut.
Stocks finished up across the board on Friday. You're listening to NPR News. President Trump said on social media tonight that he'll cancel any executive orders President Biden signed during his term using an auto pen. He says without proof that the documents are invalid because they were signed by staffers instead of Biden. Auto pens have been frequently used by presidents from both parties, and President Trump has said he has signed documents using auto pens. The agency that tracks avalanches across the U.S. is stressing the importance of safety now in the backcountry. From Colorado Public Radio, Steena Sieg reports that avalanches kill on average 27 people a year across the country.
The best ways to stay safe include staying out of avalanche-prone terrain and checking the avalanche forecast. Ethan Green is the director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. He says the average number of avalanche deaths has not increased in recent years, despite a surge in backcountry users. Part of that is the backcountry recreation culture that has really embraced avalanche safety as not something that is a task, but it is something that is like ingrained in what we all do.
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