Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Chapter 2: What recent events have led to increased security measures in Washington, D.C.?
Law enforcement is taking steps to tighten security in the wake of the shooting Wednesday of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. One Guard member has died, and the other is in critical condition. NPR's David Fulkenflik reports President Trump says 500 more troops will be sent to D.C. in response, and immigration will be curtailed from a number of countries.
20-year-old Army National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. She grew up in Weber Springs, West Virginia. She was deployed in D.C. and, according to authorities, ambushed near a metro station there. She died on Thanksgiving of her injuries. She had served as a military police soldier, was said to have volunteered to stay in D.C. over the long holiday weekend so others could return home.
The National Guard said that U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, a 24-year-old from Martinsburg, West Virginia, remains in critical condition.
That's NPR's David Folkenflik reporting. Ukrainians in Kiev are cleaning up after a Russian missile and drone attacks overnight. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports two people were killed and dozens of others were injured.
Residents of this Kyiv housing complex are busy repairing after the attack. 42-year-old Oksana Honohan is sweeping up with a tree branch broom. She says nobody slept all night.
I live in that building and like it was boom, bach, like within a second, very quickly.
A drone was flying and we went to the shelter. Utility workers are reconnecting electricity and plumbing. Residents line up to get plywood boards cut for their blown out windows. I asked Honohan how Ukrainians keep rebounding. We are Ukrainians, she says, that's it. No matter how hard they hit us, we will survive, if only to make them angry that we're still alive.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
A powerful winter storm is causing travel disruptions as people head home from the Thanksgiving holiday. NPR's Shondelise Duster reports.
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Chapter 3: How are Ukrainians recovering from recent missile attacks in Kyiv?
The firm says more people stayed home and shopped on laptops and phones instead of braving cold weather and crowded stores. Online spending was up more than 9 percent from last year, based on Adobe's tracking of more than a trillion visits to retail sites. I'm Windsor Johnston, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.