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Jack Spear
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. An Egyptian national faces numerous charges, including a federal hate crime charge in connection with a weekend attack in Boulder, Colorado, that left 12 people injured. Authorities arresting Mohamed Sabi Solomon in connection with the attack in which Molotov cocktails were tossed into a crowd marching in support of Israel. Colorado Public Radio's Hayley May as.
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More He's 45 years old, and the Department of Homeland Security says he entered the country in August of 2022 on a tourist visa. He filed for asylum the following month, but that visa expired in February of 2023. The arrest affidavit says he's married and has five children, and he told police that he lived in Kuwait for 17 years before moving to the Springs in Colorado Springs three years ago, just about 90 miles south of Boulder. Authorities say that he left a journal at his home, which they raided yesterday, and police say that his wife also brought them an iPhone where he shared messages for his family, and that will likely also be used in this investigation.
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Jack Spear
Solomon told authorities he used the incendiary devices because he could not legally buy a gun. He's currently being held on $10 million bond. Two congressional committees are launching a probe into Nashville's response to federal immigration enforcement activity. As Mariana Bacchiol of member station WPLN reports, it's after the city's Democratic mayor criticized a we long ICE raid.
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Freddie O'Connell
Nashville Mayor Freddie o' Connell maintains that Nashville is not a sanctuary city. Tennessee law forbids becoming one, and any local official who votes in favor of sanctuary policies could be removed from office and charged with a felony. Still, the probe from Republicans in Washington concerns oconnell's public comments condemning the raids and how he sped up the timeline for city departments to tell the mayor's office if they've been contacted by Ice Age. The probe asks for internal communication about ICE and the arrests made last month. O' Connell says he intends to respond. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Bacallau in Nashville.
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Jack Spear
With more than 150 petrochemical facilities between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, residents in the region are concerned the EPA has taken away dead in meant to help advocate for clean air. Here's NPR's Nate Perez.
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Nate Perez
In April, the EPA notified almost 300 staffers at the EPA's Environmental justice and External Civil Rights office that they could be fired. That's the office tasked with protecting the most vulnerable Americans from environmental harms. Robert Taylor says that's going to affect his community Reserve, Louisiana, which is in a river parish near several petrochemical facilities. It's not a bad place to live.
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Freddie O'Connell
Except now it's been turned into cancer alley.
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Nate Perez
The Sierra Club and other groups are suing the federal government to get mapping and screening tools brought back online. Nate Perez, NPR News.
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Jack Spear
On Wall street, The Dow is up 35 points. The Nasdaq rose 128 points today. This is NPR. Another former employee of Sean Combs has finished testifying against the hip hop mogul. The woman faced intense scrutiny from combs defense, as NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports. And a note, this report includes mention of assault.
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Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The woman who testified as Mia spent eight years working for Sean Combs. She told the court that Combs sexually and physically assaulted her. Throughout that time, Combs defense attorney Brian Steele repeatedly pressed Mia on why she waited until last year to disclose the alleged abuse to authorities. Prosecutors took issue with Steele's tone, saying he was unfairly yelling and humiliating Mia. Judge Arun Subramanian did not agree with the government's characterization, but he repeatedly asked Steele to rephrase his questions. Mia's testimony is part of the government's racketeering charge against Combs, which accuses him of running a criminal enterprise that facilitated and concealed abuse. Isabela Gomez Sarmiento, NPR News.
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Jack Spear
If you're in the right spot, generally further north, you may be able to see the aurora borealis, the otherwise phenomenon known as the northern lights. That's because of weekend solar storms that sent out bursts of energy to create colorful displays. Areas in the US where the northern lights could be visible include Alaska, Washington, Montana, the Dakotas, parts of Michigan, Maine, and some areas of New England, just to name some of the locations. Sun is generally currently at the maximum phase of an 11 year activity cycle. Last year, the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years hit the US producing displays across the Northern Hemisphere. Crude oil futures prices moved higher. Oil up $1.73 a barrel to $62.52 a barrel. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News, in Washington.
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