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This week on Consider this the shooting death of Charlie Kirk. He was seen as the future of the conservative movement. We will look at what he leaves behind. Plus the story of nine, 11 victims whose families are still waiting 24 years later for justice. Why they say the government is keeping them in the dark. Listen this week to Consider this on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ramm. President Trump says he's ready to impose new sanctions on Russia, but only with action from fellow NATO countries. First, as NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports, it's Trump's latest threat as Russia continues attacking.
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Ukraine on social media, Trump posted what he said was the text of a letter to all NATO nations and the world. He wrote that he'll be ready to impose new sanctions on Russia when other NATO nations have stopped buying oil from the country. He also said he wants NATO countries to impose tariffs of 50 to 100% on Chinese goods. China is a top buyer of Russian oil. Trump met with Putin in Alaska last month in an effort to broker peace in the Ukraine war. Since then, Russia has continued to attack Ukraine and its drones were also shot down in Polish airspace. And Trump has been facing pressure from within his own party to increase sanctions on Russia as its aggression has continued. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
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A 22 year old man is being held without bail in Utah. He suspected of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday while Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University. Tyler Robinson is expected to be formally charged next week in Orem, Utah. Many in the community say they don't feel safe even with the alleged assassin in custody. NPR's Marisa Penalosa reports.
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Orem's nickname is Family City, USA. It's known as a welcoming, safe community and that's one of the reasons Case Dearden and his family moved here. Now the father of two young kids is concerned that violence could escalate.
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He says the tensions are just rising and rising. The violence needs to stop. The division is what's causing this problem. So if we're going to keep pointing fingers, more people are going to be murdered.
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Dearden and many others here say there needs to be a way to talk with each other even when people disagree. Marisa Penalosa, NPR News, Orem, Utah.
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Stocks jumped this week in anticipation of lower interest rates. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. All the major stock indexes spent time in record territory during the week.
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The government's latest cost of living report shows the highest annual inflation in seven months as double digit tariffs triggered higher prices for imported goods like coffee, clothing and small appliances. But concerns about stubborn inflation are taking a backseat for now to worries about the sagging job market. Hiring has slowed sharply in recent months, and new claims for unemployment benefits point to a possible uptick in layoffs. Investors are betting the Federal Reserve will try to prop up the job market by lowering interest rates next week. That sparked a rally on Wall street where the dow climbed nearly 1%, the S&P 500 index jumped 1.6%, and the Nasdaq soared more than 2%. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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You're listening to NPR News in Washington. The Missouri Senate yesterday approved a new congressional map backed by President Trump. It could help Republicans win an additional seat in the U.S. house in next year's midterm elections. In 2022, in the middle of a global outbreak of monkeypox, the World Health Organization changed the disease's name to Mpokex. The U.S. followed suit. But now U.S. spokespeople have reverted to the old term monkeypox. NPR's Gabriella Emanuel explains the term was.
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Retired because it was inaccurate. The virus does not come from monkeys, and because it was viewed as stigmatizing, Africans and gay men have been heavily impacted by the virus. And the word monkey has been associated with dehumanizing tropes. Bahuma Tatangi is a physician at Emory University. She finds it baffling that the US Is going back to the old name.
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No one in the research community is clamoring for this. No one in the public health community is clamoring for this.
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The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the change, but did not respond to questions about why it was made. Gabriela Emmanuel, NPR News.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has new research on insect populations. They're on the decline. Scientists have attributed previous declines to human factors, such as boosts in agricultural productivity. But researchers found insect populations dropped more than 72% in a remote meadow in the Colorado Mountains. They attribute this due to higher temperatures due to climate change. Insects are vital to human survival. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News.
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