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In Washington, I'm Nora Ramm. A 24 year old national Guardsman remains in critical condition after being shot Wednesday near the White House. A second member of The National Guard, 20 year old Sarah Beckstrom, and died of her wounds yesterday. A suspect is in custody. He's identified as a 29 year old Afghan national who had worked with the CIA during the war in Afghanistan. The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Perot, says he'll be charged with murder in the first degree. She says the investigation continues.
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We continue to seek warrants and to execute on those warrants even as we speak, not just in Washington, the state of Washington, but in other areas around the country to get every that. We need to make sure that this prosecution is as factful as we need in terms of the law and the evidence.
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She was interviewed this morning on FOX News. Black Friday is still the busiest shopping day of the year, and so is the weekend into Cyber Monday. This year, despite low consumer sentiment and shoppers lingering anxiety about tariffs, inflation and uncertainty, retailers are predicting record sales. NPR's Lina Selyuk reports.
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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%. Still, this promises a shopping season that's far from the flop many feared earlier in the year when President Trump began to launch tariffs on almost all imports. In part, that's because tariffs rolled out and starts with delays, giving retailers time to stock up without setting skyrocketing prices. Also worth noting that much of the spending is being propped up by wealthier shoppers. Alina Seluk, NPR News.
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Stocks rose during an abbreviated post Thanksgiving session today. All the major indexes gained ground. Israeli forces shot and killed two young Palestinian men in the occupied west bank after they knelt on the ground and and appear to surrender. NPR's Kat Lansdorf reports.
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The killings took place in the northern west bank city of Jenin, where the neighboring refugee camp has been the focus of an ongoing Israeli military operation for almost a year. In the videos, the two Palestinian men come out of a garage holding their hands up and lifting their shirts to show they're unarmed. They're ordered to their knees and comply before gunshots ring out and the men slumped to the ground, apparently dead. One Israeli soldier can be seen firing a weapon. In a statement, the Israeli military said the two men were, quote, wanted individuals and that the incident was being investigated. Palestinian and human rights groups point out such investigations are often lacking and Israeli troops rarely prosecuted. Kat Lansdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.