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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. The suspected gunman from Saturday night's shooting at the White House Correspondence dinner in Washington, D.C., has been identified as Cole Allen of Torrance, California. He'll make his first court appearance on Monday, where he's expected to face weapons and assault charges. Reporter Steve Futterman is working to try and better understand who Cole Allen is. NPR has confirmed that Allen visited gun ranges in Southern California. He attended at least one no-king's march in a LinkedIn page of the appears to belong to him. He describes himself as a mechanical engineer and computer scientist by

degree, independent game developer by experience, and teacher by birth. The LinkedIn profile page also states that while he was at the universities of Caltech, he was in the Christian Fellows Program. NPR, by the way, did not find any criminal records when conducting a background check of Allen. That's Steve Futterman in California with our report. President Trump is pointing to Saturday's shooting as a reason to finish the controversial White House ballroom now under construction. And Perez Franco Ordonez says more. President Trump says a shooting would never have happened if it were held in the new ballroom he's having built at the White House.

He called the Washington Hilton not a particularly secure site, as he explained, on Fox News. Well, it's always tough when you have a thousand rooms. It's a large hotel right on top. And so people come down in elevators and they're right over the top of where you're speaking. not very far away, and it's pretty tough. And, you know, as you know, we're building a big, beautiful, very, very secure ballroom in every way with massive bulletproof glass. It's almost four inches thick.

The White House ballroom is facing legal hurdles. Even if it is built, it's not clear if the dinner could be held there. The annual event is private. Franco Ordonez. NPR News. In a federal court in Oakland on Monday, Elon Musk, who's the world's richest man and OpenAI's most prominent early backer, is demanding damages from the AI company he helped found.

Those damages could reach as high as $134 billion. Rachel Myrove, member station KQED, has more on that story. Elon Musk's claim, Sam Altman dropped his promise to serve humanity in favor of profit. OpenAI says this lawsuit is about Musk trying to crush a rival that's grown from a research lab into a nearly trillion-dollar giant. Musk is asking the court to reverse a decade of growth. Charlie Bullock at the Institute for Law and AI says that's easier said than done. There are ways that you could unscramble this omelet, but it would be extremely difficult and extremely complicated and have very serious consequences, and it would be a massive headache for

everyone involved. Over the next month, expect spicy testimony under oath from two of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myro. is NPR News. Molly's defense minister was killed this weekend in an attack by jihadi and rebel forces. His death was confirmed by the government on Sunday. Separatist fighters joined with Islamic militants on Saturday for a major coordinated attack across that West African nation. The separatists have been fighting for years to create an independent state in the northern

part of that country. Kenyan runners Sebastian Saway smashed a world record Sunday at the London Marathon. As NPR's Amy held reports, he's the first person. to officially break the two-hour mark. Are we going sub-2? We might be going sub-2 here on the streets of London. It's never happened. Sebastian Salway made it happen,

finishing at one hour, 59 minutes, 30 seconds, more than a minute faster than the previous record. This is one of the greatest human achievement. To the excitement of the BBC announcer and the crowds lining the London streets. Sebastian Sawway from Kenya is in the record books, not just here today, forever. Saway is the first ever sub-two-hour finisher

under official race conditions. I'm feeling good. I'm so happy. It's a day to remember. The 31-year-old spoke to the BBC. Reaching the finishing line, I saw the time, and I was so excited to see running a world record today. The runner-up from Ethiopia also came in under two hours. Amy Held and PR News.

Nellie Korda led Wire to Wire this weekend and the LPGA Classic in Houston, finishing with the five-stroke win. It's her third major win, and it lifts her back to the number one spot in women's golf. Court a shot of 72 on Sunday to seal the win. Patty Tabatana Kid of Thailand finished strong and landed in second, while Rooning Yin from China finished in third. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.