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This is Ira Glass with This American Life, each week on our show. We choose a theme, tell different stories on that theme. All right, I'm just going to stop right there. You're listening to an NPR podcast, chances are you know our show. So instead, I'm going to tell you, we've just been on a run of really good shows lately. Some big epic emotional stories, some weird funny stuff too. Download us, This American Life. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Six people were injured Sunday during an attack in Boulder, Colorado.

Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd. The suspect was heard to yell, free Palestine, during the attack. The subject has been identified as Mohammed Sabri Salman, and he's 45 years old. FBI Special Agent Mark Michalik says they believe the suspect acted alone, and they're treating the attack as an act of terrorism. At least two of those injured were transferred to a burn unit in Denver. The attack took place where a group of people had gathered to draw attention for Israeli

hostages who remained in Gaza. Police say the suspect was also injured but did not elaborate on those injuries. Mexican citizens headed to the polls on Sunday for an election that will remake the country's judiciary. For the first time, the country will be electing its judges instead of appointing them. NPR's Ada Peralta reports that despite a smooth process, many voters remain confused. In this election, voters were faced with a tall task, picking nearly 3,000 judges from 8,000 candidates.

Just for the Supreme Court, voters have to vet 64 candidates and pick nine of them. Eduardo Cuellar, 33, came out of the voting booth saying it was a bittersweet experience. It felt like a test that I didn't study for, that I didn't know the subject. Cuellar says he did his best to study the candidates, but he couldn't find enough information, so he came feeling unprepared but ready to fulfill his civic duty. Others in the capital city decided not to vote at all and instead protested the process, saying it will lead to a less independent judiciary. Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.

The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma is raising money for a $105 million charitable trust that hopes to repair harms from one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in the United States. Max Brine with Member Station KWGS reports. As many as 300 people were killed and dozens of homes and businesses leveled in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre when a white mob raised the city's prosperous black neighborhood of Greenwood. Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the trust, which will put millions of dollars toward housing, reducing blight, land acquisition for descendants, and spurring economic growth. There is not one Tulsa, no matter their skin color, who wouldn't be better off today had

the massacre not happen. The Mayor's announcement follows city officials' creation of a commission to explore reparations for descendants of massacre survivors and people who live in the area today. For NPR News, I'm Max Bryan in Tulsa. Health officials in Gaza say 31 people are now dead following a shooting at an aid distribution site in the enclave. More than 170 other people were wounded. It's the deadliest incident yet around that distribution system. This is NPR News. distribution system. This is NPR News. Conservative candidate Karol Narocki has won Poland's presidential election runoff. According to the State Election

Commission he had 50.89 percent of the vote and defeated liberal Warsaw mayor Rafał Troskowski who'd received 49.11 percent. Troskowski had campaigned on bringing Poland closer to the European Union while Narakie favors a more nationalist approach to government. Paris's soccer team was honored in its home city Sunday after winning the Champions League Cup Saturday night to become Europe's top team. MPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that while the game was played in Munich there's been 24 hours of partying and some mayhem back in France. Tens of thousands of exuberant fans lined the Champs-Elysees Sunday as the Paris Saint-Germain team rode down the avenue in an open double-decker bus holding up the Champions League trophy.

They were also feted with fireworks in a packed Paris Stadium Sunday night. It's the first time PSG has won the coveted Champions League title. PSG has won the coveted Champions League title. Macron told the players, you put Paris at the top of Europe and it was magnificent. Paris Saint-Germain beat Milan in tear 5-0, but the celebration has been slightly tempered by some violence. Overnight Saturday, 400 people were arrested in Paris, as many clashed with police, looted shops and burned

cars. One police officer was seriously injured. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. Scotty Scheffler won the Memorial Golf Tournament at Muirfield on Sunday. It was his second win in a row. It's the first back-to-back win of the tournament since Tiger Woods. Ben Griffin finished in second. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

These days there is a lot of news. and second. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.