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These days there is a lot of news. It could be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, the backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The man accused in the Boulder, Colorado attack on people marching in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas had his first court appearance Monday as Colorado Public Radio's Haley May

reports. Haley May Well, right now he's facing at least one federal hate crime charge based on the planned nature of the attack. And more could be coming because authorities say the materials he used to make the Molotov cocktails weren't manufactured in Colorado, and that could make this an interstate crime. Police say he told them that he used the cocktails because he had previously tried to buy a gun but was not legally able to do so. In addition to the federal charge, the Boulder DAs filed 42 counts against Suleiman.

Those charges range from attempted murder to the possession of an incendiary device, and he's currently being held on a $10 million bond. The authorities say the number of those injured in Sunday's Molotov cocktail attack has risen to 12. They say four more people with minor injuries have come forward to meet with law enforcement to remain hospitalized. The Supreme Court has declined to hear a major constitutional challenge to state laws that ban semi-automatic weapons like the AR-15. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports it takes four justices to agree to grant a review of a lower

court decision, but only three voted to hear the challenge. Writing for a 10-5 majority in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Justice J. Harvey Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, upheld a Maryland law banning rapid-fire semi-automatic rifles. We decline, he said, to wield the Constitution to declare that military-style armaments, which have become primary instruments of mass killing and terrorist attacks in this country, are beyond the reach of our nation's democratic processes. Because of today's Supreme Court decision not to review that lower court ruling,

it will remain intact until and unless the high court rules otherwise. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have wrapped up their latest round of peace talks in Istanbul, High Court rules otherwise. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have wrapped up their latest round of peace talks in Istanbul. The nearly two-hour meeting, though, ended without significant progress toward ending the war. NPR's Rebecca Rossman reports that the two sides did agree to another prisoner swap. Russian and Ukrainian delegates say both sides have agreed to exchange all seriously wounded or ill prisoners of war,

as well as captured fighters under the age of 25. They also agreed to exchange the remains of 6,000 soldiers. Russia offered a two- to three-day ceasefire, while short of the 30-day proposal Ukraine made last month. Expectations were low for this second round of talks, which wrapped up after less than two hours. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he hoped to bring together Zelensky, Putin and possibly President Trump for a third round of talks later this month. Rebecca Rossman, NPR News, Istanbul. And you're listening to NPR News. Two congressional committees are launching an investigation into Nashville's response to federal immigration enforcement activity. As Mariana Bacchiaua of Member Station

WPLN reports, the city's Democratic mayor criticized a week-long ICE raid on the city's immigrant corridor. 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 O'Connell'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. 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 Marianna Bacallao in Nashville. Nashville's mayor is not the only one critical of ISIS tactics. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria says he was deeply upset by an ICE operation Friday at a popular Italian restaurant. There was a confrontation with customers and witnesses. The acting ICE director Todd Lyons is defending the agency and at a Monday news conference in Boston to announce nearly 1,500 arrests in Massachusetts. Lyon said officers wear masks because they have received death threats and been harassed online. Financial markets in Asia edging higher. Japan's benchmark Nikkei up one-tenth of a percent

following modest gains on Wall Street. This is NPR News.