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The best kind of celebrity interview is one where you find out that the person who made a thing you love also thinks in a way that you love. Nothing is more foreign than when Ariel says in The Little Mermaid, I want to be where the people are. I don't want to be where the people are. I just don't. I'm Rachel Martin. Listen to the Wild Card Podcast, only from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Three months after the Trump administration mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego-Garcia to a mega prison in El Salvador, he's been returned to the U.S. facing federal charges. NPR's Claire Marie Schneider has more.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that a grand jury in Tennessee had charged the Maryland resident for playing a significant role in smuggling immigrants into the US over the past nine years. This is what American justice looks like. In 2019, Abrego Garcia received protection from deportation to his native El Salvador because he faced potential gang violence there. But the Trump administration justified mistakenly deporting Abrego Garcia in March by accusing him of being a member of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang.

Abrego Garcia's lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Motionberg, told NPR that authorities were bringing his client back to quote, not correct their error, but to prosecute him. Claire Marie Schneider, NPR News. Hospital officials in Gaza say at least eight people were killed today attempting to reach food distribution sites set up by a private US-run group backed by Israel. Military officials say warning shots were fired. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed approaching the new US group site during its first two weeks in operation.

NPR's Kari Kahn reports. The latest shootings near the new food sites occurred early Saturday morning in southern Gaza. Palestinians head to the sites early, hoping to get food before parcels run out. Younes Ahmed told NPR he approached one of the sites at 4.30 a.m., but the crowd was hit by pepper spray from guards he says were Americans. And then the army started shooting at us he said. He went to another site but was told only women would get food. Nasser Hospital says it received eight people killed by gunfire at the site. Israel's army says it is

aware of reports of casualties and that its troops fired warning shots at quote suspects that post a threat. The UN says Israel has weaponized vital aid in Gaza. Kari Kahn NPR News Tel Aviv. Stocks gained ground this week amid positive signs for the US job market. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. The Labor Department said Friday that US employers added 139,000 jobs last month, roughly in line with what forecasters had predicted. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent. Factories and the federal government cut jobs in May, but that was more than offset by job gains in health care and hospitality.

Stocks rallied after the jobs report was released. President Trump took to social media to urge the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. But investors are betting the central bank will hold rates steady when policymakers meet later this month. For the week that Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.2 percent, the S&P 500 index climbed one and a half percent, and the Nasdaq jumped more than 2 percent. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. This is NPR. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. This is NPR. A large egg recall announced yesterday by the August Egg Company is now linked to an outbreak of salmonella across seven states in the West and the Midwest. 79 people have been identified with a related strain of salmonella. American

tennis star Coco Gough has defeated the world's top-ranked player, Arena Sablenka, to win the women's French Open. It's Goff's second career Grand Slam title, NPR's Becky Sullivan reports. Goff looked shaky to begin the French Open final, quickly falling behind 4-1 in the first set, but Soblenka slipped up. Double faults, unforced errors, and Goff took advantage. The American battled back to force a tie break in the first set, then won the second and third to take her title.

In total, Salbeyanca committed 70 unforced errors while Goff only had 30. Afterwards, Salbeyanca tearfully apologized to her coaches for playing so poorly. Goff, who is ranked number two in the world, is 21 years old. She is the first American to win the French Open since Serena Williams won it last in 2018, and the youngest American to do so since Serena's first title there in 2002. The men's final between Yannick Center and Carlos Alcaraz is Sunday. Becky Sullivan in PR News. The men's final starts at 9 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow.

For the first time in more than 10 years, the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago is welcoming a new calf from its dolphin group. Early this morning, a video of the birth inside the aquarium showed a 35-pound calf ejected into the water, leaping to the surface for its first breath. A companion, older female, bottlenose dolphin was nearby to witness the event. The zoo is closing a section of the aquarium to let mom and calf bond. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.