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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 in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump posting on social media overnight about the unrest in Los Angeles over his immigration crackdown, saying the 2,000 National Guard troops he's deployed are doing a great job.

The deployment follows two days of confrontations between protesters and federal agents assigned to go after undocumented immigrants in the country illegally. Reporter Steve Futterman has more. For a second straight day, protesters and federal agents faced off. Agents used tear gas, pepper spray and flash bangs to try to disperse several hundred who showed up. Like Heath Durbin. He wants ICE agents to stop going after immigrants. We shouldn't be pepper spraying protesters.

We are protesting that they're coming and snatching people up instead of doing it through a civilized manner. Late Saturday, President Trump's border czar Tom Homan announced that National Guard troops are being sent to LA. But California Governor Gavin Newsom says the Guard isn't needed. He says there is no widespread violence and sending in the guard will only inflame tensions. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. Italians began voting today on several referendums, including one that would ease citizenship

requirements. There are worries, however, that a low voter turnout will invalidate the results. A prominent Republican right-wing presidential hopeful, Miguel Uribe, is in critical condition after he was shot three times during a campaign event in the capital of Bogota. Uribe, speaking to supporters when he was shot, the suspected attacker reported to be just 15 years old.

Here's the BBC's Will Grant. Senator Uribe was immediately transferred to hospital, where he is said to be in a critical condition. The government has condemned the shooting, saying it was an attack not just against Mr. Uribe personally, but against democracy in Colombia. One man was arrested at the scene. Miguel Uribe is a well-known member of the political establishment in Colombia.

He is the son of Diana Turbey, a journalist who was killed in 1991 in a rescue attempt after she had been kidnapped by the Medellin cartel run by Pablo Escobar. Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone attack overnight forced the closure of two of the airports that served Moscow. Russia's civil aviation authority says the airports were closed to ensure safety. Ukraine, meanwhile, denies Russian allegations that it has postponed prisoner swaps indefinitely amid stepped-up Russian strikes. At horse racing's Belmont Stakes. Sovereignty goes right by journalism once again, leaving absolutely no doubt

who the best three-runner in the world is. The call on Fox Sports as sovereignty pass Preakness winner journalism down the stretch of the Saratoga race course in upstate New York, the same finish as last month's Kentucky Derby. This is NPR. An insurance industry group estimates that destruction from hail storms causes tens of billions of dollars in damage each year in the US. Reporter and meteorologist Nick Gilmore with Member Station Radio IQ says a NOAA project is working to better understand hail in real time. Noah's National Severe Storms Laboratory is using bright lights and high quality, high

speed cameras to capture hail as it's falling from a storm. Sean Wai leads the project and he says hail research up until this point has been incomplete because it occurs after the stone hits the ground. It shatters or melts partially before a researcher can observe it. If we have those observations in real time, we can improve that warning decision-making process and that way people can take appropriate action to protect life and property. Wah's research will hopefully help radar technology better see hail in severe thunderstorms. He's hoping to get his capture system onto more trucks in the future to better position

it in front of storms that produce large hail. For NPR News, I'm Nick Gilmore. American Cocoa Golf is this year's French Open tennis champion. I'm just happy to be here. A lot of dark thoughts and just the fact that I stayed to it just means a lot to be here. Golf up into top ranked Irina Sabalenka coming back from a set down to win her first French Open women's title. She's the first American woman to win the French singles title since Serena Williams

in 2015. It's a men's turn today defending champion Carlos Alcaraz facing Onyx Center in a match that pits the world's top two ranked players against each other. I'm Jial Snyder, MPR News.