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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. Officials have named a suspect in the shooting

that targeted two state lawmakers at their homes in Minnesota. NPR's Meg Anderson says the suspect is still at large. According to authorities, the suspect officials are seeking is 57-year-old Vance Bolter. They urged anyone who believes they have seen him to consider him

armed and dangerous and to call 911. Authorities have yet to determine a motive for the attack that killed Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounded state senator John Hoffman and his wife. They did indicate that they found a list of individuals inside Bolter's car that included Hoffman, Hortman, and other lawmakers. Authorities also indicated that they found no King's flyers in the car, a reference to the anti-Trump protests happening around the country Saturday. Minnesota state officials urged residents in the state to not attend those protests as a result. Meg Anderson, NPR News. The parade honoring the 250th anniversary of

the US Army went off without a hitch this evening. The event began with a parachute drop by the Army Golden Knights and followed with tanks, troops and plane flyovers. President Trump watched the parade from a reviewing stand south of the White House. Afterward he was presented with the gifts. Mr. President, on behalf of the United States Army, the Army Golden Knights, I would like to present to you this flag, which was flown over our nation's capital in free fall during the Army's 250th birthday celebration.

Today was also Trump's 79th birthday. New Orleans put a local spin on today's no-kings protests against Trump administration policies. The protests drew hundreds of thousands of people to events across the country. The Gulf States newsrooms drew Hawkins as more. Several thousand people marched along a route that ran through the French Quarter. Organizers call it a protest parade that included things like brass bands and dancing troops. Beth Davis, an organizer with Indivisible NOLA, says they wanted to incorporate the culture of the city.

While there will be 2,000 No Kings activations happening across the country, no one's going to bring it like New Orleans. Despite the party atmosphere, the crowd, which included veterans, immigrant supporters, union workers and others, expressed deep concerns about the Trump administration's deportation policies and the use of the military during protests in Los Angeles. For NPR News, I'm Drew Hawkins in New Orleans. Fighting continues in the Middle East this weekend. Israel launched an expanded assault on Iran on Sunday local time.

And Iran launched another round of missiles at Israel Israel Israel's military says it targeted Iran's Defense Ministry headquarters in Tehran along with sites It says are related to Tehran's nuclear weapons development Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky Meanwhile says rising global oil prices following those strikes will strengthen Russia by increasing its oil revenues You're listening to NPR news Amnesty International says at least 100 people were killed in an attack on a village in north central Nigeria this weekend. Dozens of other people are still missing while hundreds more were injured. Amnesty says many families were locked in their homes which were then set on fire.

Police in Nigeria have acknowledged that the attack took place but have not given a reason for the incidents. A new South African study finds that dehorning rhinos significantly reduces their poaching. Some rhino species are critically endangered. Kate Bartler reports from Johannesburg on the conservation efforts. Tourists traveling to South Africa's national parks might be disappointed to see one of the region's most iconic animals without its famous horn. But researchers say the removal of their horns could be saving their lives. New research in the journal Science found removing the horn sought after by poachers reduced the killing of the rhinos by almost 80 percent, and the process does not hurt

the animal, conservationists say. The horn is falsely believed by many in Asia to hold medicinal properties driving the massive illegal trade. Poaching remains high in South Africa with over a hundred rhinos killed in the first three months of this year alone. For In Piano News, I'm Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg. The color Iraqis are made history on Saturday. They lost to the Atlanta Braves 4-1 and that loss gave them the worst 70-game record in the modern era. They are now 13-57 on the season. That surpasses the 14-56 record set by the Boston Red Sox back in 1932.

They also set a team record of 19 strikeouts in the loss. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. The House of Representatives has approved a White House request to claw back two years I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.