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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua-Halisa Icautau. Officials have named a suspect in the shooting that targeted two lawmakers at their homes in Minnesota, killing one state representative and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife. The suspect is still at large, as NPR's Meg Anderson reports. 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. It is Flag Day and the 250th anniversary of the Army and President Trump's 79th birthday, NPR's Alana Wise reports. Officially, Saturday's parade in Washington, D.C. is a military celebration. More than 6,000 troops will walk viewers through the Army's storied history.

But critics say the parade serves another purpose—a vanity project—to celebrate President Trump's 79th birthday. Trump had been asking for a big military parade since his first term. But at that time, officials warned him that a peacetime military display like this was something more in line with a dictatorship than a democracy. This year, Trump got his wish. Across the country, thousands protested against the event and Trump's broader policy agenda. Protests against Trump's use of military began earlier this week over his decision to deploy

the California National Guard amid protests against ICE raids in Los Angeles. Alana Wise, NPR News. The latest round of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran have been canceled, according to mediator Oman. NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi has the latest. This would have been the sixth time the U.S. and Tehran were to meet to discuss Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. was trying to strike a deal with Iran to limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange

for lifting sanctions which have crippled Iran's economy. But Israel began striking Iranian military and nuclear targets, killing top Iranian security chiefs and nuclear scientists. This week, the UN's nuclear watchdog censured Iran for not complying with its inspections. Iran remained defiant, announcing that it would activate a third enrichment site. The Omani Foreign Minister said the Sunday meeting was cancelled, but that the only way to peace is, quote, diplomacy and dialogue. Hadil Alshalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

It's NPR. Americans' home insurance bills are soaring, and some are losing coverage as the cost of weather disasters keeps going up. One solution is for homeowners to better protect their property from threats like more extreme storms and fires that are being fueled by climate change, in Piers Mychalcopoli reports. Homeowners in some states can get grants and insurance discounts for installing fortified roofs or fireproof in their houses. But the discounts are usually small and the upgrades might not help you get coverage in

the first place, says Dave Jones, who runs the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley Law. If they won't write you the insurance because they're not taking into account forest treatment and they're not taking into account home hardening, the discount doesn't help you. An industry group says insurers have had to limit coverage in some markets as costs rose, and that they'll take a hard look at what homeowners have done to protect themselves when they can grow their businesses again. Michael Copley, NPR News.

Protests are taking place across the country at this hour, from New York City to Atlanta to Los Angeles. Protesters under the banner of No Kings are demonstrating in the streets. Some carried signs that read, No human is illegal, No Kings, No dictators, No peace for fascists. The 50501 movement, which stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement, said the nationwide protester claimed are aimed at calling attention to what they say are authoritarian actions of the Trump administration, but a CBS poll found

54 percent of those surveyed conducted before the rallies opposing deportation raids approve of Trump's deportation policies. This is NPR.