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This week, immigration raids and protests captured headlines. On Consider This, we look at how events in LA unfolded, the Trump administration's response, and the legal questions around those actions. Plus, overdose deaths down dramatically among young people. Why? And can the trend continue? Listen now to the Consider This podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. AMT. AMI HELD, HOST, NPR NEWS. LIVE FROM NPR NEWS IN WASHINGTON, I'M AMI HELD. MINNESOTA RESIDENTS ARE EXPRESSING GRIEF AND FEAR FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S ASSASSINATION OF A STATE LAWMAKER. AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO CALL 911 IF THEY'VE SEEN 57-YEAR-OLD VANCE BOLTER.

WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTINGS OF TWO STATE LAWMAKERS AND THEIR SPOUSES. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY FOUND A HITLIST AND BOLTER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. REPRESENTATIVE Wanted in connection with the shootings of two state lawmakers and their spouses, authorities say they found a hit list and Bolter should be considered armed and dangerous. Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, Senator John Hoffman and his wife wounded. Here's U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. Senator Klobuchar, Minnesota This act of political violence that this evil madman would take away this wonderful person and her husband leaving her two children without parents is, you know, you hear about political violence, you hear

about what happens out there, but then you tell you meet someone like her and her colleague who's hanging on to his life, Senator Hoffman, also a very good friend of mine. You don't really know what it means. Researchers say acts of political violence have been on the rise. Emergency services in Israel report at least 10 people killed overnight during Iranian missile attacks. The victims include four women from the same family. And near Tel Aviv, rescuers have been searching the rubble of a destroyed building. The BBC's Sebastian Usher has more. A building was hit. Six people are now confirmed to have been killed in that strike. Batcham

is a coastal city in the centre. And a number are still missing. Reports in the Israeli media say 35 people may still be missing there. And then in the north in Tamra, four people were killed in another missile strike, and around 200 people have been wounded. Israel targeted Iran's Defense Ministry headquarters in Tehran today, sites it says are associated with the nuclear program. Crowds across the U.S. came out yesterday to demonstrate against President Trump and his policies. That includes in conservative communities like Grand Junction, Colorado, which voted

for Trump three times. Colorado Public Radio's Steena Sieg reports. Crowds of people chanting, Depose the King! The crowd waved homemade signs as they lined a heavily traveled road and cheered from an interstate overpass. Veteran Bob Rockema says he left the Republican Party when Trump was first elected. Trump has been gutting the Veterans Administration and so it's real important to me that we stop him.

We stop him on that. We stop him on immigration. We stop him on the. We stop him on immigration. We stop him on the economy that he's running. STINA SIEGLE-PETRELLA Police estimate close to a thousand protesters were there. The organizers say it was substantially more. A small number of counter-protesters drove by, but they were peaceful. For NPR News, I'm Stina Siegle-Petrovic in Grand Junction, Colorado. This is NPR News.

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Greenland, his first trip there, where he is showcasing European solidarity with the self-governing Danish territory. President Trump has threatened to take over the Arctic island. Trump and Macron are both among the leaders headed to Alberta, Canada for the annual G7 summit. A wildfire burning in a state forest in Burlington County, New Jersey is affecting air quality in Pennsylvania and Delaware. People in Philadelphia reported smoke and hazy ash permeating the air yesterday. Firefighters say the blaze

has consumed some 5,500 acres, but they've got it 70 percent contained. Wildfire risk is rising across the West. Colorado Public Radio's Ishan Takor reports that's affecting how homeowners prepare. When the Marshall Fire tore through Louisville, Colorado in 2021, it destroyed entire neighborhoods. Afterwards, neighbors Anne Brennan and Lisa Hughes rebuilt their homes to be more fire resistant.

It's called home hardening. They installed fine metal mesh over vents to block embers, and they cleared anything flammable, like mulch and trees, from near their homes. Fire expert Kimiko Barrett is with the research group Headwaters Economics. She says many of these changes are within reach. We do know that many of the most effective

home-hardening risk-re know that many of the most effective home hardening risk reduction strategies are also the most affordable. Brennan and Hughes worked with their neighbors. Now their community has a three year action plan to prepare for future fires. For NPR News, I'm Eshaan Thakore in Lewisville, Colorado. And you're listening to NPR News. On NPR's ThruLine. The firemen kept shouting to them not to jump, Colorado.