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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is placing Washington, D.C.,'s police department under federal control and deploying around 800 members of the National Guard to the nation's capital. NPR's Brian Mann reports Trump says local D.C. leadership is not doing enough to combat violent crime and is formally declaring a public safety emergency for the district. President Trump made it clear during this press conference that he wants this action taking over the metropolitan. Republican police bringing in the National Guard to be seen as a warning by other democratically controlled cities around the country. He wants them to do more to bring down crime rates. In fact, of course, crime rates have already been dropping in many U.S. cities here in Washington, D.C. violent crimes are at a 30-year low. That's according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has often opted not to react publicly to President Trump's provocative rhetoric about her city, but today she's firing back at Trump's assertion. that crime has spiked in D.C. This year, crime isn't just down from 2023. It's also down from 2019 before the pandemic. And we're at a 30-year violent crime low. She promised D.C. residents that the local government will keep operating way that in her words makes them proud. The targeted Israeli airstrike has killed Gaza's most famous television journalist, Anas al-Sharif, and five additional journalists. most of them working with Al Jazeera.

In Gaza City, NPR's Anas Baba reports on the shock waves the journalist deaths are having across Gaza. Muhammad Kita, a freelance journalist, filmed the aftermath of the strike. Screaming in terror after the tent next to his was hit by Israel's military. Kita himself was injured and later told NPR that watching his colleagues burn to death was hell on earth. Israel accused Al-Sharif 10 months ago of working to promote Hamas propaganda, and says it has proof Al-Sherif worked with Hamas.

The committee to protect journalists called Israel's allegation unsubstantiated and says the military has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Al-Sharif left this pre-recorded statement which was published after his death. He says, do not forget the people of Gaza and do not forget their pain and vulnerable children. Anasbaba and Pure News, Gaza City. Caution prevails in Wall Street today before the U.S. reports the latest inflation data. up, here's NPR's Raphael NOM. For the most part, investors are expecting annual inflation in July to have increased a little more than it has in recent month. That's because tariffs are starting

to make some things more expensive. Clothing and shoes, for example, saw price increases in June. We won't be seeing the full effects yet, but that will change as the year progresses. That's NPR's Rafael NOM reporting. You're listening to NPR News. One of the nation's largest grocers has agreed to settle a lawsuit in the fallout of a failed merger bid. Nick Swartzel with Member Station WVXU reports on the settlement between Kroger and CNS wholesale. There's a cleanup in the merger aisle. Cincinnati-based grocery giant Kroger says it will settle with New Hampshire's CNS wholesale grocers. Kroger backed out of an agreement to sell 579 of its stores to CNS last year, prompting CNS to sue for

a $125 million termination fee. Kroger scuttled a deal after a federal judge blocked its proposed $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons. Regulators were concerned that merger would reduce competition and raise prices for consumers. In a news release, Kroger said the terms of the settlement with CNS are confidential. For NPR News, I'm Nick Swartzel in Cincinnati. Authorities in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County say the U.S. Steel Plan explosion near Pittsburgh today, killed at least one person, injured multiple others.

The spokesperson said two people were unaccounted for. The Allegheny County Health Department said it was monitoring air quality near the industrial side explosion. It advised residents within a mile of the plant to remain indoors and keep their doors and windows shut. Tropical storm air formed in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Cabo Verde Islands. The National Hurricane Center said the storm might become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season this week. Meanwhile, forecasters say another hurricane had strengthened in the Pacific Ocean and remained hundreds of miles away from Honolulu. The Dow's closed down. More than 200 points. This is NPR News.