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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa Kautau. President Trump declared a public safety emergency for the nation's capital on Monday and placed D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department under federal control, citing, quote, bloodthirsty criminals. NPR's Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman reports the president has plans to deploy the National Guard. 800, D.C. Guard troops, and there will be 100 to 200 soldiers supporting law enforcement. at any given time. Their duties will include administrative tasks, logistics, you know, transportation supplies, and finally, quote, physical presence. So what does that mean in practice?

We don't know yet. The latest city data shows homicides are down by more than 10% compared to last year, and carjackings are down more than 40%. A former Doge staffer was injured in an attempted carjacking last week. The U.S. and China will continue negotiating. tariff rates for another 90 days, thanks to another executive order signed by President Trump on Monday. Brazil's finance minister says the U.S. canceled schedule talks about their trade tariffs between the two countries and isn't saying why or rescheduling. As in Paris-Carrie Kahn reports, Brazil has been slapped with one of the highest tariffs by President Trump 50%. Brazilian officials have complained about not being able to properly negotiate with the U.S. Finance Minister Fernando

Adage says a virtual meeting he had scheduled with the U.S. Treasury Secretary for Wednesday was canceled. The Treasury Department declined a comment. Hadaji told Global News TV that so-called pseudo-Brazilians are in Washington pushing for tough sanctions. Hadaji is referring to former President Jair Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a Brazilian congressman who has allies in the Trump administration. He's lobbied for sanctions and retaliation for the treatment of his father facing coup charges. President Trump has cited Bolsonaro's trial as reason for the 50% tariff. Kerry Kahn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. In Texas, three people are dead after a shooting outside a Target store in Austin. Katie McAfee of Member Station KUT reports.

Two people were pronounced dead on scene and a third person died after being transported to a hospital. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis says the suspect is now in custody. The suspect fled the scene, stole a car from the scene, took that car, wrecked that car, then hijacked another car. He was then found by Austin PD in South Austin, where he was taken into custody after a tasing. Davis says the suspect is a 32-year-old white man with a known history of mental illness. The Austin Police Department does not have information on the suspect's motive or the identity of the victims. I'm Katie McAfee and Austin. And you are listening to NPR News from New York City.

Singer Sheila Jordan has died at the age of 96. She was considered one of the great voices in jazz, but barely known outside that world. Jordan died at her apartment in New York City. Her longtime basis, Harvey S. told NPR, NPR's Netta Ullaby has this remembrance. Sheila Jordan was born to a family without much money. in Pennsylvania coal country. She told NPR in 2014 that she was unhappy as a kid, and the only thing she could do about it was sing. And then one day she spotted something on a jukebox, Charlie Parker and his reboppers. And I put my nickel in, and up came bird playing now's the time.

I said, that's the music. That's the one I'll dedicate my life to. Jordan, who was white, became good friends with Parker and went on to work with many black jazz artists. Her voice was unlike any other. She never really hit the big time, but in 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts named Sheila Jordan a jazz master, and she kept performing even into her 90s. Netta Ulibe, NPR News. In Doha, Qatar, staff members of Al Jazeera gathered at its headquarters to remember five of its journalists all killed over the weekend during a targeted Israeli strike

aimed at their most prominent correspondent, Anas Al-Sharif. The network said his reporting inside Gaza City had reached millions, but Israel accused Al-Sharif of being a Hamas terrorist and quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. This is NPR News.