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This is Eric Glass. On this American Life, we like stories that surprise you. For instance, imagine finding a new hobby and realizing... To do this hobby right, according to the ways of the masters, there's a pretty good chance that you're going to have to bend the law to get the materials that you need. If not, break it. Yeah.

To break international laws. Your life stories, really good ones. This American Life. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay-Stevens. A gunman opened fire at a church in Minneapolis today, killing two children and injuring 17 others. Authorities have identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman. More from NPR's Juliana Kin. Minnesota Governor Tim Wall says students were in the middle of their first week of classes when the unthinkable happened.

Filled with the first days of school of beautiful children going to learn those values, share with their teachers and their classmates. and instead of that joy and that curiosity and that learning, they were met with evil and horror and death. Local authorities say 14 children between the ages of 6 and 15 were injured by gunfire. Three adult parishioners who were in their 80s were also wounded. Investigators also say the shooter appeared to have no prior criminal history, but they were currently reviewing writings left behind by Westman,

which authorities describe as disturbing. Julianne Kim, NPR News. President Trump is pushing to send National Guard troops to more U.S. cities. As NPR's Windsor-Johnston reports, the effort is already facing both legal and political pushback. Trump's federal crackdown on crime is entering its third week in Washington, D.C., where the law gives him broader authority. But outside the nation's capital, it's a different story. Georgetown professor, Steve Vladik, says deploying troops elsewhere gets legally tricky. In other states, in California and Illinois,

in New York, the only way President Trump could directly command the National Guard would be to formally federalize it. Trump is now turning his attention to Chicago, which he's called a killing field. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and other top Democrats are pushing back, calling the effort a political stunt. Windsor Johnston, NPR News. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the next round of COVID vaccines. But NPR's Rob Stein explains that only certain people are eligible to receive the shots. The FDA approved COVID vaccines from Pfizer-Biontect, materna, and Novavax. In the past, the shots have been available to anyone aged six months

and older, but the FDA is now limiting the vaccines to people who are at risk for serious complications from COVID. That includes people ages 65 and older, and younger people who have other health issues that put them at risk. Federal officials say that changes reflect how much immunity people have. Many public health experts worry the restrictions will make it too hard for other people to get vaccinated. Rob Stein and Pier News. A non-profit public watchdog says it will file a lawsuit over attempts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. American oversight is seeking records from the Federal Housing Finance Agency headed by Bill Pulte. The group says that Pulte has been at the center of President Trump's attacks on

political opponents. Cook is also preparing a lawsuit to fight for her job. This is NPR. The Department of Health and Human Services, Susan Menares, is no longer head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but attorneys from Menares says she has not received any formal dismissal notice. She was sworn in as CDC Director only last month. Meanwhile, several other top agency leaders have resigned, including the Director of the Center for Immunization, Dimitri DeKalcus. He says, he cites what he calls the weaponization.

of public health as his reason for quitting. Last week, K-pop Demon Hunters became the third soundtrack in history to land three top ten hits at the same time. This week, NPR Stephen Thompson reports that it goes a step further. K-pop Demon Hunters is now the first soundtrack ever to land four songs in the top ten at the same time. At number one, Golden by Huntricks. The music landscape has changed dramatically in the last 15 or 20 years. Past hit soundtracks staggered the release of their singles.

That made it harder to land many of them in the top 10 at the same time. Still, the streaming era has produced its own blockbuster soundtracks, like Enkanto and Barbie. None of them pulled off four top 10 hits, though. Leave it to Huntrix and their rivals in Saja Boys to show them how it's done. Stephen Thompson, NPR News. U.S.S. futures are lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR News.

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