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Military commanders, intelligence officials, diplomatic power players, they know things you may not about where the world is headed, and we will pull back the curtain on what they're thinking on sources and methods. NPR's new national security podcast. Our team will help you understand America's shifting role in the world. Listen to sources and methods from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. mourners in Minneapolis are gathering in prayer. An interstate service is planned for today at the Basilica of St. Mary to grieve the killings of two children who were attending Mass at Enunciation Catholic Church yesterday morning. The shooter also wounded 17 people and later died by suicide. NPR's Kristen Wright reports on community vigils.

Many are asking how it's happened again. Hundreds gathered for a prayer service at a Catholic. High School near Annunciation Catholic Church last night. Archibishop Bernard Hebda offered this message of hope. Coming together of so many people from so many places and so many traditions would provide some support, some consolation to those who have lost loved ones. Close by in a city park, kids with candles and their parents, and many in the community said prayers and consoled one another. The children who died were eight and ten years old. They were sitting in the pews. Christian Wright and PR News. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has filed a lawsuit

challenging President Trump's attempt to fire her. The suit filed in Washington, D.C., names the President, the Federal Reserve Board, and Chairman Jerome Powell as defendants. The European Union is expressing its outrage at the latest round of Russian airstrikes on civilians in Kiev. Terry Schultz reports the EU's foreign policy chief has summoned Russia's top diplomat in Brussels to protest the attacks. The EU's ambassador and diplomatic staff are safe and staying put in Kiev after their offices were severely damaged in the latest round of Russian air strikes, described as the second most severe since the start of Russia's war more than three years ago. European Commission spokesperson Ariana Podesta condemned Moscow for its regular targeting of Ukraine's civilian population

and said the EU support is unshakable. That's Terry Schultz reporting. Stocks are trading lower at this hour, as the Commerce Department said the U.S. economy grew somewhat faster in the spring that initially reported. MPR. Scott Horsley reports the Dow fell about 47 points in early trading. Revised GDP figures show the U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of 3.3% in April, June, and July, up from the original tally of 3%. Consumer spending and investment were slightly stronger than first reported, while government spending was slightly weaker. GDP figures for both the first and second quarter were skewed by big swings in international trade. Imports surged early in the year as businesses raced to beat President Trump's tariffs,

then fell sharply once those import taxes took effect. Booming demand for artificial intelligence drove another big jump in sales and profits for computer chip giant NVIDIA. The company's quarterly income soared almost 60%. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. This is NPR. Today marks 70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till. a black teenager from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi.

It was a watershed moment that galvanized the civil rights movement. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on a new artifact being unveiled today at the state's Civil Rights Museum. The murder weapon. On August 28, 1955, white men kidnapped, tortured, shot, and dumped 14-year-old Emmett Till in the Tallahatchie River after he whistled at a white shopkeeper, one of their wives. Now the state has the gun. Nan Prince is Director of Collections for the Mississippi Department of Archives in history. This is a pistol that we believe is the weapon that was used to kill Emmett Teal.

It's been something that I've always wondered about for 70 years. That's Till's cousin Wheeler Parker, the last living witness to what happened. I think it gives validity to it. It helps brings closure, as I'm concerned. Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Jackson, Mississippi. The FDA has approved the latest vaccines for COVID-19, but new restrictions imposed by the Trump administration might delay the shots. They've been approved for seniors, but only for younger adults and children who have at least one underlying health condition. The new vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax target a new strain of the virus. Stocks are continuing to trade lower on Wall Street at this hour.

The Dow was down 82 points. The NASDAQ down 11. This is NPR News. Sources and methods, the crown jewels of the intelligence community, shorthand for how do we know what's real, who told us? If you have those answers, you're on the inside. And NPR wants to bring you there. From the Pentagon to the State Department to spy agencies,

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