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To break international laws. Your life stories, really good ones. This American Life. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Vigils have been held in Minneapolis following the killings of two children and the injuring as 17 others gunned down on the first week of school. The attack occurred at Annunciation Catholic Church, where gunmen opened fire through a window as the victims attended Mass.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry says the moment requires more than just thoughts and prayers. We shouldn't just think of these kids as somebody else's kids. Think of them as your own kids. Think about the last thing that you told your son or daughter when you said goodbye to them this morning. Police say the gunman identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman died at the scene from a self-inflicted wound. The FBI is aiding the investigation. CDC director Susan Menares is leaving her job only weeks after being sworn in. Details from Jess Mador of member station W-A-B-E in Atlanta.

The Washington Post first reported Monarez is outstaking. citing unnamed officials with the Trump administration who said she'd refused to commit to changing COVID vaccine policy without first consulting with her advisors. It comes just weeks after a shooting at the main CDC campus in Atlanta that damaged buildings and killed DeKalb County police officer David Rose. In a tweet, HHS thanked Monares for her service and said Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confident CDC will continue to be vigilant in protecting Americans against infectious. disease. For NPR news, I'm Jess Maydor in Atlanta. Attorneys for the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador and then return to the U.S. is now seeking asylum. Kilmore Obrego-Garcia is also facing possible deportation to the East African nation of Uganda. More from NPR, Scott Newman.

Obrege Garcia faces human smuggling charges, and the White House accuses him of being an MS-13 gang member, which he denies. Ohio State law professor Cesar Quotemak Garcia Hernandez says those charges, though, could shape Uganda's response. There's no reason why Ugandan officials could not look at the public statements that Trump administration officials have made and decide that he's too dangerous to be left free. Uganda has said it won't accept U.S. migrants with criminal records, and experts say it's not clear whether he would be re-deported possibly to his native El Salvador. Scott Newman, NPR News, Washington.

Some Indiana lawmakers have met with President Trump to discuss their concerns about redistricting. The effort comes after Trump convinced Texas lawmakers to draw that state's congressional map to generate five more Republican seats in the U.S. House. Meanwhile, Trump is criticizing a Utah judge who's ordered that state to redraw its congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms, calling it unconstitutional. This is NPR. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the next round of COVID-vaccines. but only for seniors and younger people with at least one underlying health issue. The agency has also revoked a use of Pfizer's COVID vaccine in young children. That leaves the vaccine produced by Moderna as the only option for kids as young as six months.

Nuclear inspectors are back in Iran visiting a nuclear power plant. But as NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports, they have yet to regain access to the nuclear sites that were struck by the U.S. and Israel. Nuclear inspectors visited Iran's Bushir nuclear power plant to observe its refueling. It was their first inspection in Iran since the U.S. and Israel bombed several key nuclear sites in June. Rafael Grossi, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says that inspectors need to get a look at what's left of those bombed facilities. We have to go back there as soon as possible. This is clear. Grosey also says he believes Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium is still at one of the side. lights. But for now, it remains unclear when or even if nuclear inspectors will be able to

fully resume their duties in Iran. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News. President Trump has made good on his threat to double tariffs on goods from India. The U.S. is imposing 50 percent tariffs on goods from that country in retaliation for buying oil and weapons from Russia. The new import taxes on Indian goods threatens to raise tensions with a major U.S. trading partner. U.S. futures are mixed in after-hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe.

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