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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Minneapolis's Annunciation Church is now a crime scene. As investigators work to determine what drove a 23-year-old shooter to attack Catholic school students and faculty as they were praying during a back-to-school church service yesterday morning. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt addressed the shooting at a news briefing a short time ago. The FBI is currently investigating this shooting as an act. of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics. The accused shooter, Robin Westman, apparently left behind videos and writings.

Westman was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but not before killing two children and injuring 17 people, most of them, children. Minnesota Public Radio's Claymasters, brings us the latest from hospital officials. Nine victims remained hospitalized at Hennepin Healthcare, a hospital in Minneapolis. six were in satisfactory condition, five of them children, one adult and one child were in serious condition, and one child remained in critical condition. Now, we also have an update this morning from Children's, Minnesota, another hospital that three children remained hospitalized there. Four others were treated and released yesterday. And should note, too, that Governor Tim Walz

today has ordered the deployment of state law enforcement personnel to support public safety efforts around schools and places of worship in Minneapolis, as this is still a very raw and emotional time here. Claymaster's reporting. A Mississippi Museum is now displaying the gun used to kill Emmett Till on the 70th anniversary of the black teenager's death. Till was kidnapped, tortured, and killed by white men in Mississippi for whistling at a white shopkeeper. It was a watershed moment that galvanized the civil rights movement.

Russia is defending attacks. It carried out on Ukraine's capital, early today that killed at least 16 people and wounded scores of other people. NPR's Charles-Main's reports from Moscow, Russian officials insist its forces struck military targets. Russia's defense ministry said it carried out precision air strikes on designated Ukrainian military targets, a position that was later defended by the Kremlin. Spokesman Dimitri Pesko, saying in his daily press briefing the strikes were successful and the targets were destroyed. That claim stood at odds with the scenes out of Kiev,

in one case, an apartment building was shorn in two from a Russian missile attack, bearing residents in the rubble. Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, said the attacks proved Moscow's blatant disregard for U.S.-backed peace negotiations. Pescove countered that Russia's military campaign continues, but Moscow preferred diplomacy to reach its goals. Charles Mainz MPR News, Moscow. U.S. stocks are trading higher this hour. The Dow's up 22 points at 45,587. The NASDAQ has gained 114 points. The SMPs climbed 16. This is NPR News. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is formally suing President Trump after Trump said he was firing her.

Cook says the president does not have the authority to do that, but the president argues it's allowed if there's cause. The Trump ally has accused Cook of mortgage fraud. The similar allegations also been leveled against the New York. attorney general who got Trump convicted of business fraud and a member of Congress who helped lead Trump's first term impeachment. The EV charging company ChargePoint says it is launching a new line of ultra-fast vehicle chargers. NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports faster charging has been a top priority for many would-be buyers of electric vehicles. Chargepoint says it can charge it up to 600 kilowatts for passenger vehicles. In the States, 350 kilowatts is considered hyper-fast. There are

EVs sold in China that can charge at 600 kilowatts, but those cars aren't available in the U.S. At least not for now. ChargePoint says this new tech is all about the future of charging. Chargepoint says the systems developed with the power management company Eaton can also deliver up to 3.75 megawatts for heavy-duty vehicles. Once again, overkill for today's vehicles. But they can also send power back to the power grid or a microgrid. Deliveries are slated to start next year. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News. The NASAC Composite Index, up 116 points now or more than half a percent. The Dow is up 20 points and the S&P has gained 16. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.