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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Parents across the nation are having conversations with their children following a deadly school shooting in Minneapolis this week. As NPR's KDHA Riddell reports, experts are advising parents, to be honest. It's tempting to try to shield kids from these kinds of events. But if parents don't talk to their kids about it, they risk them finding out through social media or their peers. Melissa Brimer is Director of Terrorism and Disaster Programs at the UCLA Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. She suggests parents remind their kids that there are protocols in place in their schools to protect them. Do you see sometimes that the doors are locked at school?

There's a reason for that because that's one way your school is trying to make sure that you stay safe at school. Children, she says, can handle the truth even when it's difficult. Katie Riddle in peer news. A group of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rallied outside of the agency's headquarters Thursday, to protest the firing of CDC director Susan Minarez. As NPR Selena Simmons-Duffin report, some health experts are worried that the turmoil at the CDC will affect national public health.

The CDC is the agency in charge of emergency preparedness and response, and public health leaders across the country are just really hoping there is no public health emergency right now with the CDC in such disarray. And there is some discussion happening about logistically how public health works without CDC. You know, the truth is there's no replacement for the federal government, not just in terms of resources, but in terms of legal authority. NPR, Selena Simmons-Duffin. Trump advisor, Carrie Lake says she will appeal a judge's ruling that she cannot legally fire the director of the voice of America. That story from NPR's David Fulkenflick.

U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth is presiding over lawsuits against Lake, who is effectively running the voice of America's federal parent agency. His ruling notes that Congress wrote a new law in 2020 to protect the federally funded global network from political interference. That law required a supermajority of a bipartisan advisory panel to appoint or remove the head of the broadcaster. As President Trump fired six of the board seven members and hasn't appointed replacements, Lamberth ruled that Lake can't remove VOA director Michael Abramowitz. Lake says she's acting on Trump's behalf to slash the network, sidelining the vast majority of its workforce and cutting back its 49 language services to, The judges suggested that may violate the law, too.

David Fulkenflick, NPR News. A loophole that allowed tariff-free imports of goods worth $800 or less has ended. The so-called de minimis exemption allowed U.S. consumers to avoid import taxes on low-cost products. Once cheap imports will now carry tariffs of 10 to 50 percent and in some cases a flat rate of $80 to $200 per package. This is NPR. Civil rights activist Al Sharpton led a 45-minute march through Manhattan's Financial District Thursday in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Sharpton urged corporations to resist the government campaign to roll back DEI gains. He also encouraged supporters to avoid spending money at businesses that shun the DEI initiatives.

The Philadelphia Art Museum is suing the Trump administration for canceling a grant for an upcoming exhibit ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations. More from NPR's Andrew Limbong. In 2024, the Woodmere was awarded a $750,000 save America's treasures grants, meant to help conserve, catalog, and digitize its collection. Then in March, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order terminating a wide swath of grants managed by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, including the one received by the Woodmere. According to the lawsuit followed by the museums. Since then, other museums in the Philadelphia area have had their grant money restored, but not the Woodmere. The museum is suing Trump administration officials and the

IMLS for violating the appropriations clause as well as the separation of powers. NPR has reached out to the IMLS for comment. Andrew Limbong and PR News. Nigeria has announced a six-month ban on exporting raw shay nuts. Authorities say the move will boost local industries that make refined shay butter and other skincare products. Nigeria's vice president says his nation produces 40% of the world's supply of Shea Butter, but reaps only 1% of the $6.5 billion global market for Shea products. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe.

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