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World news is important, but it can feel far away, not on the state of the world podcast. With journalists around the world, you'll hear firsthand the effects of U.S. trade actions in Canada and China. And meet a Mexican street sweeper who became a pop star. We don't go around the world. We're already there. Listen to the state of the world podcast from NPR every weekday. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The FBI is posting images of a person of interest and offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in Charlie Kirk's assassination. The influential conservative activist was fatally shot at a Utah Valley University event yesterday.

The Turning Point USA co-founder was 31 years old. The source tells NPR that Air Force 2 will transport Kirk's family in his casket from Utah to Arizona. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more on that. as in at Vance and Second Lady Ushavans are visiting Salt Lake City, Utah to pay respects to Kirk's family. A source who was not permitted to talk about the trip on the record also confirmed the plans for Kirk's Casket to be flown home on Air Force 2, an uncommon honor. Vance was originally slated to attend a September 11th remembrance ceremony in New York City. Charlie Kirk was the founder and head of Turning Point USA, a right-wing group that organizes at high schools and on college campuses and is headquartered in Phoenix. credited with helping President Trump gain support among young voters in 2024.

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House. In Lower Manhattan at Ground Zero, dignitaries and families of the fall in marked 24 years since the 9-11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people. To this day, the deadliest act of tear on U.S. soil in the nation's history. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports from New York. A somber ceremony is held each year at the site where the Twin Towers collapsed after being struck by hijacked airliners that morning in 2001. Loved ones read out the names of the people who died.

Jeremiah Joseph Erhern. Joanne Marie Aladiotis. The current and several past mayors of New York attended, along with the governors of New York and New Jersey. This day also marks the beginning of a global war on terror, which has killed thousands of American troops and hundreds of thousands, most of them civilians, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Quill Lawrence NPR News. A U.S. district judge in Arizona is temporarily blocking the Trump administration from deporting migrant children from Guatemala and Honduras. Lawyers for dozens of minors say their clients fear going home and have a right to due process. The Brazilian Supreme Court has convicted former president Jail Bolsonaro of all charges related to a plot to overthrow his successor, Luisinacio Lula de Silva. The ruling is unprecedented in Brazil. After Bolsonaro lost Alula, his supporter stormed. government buildings on January 8, 2023. The riots evoked comparisons to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol two years earlier after President Trump, a Bolsonaro ally, lost his re-election

bid and falsely claim that the vote was stolen. U.S. stocks have ended the day higher. At last check, the Dow was up more than 600 points. This is NPR News. Inflation rose last month, and P.R. Scott Horsley reports on what that means for shoppers and for inflation watchdogs at the Federal Reserve. Consumers paid higher prices last month for groceries, gasoline, and other goods. The overall cost of living in August was up 2.9% from a year ago. That's a bigger annual jump than the previous month, and stubborn inflation may complicate the Federal Reserve's calculation, as it considers cutting interest rates. Central Bank is still widely expected to lower its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point when policymakers meet next week. The fed's in a tight spot, though, as it faces both rising prices and a sagging job market.

Scott Horsley, MPR. News, Washington. Sabrina Carpenter makes quite an impression on this week's Billboard charts, and Pierre Stephen Thompson with details. This week, the Billboard Albums chart features just one debut in the top 10, man's best friend by Sabrina Carpenter. Why you always come running on me The album Man's Best Friend Debuts at number one But Carpenter's success this week runs deeper than that She also lands two songs in the top five

Manchild, which topped the chart earlier this summer And her new single, Tears. Tears enters the Billboard singles chart at number three, but it's not alone. Thanks mostly to streaming all 12 songs from Man's Best Friend land in the top 40. Stephen Thompson, NPR News. This is NPR.