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Immigration raids, masked ice agents, Operation Patriot. Our podcast, Here and Now Anytime is looking at Trump's agenda of mass deportation through the eyes of one state. I'm coming to Boston. I'm bringing hell with me. Listen to the podcast, Here and Now Anytime from NPR and WBUR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. A vigil was held like. last night in Orem, Utah for conservative media personality Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down yesterday while speaking at a university in Utah. He was 31 years old. This as a manhunt continues for the gunmen. Among those gathered, Margie Nielsen, who says Kirk died for his beliefs. I've been to

countless turning point events, ran the turning point chapter at my high school. I don't believe anyone should be persecuted for their beliefs. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, no matter what they are. And as NPR's Elena Moore reports, Kirk spent more than a decade in GOP politics and became one of the most influential voices in young conservatism. Charlie Kirk co-founded Turning Point USA when he was just 18, with a goal of building an organization for young conservatives. He became a face of the young MAGA movement, and his group's advocacy wing worked with the Trump campaign to mobilize new voters. Speaking to NPR the day after the election, Kirk reflected on Trump's gains with young Americans.

They want a nice life, and they feel it slipping away. They feel as if insanity is creeping into their institutions. And it's more, dare I say, a vibe than anything else. Trump was the first to announce Kirk's death, writing in a post that, quote, No one understood or had the heart of the youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. Elena Moore and PR News. Another school shooting this time in Colorado. Police say two students are dead.

Three are hospitalized after another open fire at Everton. Green High School, about 30 miles from Denver yesterday. Authorities say the shooter, who was armed with a revolver handgun, took his own life. Colorado's governor says he's devastated by the shooting, calling it a senseless act of violence. There's no word on a motive. The Venezuelan boat, destroyed by the U.S. military last week, appeared to be heading back to port. And Pierce Quill Lawrence reports the White House claims they were drug traffickers. A U.S. official who is not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that the speedboat appeared to have turned around and was heading back

toward land, possibly because of the presence of U.S. military aircraft. The White House claims, so far without making evidence public, that the 11 people killed on the ship were members of a Venezuelan gang, Trendyaragua, smuggling drugs bound for the U.S. Human rights groups and former military lawyers have called the strike murder. Experts on narco-trafficking say that very little fentanyl or even cocaine transits Venezuela and route to the United States. Quill Lawrence NPR News. Investors on Wall Street are awaiting a closely watched consumer price index reading due out this morning. Economists are expecting the CPI to show monthly increases of around 3 tenths of a percent.

This after the latest producer price index reading showed wholesale prices fell 1 tenth of a percent last month. U.S. futures contracts are trading higher. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Today marks 24 years since this at first. 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States, with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work, and other tributes honoring the victims. At the World Trade Center site in New York City, the nearly 3,000 victims' names will be read aloud. At the Pentagon in Virginia, a memorial service will honor the 184 service members and civilians who were killed. As fall draws near, many people

are thinking about vaccinations for flu season and for COVID-19, but his NPR, PR Sidney Lubkin reports COVID shots may be harder to get this year. The Food and Drug Administration's approvals for this year's COVID boosters are narrower, but drug companies say they're still making similar volumes of the jabs as last year. Claire Hannan is the executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers. She says pharmacies are able to order the shots and they've been shipped out. I think it's going to be harder to access, but I think anybody that wants it, You know, we'll be able to get it, but they're just going to have to work hard to find it.

She says patients can use vaccine finders, which Pfizer and Moderna both have up and running, to find pharmacies with COVID shots in their area. Sydney Lubkin and PR News. Noborn Nordisk, maker of weight loss drug Wagovi, is reducing its staff. The Danish pharmaceutical company says it will cut 9,000 jobs. That could save the company around $1.2 billion by the end of the year. money they sake they could funnel into research and development on new diabetes and waste-lost drugs. I'm Janine Herbst NPR News in Washington.