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Live from NPR News in Washington, Encorva Coleman, authorities in Utah say they have a suspect in custody in connection with the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports authorities are questioning 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Washington County, Utah. The arrest of Tyler Robinson who's being questioned in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk here at Utah Valley University caps a nearly two-day manhunt. At a news conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said, quote, we got him. terrible day for the state of Utah. But I'm grateful that at this moment, we have an opportunity to bring closure to this very dark chapter in our nation's history. Cox says investigators say the suspect traveled to the campus from his home near St. George, Utah, about 260 miles away.

Authorities say they recovered writings on bullet casings on the rifle found near the murder scene that had phrases on them, including, Hey, Fascist, and if you read this, you're gay, L-M-A-O. Kirk Ziegler, NPR News, Orem, Utah. California lawmakers have passed a bill requiring police to be transparent in how they use artificial intelligence when they write incident reports. NPR's Martin Kosti reports the move is in response to doubts about the accuracy of AI. An unknown number of police departments around the country are now using AI tools that write reports using body camera video and other sources. Now the California Senate and Assembly have passed a bill requiring police to clearly move. mark such reports as AI. The head of the California Public Defenders Association, Kate

Chatfield, says criminal defendants deserve to know how the cases against them were built. The defendant should have a right to know how that police report was generated and how the words that were used to describe what happened were generated. That's important. One concern is that generative AI might hallucinate details that could later help to convict someone. The bill now heads to the governor. Martin Kosti, NPR News. The Israeli military continues to order evacuations in Gaza's city, as its offensive there continues. Health officials in Gaza say at least 53 people have been killed by the Israeli military in the past 24 hours. NPR's Kerry Kahn reports. Overnight airstrikes and drone attacks have been reported in Gaza City. Nearly a million people

still live there, according to city officials, and it's unclear how many have evacuated to southern Gaza where despite Israel's assurances, 10 camps are already overcrowded and lack basic services. UNICEF says access to clean water is urgent in the Almawazi camp, where it says more than 70,000 people have recently fled. The UN agency also reports record levels of childhood malnutrition. The number of children admitted to hospitals with severe acute malnutrition doubled in August compared to July.

Kerry Kahn, NPR News, Tel Aviv. You're listening to NPR. President Trump says the next city where National Guard troops will be deployed is Memphis, Tennessee. He says it's to address crime. Trump spoke this morning on Fox and Friends. He says he has the support of Republican Governor Bill Lee and Memphis Democratic Mayor Paul Young. The federally funded preschool program Head Start can keep enrolling migrant children illegally in the U.S. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from preventing the children from enrolling.

That move is part of a broader effort to block migrants illegally in the U.S. from accessing social services. Latin jazz icon Eddie Palmieri died last month. A small sheet music publisher in rural Central California is now sharing his work and that of other Latin jazz composers worldwide. From member station KVPR, Carrie Klein reports. Steve Alcala started his company, 3-2 music in the 1990s because he was a high school music. music teacher and trumpet player. He loved Latin jazz, and he just couldn't find sheet music for it to help his students learn. That's their textbook. Just like math, you have to have a textbook. So he partnered directly with composers like Palmieri, Tito Puente, and Oscar Hernandez. They agreed

he could publish their sheet music arrangements, and now he's got a catalog of pieces by scores of composers. Japan buys a lot of music for me. Germany loves Latin jazz. Austria. And there was one particular group that played in Iraq during a war. All that from his home office in Madera, California. For NPR News, I'm Carrie Klein in Fresno. And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News

from Washington.