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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A federal jury in Florida finds Ryan Ruth guilty of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump. The attempt to shoot Trump at one of his golf courses was a second attack on Trump last year during his presidential campaign. NPR's Greg Allen is at the courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, with more on today's verdict. The jury deliberated just two hours before returning their verdict. Ruth, they said, is guilty of attempted assassination and four other counts, including assaulting a federal officer. the Secret Service agent who spotted and fired on him at his hiding place at Trump's golf course. Upon hearing the verdict, Ruth tried to stab himself with a pen before federal marshals quickly subdued him.

NPR's Greg Allen reporting, President Trump denounced the violence against him and congratulated the Justice Department on Ruth's prosecution. Trump commented on the verdict to reporters traveling with him at the UN General Assembly. Earlier today, he delivered a lengthy speech to world leaders gathered in New York for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly and railed against the international body. And P.S. Frank Ordonez reports Trump's become increasingly isolated inside the U.N. President Trump touted that the U.S. has entered a golden age while scolding the body for rampant waste and corruption. He used a faulty teleprompter and broken escalator as a metaphor for larger problems of the United Nations.

It has such tremendous, tremendous potential, but it's not even coming close to living up to that potential. But his most pointed criticism was on migration. The United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries and their borders. Trump accused the U.N. of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to support illegal migration into the U.S., including providing shelter and transportation. And he blamed political correctness on the issue for what he said was ruining their countries. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News. Jimmy Kimmel live, we'll be back on the air tonight. not everywhere. ABC put the show on hold last week over remarks that Kimmel made on air

after the killing of Charlie Kirk. And as Steve Futterman reports, many ABC stations will be keeping it off the air for now. More than 60 ABC affiliates. Over 20 percent of ABC stations will not be broadcasting Jimmy Kimmel's show when it returns. Stations that are owned by two large broadcast groups, Nexstar and Sinclair, will substitute other programming. It was complaints from those two groups last week that helped lead to Kimmel's show being suspended. Here on Hollywood Boulevard where the show is taped, Kimmel fans like Samurai Barnett are happy he's back. It shows you what we can all do when we all unify on one accord immediately.

Like this happened in less than a week. Sources with the program say they expect Kimmel to make a conciliatory statement on tonight's show. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. From Washington, it's NPR News. Roughly 1.3 billion people around the globe are currently living with uncontrolled high blood pressure. That's according to a new report by the World Health Organization. Details from NPR is Jonathan Lambert. High blood pressure is the leading cause of many health problems, including heart attacks, stroke, and dementia.

Each year, it claims more than 10 million lives around the world. Here's Leanne Riley of the World Health Organization. So the human and economic cost is just immense. In many of those countries, the majority of people aren't currently able to access adequate treatment, the report found. In economic terms, the WHO estimates hypertension health effects and deaths have cost these countries an estimated $3.7 trillion since 2011. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News. are coming to major league baseball, at least in a limited way. NPR's Giles Snyder reports the league approved their use for next season today.

MLB's automated ball strike system is not meant as a replacement for human umpires. They'll still be at the plate to call balls and strikes. The robot system will come into play when a challenge is made. Under the new rule approved by MLB's 11 member competition committee, challenges to an umpire's call can only be made by a pitcher, catcher, were battered, and each team can only call for a review twice per game with additional appeals next to innings. That's NPR, as Giles Snyder reporting. U.S. stocks have ended the day lower. The Dow closed down 88 points. This is NPR News.