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Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, Trump administration officials say there has been a shooting at an immigration and customs enforcement facility in Dallas. Acting ICE director Todd Lyons spoke to CNN this morning. We had great support from locals on the ground. They were helping us look for the active shooter. Like I said, right before I just walked on set, wag got word that the shooter is down from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Dallas police now say two people were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. One victim died at the scene. Dallas police say they will hold a media briefing later this hour. Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky addressed the UN General Assembly last hour. He's calling for more support for his country as it resists Russia's war. He's calling out Russia for kidnapping Ukrainian children. Russia abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, and we have brought some of them back. And I thank everyone who's helped.

But how long will it take to bring them. bring all of them home. Zelensky met with President Trump yesterday. The Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues. Gaza health officials say more than 50 people have been killed in the last 24 hours. And Pierre's Kerry Kahn reports. One Israeli airstrike near a market in central Gaza City early Wednesday killed at least 22 people, including nine children and six women, according to morgue officials.

Israel has ordered the city's population of nearly a million, people out. Many residents say they have nowhere safe to go nor money to evacuate. A UN Commission of Inquiry says Israel is intending to establish permanent control over Gaza through the military and demolition of civilian infrastructure. It also criticized Israeli moves to ensure a Jewish majority in the West Bank through land confiscation and displacement. Israel says the UN report is politically driven and backwards, saying it is Hamas that is trying to get rid of Israel. Kerry Kahn, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Stocks open mixed this morning as Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces a new push into artificial intelligence.

NPR's got hoarsely reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 40 points in early trading. Stock in Alibaba jumped sharply after the e-commerce company announced a new partnership with AI chipmaker in Vidia. Alibaba says it plans to boost its spending on artificial intelligence to more than $50 billion. as it expands data center operations in multiple countries around the world. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says he and his colleagues will move cautiously on any additional cuts to interest rates. The central bank cut its benchmark rate last week for the first time all year. Powell told a business group in Rhode Island the Fed is trying to guard against a softening job

market while also battling stubborn inflation. We'll get an update on inflation from the Commerce Department later this week. Scott Horsley-Imper News, Washington. On Wall Street, the Dow is now up 46 points. This is NPR. Late Night Talk Show host Jimmy Kimmel has returned to the air. ABC suspended him for less than a week. That came after Trump administration officials got angry over his comments

over the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel noted last night that he never intended to make light of the killing. He then began a spirited defense of free speech principles. He thanked Republicans who supported him. Right after Charlie Kirk was shot, graphic videos of the incident began circulating online. These collected millions of views, even if people did not want to see them. NPR Shannon Bond reports graphic images are circulating more quickly. Kirk's event was being live-streamed and thousands of people in the audience had smartphones.

So while many who were online that day didn't go looking for the videos, they still saw them, often auto-playing on social media. Graphic footage has long circulated online. What's new is how readily it's available. Roxanne Cohen Silver is a psychology professor at the University of California, Irvine, who researches the health impacts of traumatic events. For the most recent tragedy, people really had to be vigilant about avoiding these images. She says there's no question. Seeing graphic imagery, especially repeatedly, is not good for us.

Shannon Bond, NPR News. Powerful straight-line winds tore through a small town southeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday. City officials in Salasaw say that the winds tore the roof off of a local hospital. The officials say there are no reports of injuries. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, in Washington.