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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Police officials in Dallas say there has been a fatal shooting at an immigration and customs enforcement facility. Dallas police say three people were shot and one died at the scene. The other two were taken to the hospital. Authorities say the suspected gunman is dead from his self-inflicted gunshot wound. Dallas police are expected to hold a news conference soon. Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky addressed the UN General Assembly this morning in New York. He said there are no security guarantees other than friends and weapons.

And Pierce Michelle Kellerman reports. While Ademir Zelensky sounded frustrated that the UN hasn't been able to help end Russian attacks on Ukraine or resolve other big conflicts around the world, he says Ukraine has had to rely on its friends and on its weapons. Ukraine doesn't have the big, fat missiles, dictators love to show off in parades. But we do have drone that can fly up to two, three, three, three, three. thousand kilometers. We had no choice but to build them. Now, he says, Ukraine is ready to export its battle-tested drones. He says he had a good conversation on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with President Trump, who later called Russia a paper tiger. Michelle Kellerman

and PR News, the United Nations. The Secret Service says it thwarted a hidden operation that could have devastated cell phone towers throughout the New York City area. The plan involved more than 100,000 SIM cards. These are usually tucked into mobile devices like cell phones. Cybersecurity expert Jordan Ray Kelly explains these are SIM farms. It essentially operates like hundreds of thousands of cell phones in one place doing things at massive scale. That means the operation could have cut off communication to millions of people. It's not clear who did this or whether it was intended to spy on the U.N. General Assembly. Jimmy Kimmel was back on ABC's airwaves last night. He had been suspended after Trump administration officials got angry over Kimmel's remarks about the fatal

shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Steve Futterman reports. After the applause, this was Jimmy Kimmel's opening line. As I was saying before I was interrupted. The most moving moments came when Kimmel became emotional. His voice cracked when he said, he never meant to make light of Charlie Kirk's death. You understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. And there was more emotion later when he referred to Kirk's wife, Erica, offering forgiveness to her husband's killer. A selfless act of grace, forgiveness from a grieving widow. It touched me deeply. On a serious note, Kimmel said comedians should not be targets. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.

On Wall Street, the Dow was up, about 30 points. This is NPR. Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth has dissolved a Pentagon committee that provided recommendations and advice for women in the U.S. military. Department spokeswoman says the committee focused on a divisive feminist agenda, hurting combat readiness. The agency committee was created in 1951. The Military Times newspaper says it has recently focused on military women's well-being,

such as sexual assault prevention. The U.S. Education Department has canceled nine grants intended for college prep work. The agency cited diversity, equity, and inclusion measures it says don't line up with its priorities. From Ideastream Public Media, Connor Morris reports. The federal gear-up grant pays for counselors and other programs to teach students how to apply for college, write resumes, and more. Winter Mason, one of those counselors at a high school in Akron, says her work went far beyond that, though. Those students see you every day and they believed in you and you built that relationship with them. So it's just an amazing feeling to have and we don't want that to be removed.

Advocates say the canceled gear up grants total almost $170 million and impact students at 220 schools across the U.S. Cleveland and Akron are two of the biggest, but grants were also canceled in New Hampshire, Indiana, and California. The Department of Education says the majority of gear up grants are continuing. For NPR News, I'm Connor Morris in Cleveland. Officials at a Texas camp wrecked by deadly flooding the summer say they'll reopen next year. The catastrophe killed 27 people, mostly girls. The camp is along a Texas river that flooded. This is NPR News.