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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A shooter opened fire on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Facility in Dallas, Texas today. Authorities say three people, including the shooter, are confirmed dead. One person is in critical condition. The Department of Homeland Security says two of those killed were detainees. NPR's Jasmine Garst has more. Officials say the shooter opened fire from a nearby rooftop. The attacker then killed.

himself. Investigators say an anti-ice message was found on the ammunition on the scene. On his ex-account, FBI director Cash Patel posted an image of the rounds belonging to the attacker, one of which contained the message anti-ice. It's a second attack on an iced detention facility this year. In July, a police officer was shot outside a facility in Alvarado, Texas. At a press conference this morning, officials disparaged politically motivated violence. Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, called for an end to rhetoric against federal immigration agents. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York. Federal agencies are again on the verge of running out of money.

There's less than a week to go to find consensus on averting a government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune warns Democrats will pay politically if they don't get on board. I mean, I've got to see what's going to be proposed. I'm hoping that the Democrats actually have a proposal. What they're talking about is a straight-up extension, which, as I said, cost $365 billion, has no reforms in it. And this is a program that's desperately in need of reform. President Trump said on Truth Social, he is declining to meet with Democratic leaders. Will congressional Democrats say they're seeking significant relief for Americans on health care,

saying the GOP's legislative actions have exacerbated a crisis? Has Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, is expected to address reporters this hour. Iran's president says Tehran has never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear weapon. His comments before the UN General Assembly come as some European nations threaten to reimpose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program. Here's NPR's Jackie Northam. President Massoud Peschkian said an edict issued by the country's religious leaders prevents Tehran from seeking a nuclear weapon. Peschian and other senior Iranian officials have been meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with diplomats from Germany, France, and the U.K. The so-called E3 recently called for the reimposition of nuclear sanctions on Iran

for violating the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. Those sanctions are likely to resume this weekend. Meanwhile, hours before Pasechkian took the podium, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah al-Alamini dismissed any direct talks with the U.S. about a nuclear deal, saying they would be a dead end. Jackie Northam, NPR News. From Washington, this is NPR. For the first time, in nearly 60 years, the UN General Assembly has heard from a Syrian president. Today, Ahmed al-Shara said his country was rejoining the global community after decades of dictatorship under the Assad regime. The family of one of the 67 people killed in a mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., earlier this year, is now suing the government.

and air carriers involved. Lawsuit filed today names the Federal Aviation Administration, the Army American Airlines, and its regional partner, PSA Airlines. On January 29th, the regional carrier was about to land when an Army helicopter collided into it. Federal investigators have said the helicopter was flying above the 200-foot threshold. NPR's student podcast challenge brings in thousands of student voices each year

from grade four through college, and now the high school winner comes to us from Houston by way of Southern India. Here's NPR Sequoia Corrillo. Ivani Yalta grew up in Houston. Her mom grew up in San Antonio. But her grandma grew up in Kerala, a state along the southern tip of India. She was fascinated by her grandma's stories of mango trees and running barefoot around her village with friends.

It ate away at her that no matter how hard she tried, she could never experience it. Because all that's left of her grandma's village are abandoned houses, and all that's left of the mango tree is a gray stump. In her winning podcast, The Things We Buried, she narrates a journey to a place that no longer exists, weaving together family stories of the village and sounds of birds and children who have long left the area. That's Sequoia Corrilla reporting. It's NPR News.