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This is Ira Glass with This American Life, each week on our show. We choose a theme, tell different stories on that theme. All right, I'm just going to stop right there. You're listening to an NPR podcast, chances are you know our show. So instead, I'm going to tell you, we've just been on a run of really good shows lately. Some big epic emotional stories, some weird funny stuff too. Download us, This stuff too. Down with us, this American life. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. In a Georgia case that inflamed the nationwide debate over immigration this election year, Jose Ibarra, the man accused of murdering nursing student Lake and Riley

in February, was found guilty today. The defendant sat silently as family members, including Riley's mother, Allison Phillips, read their impact statements in court a short time ago. Jose Ibarra took no pity on my scared, panicked, and struggling child. There is no end to the pain, suffering, and loss that we have experienced or will continue to endure. Ibarra entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and was allowed to remain while he pursued

his immigration case. During his campaign, President-elect Trump repeatedly said Riley's killing was proof that the Biden administration's immigration and border security policies were weak. As Trump continues nominating supporters to his next cabinet, one big job remains open. And Piers Maria Aspin reports the race is on to be Trump's Treasury Secretary. Piers Maria Aspin, P.S. The next Treasury Secretary will be responsible for helping shape the nation's economy, including the tax cuts and sweeping tariffs

the president-elect promised during his campaign. It's a crucial economic role, but the competition to be Trump's nominee has turned messy and public. Over the weekend, Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. both posted on X in support of one candidate, billionaire CEO Howard Lutnick. But now, Lutnick is out of the race.

Instead, Trump nominated him to be Commerce Secretary. The remaining apparent front runners for Treasury include two other billionaire investors, Mark Rowan and Scott Besant, and a former Federal Reserve Governor, Kevin Warsh. Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York. In Gaza, eight organizations managed to transport six patients, including two children, out of the Palestinian territory to receive life-saving treatment.

But as NPR's Scott Newman reports from Israel, thousands more are waiting for medical evacuation. A small convoy of ambulances begin a brief journey from the European hospital at Han Yunis to the Rafa crossing along the Egyptian border. For the patients inside the vehicles, their cases are deemed too complicated for the relatively primitive care they can get in war-torn Gaza. Instead, they are destined for Jordan. Since May, when the Rafa crossing was closed, only 335 patients have been evacuated. The WHO says at least 14,000 more need to leave Gaza to get proper treatment. Scott Newman, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

US stocks are trading lower this hour. The Nasdaq is down 136 points, or roughly three-quarters of a percent. It's NPR News. House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that transgender members of the U.S. House will be prohibited from using restrooms on Capitol Hill grounds that do not correspond with their sex at birth. He is siding with Representative Nancy Mace, who recently introduced a bill that the Republican says is in direct response to Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride. McBride is the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. The incoming US representative says the bill is a

manufactured culture war and disrespectful. The American Psychological Association is urging parents to pay closer attention to what their teenagers are watching on their phones and computer screens. NPR's Katie Riddle has more on the group's latest report. With a world of unregulated content available to teens, researchers say it's important that parents pay attention to the kind of media their kids are consuming. Mitch Prinstein is the chief science officer for the APA. When you are watching video content with your kids, make sure you're talking with your

kids about it afterwards. Sometimes just staying silent and cringing during the parts that you wish your kids weren't watching might accidentally send the message that you approve of everything that was just depicted on the screen. Prenstein acknowledges it's impossible to sit next to a child every minute they're LAKSHMI SINGH, CNN CORRESPONDENT, PRINCESTEEN, CURRENTLY, PRINCESTEEN, CURRENTLY, PRINCESTEEN CURRENTLY, PRINCESTEEN, CURRENTLY, PRINCESTEEN, CURRENTLY, PRINCESTEEN, CURRENTLY, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, CURRENTLY, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN, PRINCESTEEN