Ami Martinez
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
We'll hear from NPR's Ruth Sherlock in Damascus. Ami Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
And celebrations are settling down. People are starting to think about the huge challenges facing the war-torn country.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
The alleged gunman's motive in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is still unclear.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Police have been sifting through Luigi Mangione's online history since his arrest and learned more about his ideology. We'll get an update on what they found.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
He is a member of a prominent Maryland family. Mangione graduated top of his class from an elite prep school and received two degrees from an Ivy League school. He also reportedly suffered a major back injury and underwent surgery a couple of years ago.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Investigators and some extremism researchers have been sifting through this picture to see whether there's evidence of a clear ideology behind the killing.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
It's the end of the grocery mega-merger of Kroger and Albertsons. Albertsons has now terminated the deal and sued Kroger after their merger was blocked by two separate judges in state and federal courts. It would have been the biggest grocery deal in U.S. history. Now it's turning into a bitter divorce. NPR's Alina Selyuk has followed it all. So what happened?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Yeah, I mean, take us back for a second. I mean, it's been two years that they've been trying to get this merger together.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Yeah. And you mentioned it was a tough sell. So what were the arguments in court?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Yeah, judges, though, didn't buy that.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
All right. So it seems like this chapter is done. What happens now with Albertsons and Kroger?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Yep. That's NPR's Lania Selyuk. Thank you very much.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
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