Michelle Martin
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Prosecutors in New York City used that word as they wrote out the charges against Luigi Mangione. He was indicted yesterday for murder after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Federal Reserve considers one last cut in interest rates for the year.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Charges in the murder of a health care CEO include the word terrorism.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Many people will be watching the Fed in the months ahead. President-elect Trump has talked of policies that economists associate with inflation.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Yes, the Federal Reserve is holding its last meeting of the year. and policymakers are expected to lower their benchmark interest rate. The move comes at a time of declining but still sticky inflation and uncertainty about the incoming Trump administration.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
And that's because of her gender. Police say the person responsible was a 15-year-old girl. She shot and killed two people and then herself.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
And that's Up First for this Wednesday, December 18th. I'm Steve Inske. And I'm Michelle Martin. You can listen to this podcast sponsor-free while financially supporting public media with Up First Plus. Learn more at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org. That's a lot of spelling.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
It's been four days since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the country.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
And perhaps Ruth Sherlock is in Damascus, and she's here to tell us more. Good morning, Ruth. Good morning. So what's the situation there like now?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
People in Syria are slowly settling into a new reality. The fall of the Assad regime offers new opportunities, but also creates big challenges. What's the priority for Syrians going forward?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
So we've mentioned earlier that the city seems to be quieting down. What are you hearing about people's main priorities right now?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
There's some really disturbing pictures coming from there. So, Ruth, under the old regime, there was a lot of foreign involvement in Syria, mainly from Russia and Iran, but even the U.S. had troops there. What is the latest with all these different players?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Ruth, as always, thank you. Thanks, Michelle. Here's some of what we know about Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare last week on a Manhattan sidewalk.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
And the proposed merger between two grocery giants hangs in the balance. Yesterday, two separate judges in two separate cases blocked Kroger and Albertsons from joining forces. Is the merger dead? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
NPR's Odette Youssef covers domestic extremism, and she's here with us now to tell us more. Good morning, Odette.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
So you've looked at some of Mancini's social media, and you've spoken with others who have as well. What did you learn?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
You know, according to the police, he was found with a handwritten note. NPR has not obtained a copy, but other news outlets say they have, and they've printed it or portions of it. From what you've seen, does it fill in some of those gaps?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Can you say more about that? What does that look like?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
That's NPR's Odette Youssef. Odette, thank you. Thank you.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
And that's Up First for Wednesday, December 11th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Today's episode of Up First was edited by James Heider, Andrew Sussman, Emily Kopp, H.J. Mai, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Ziad Bach, Nia Dumas, and Ben Abrams. We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
President-elect Donald Trump has been holding court from his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
NPR senior national political correspondent Mara Liason was watching, and she's with us now. Good morning, Mara. Good morning. So the president, Alex, says everybody's trying to be his friend. Sounds about right. Yeah, it does.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
He talked about various dinners he's having with the CEOs. What stood out to you there?
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
CEOs and foreign leaders have been visiting Mar-a-Lago. Some kept their distance from President Trump in his first term, but are now trying to get close enough to persuade him. What did he say about his visitors and other things in a post-election news conference?
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
Well, and he also invited reporters into his home for a press conference. I think this is the first one since the election. Just say more about that. How did it go?
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
That is NPR's Mara Lyons. Mara, thank you. You're welcome. An all-too-familiar ritual took place at a church outside of Madison, Wisconsin last night, a vigil for the victims and the survivors of a school shooting yesterday at Abundant Life Christian School.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
And a gene-edited pig kidney has, for the first time, been transplanted into a human.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
Sarah Lear of Wisconsin Public Radio has been following the story, and she's with us now. Good morning, Sarah. Hello. So what do we know now about what happened inside the school?
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
So as we just heard, we know that the shooting occurred at the school late yesterday morning. I know that the police spoke to the public several times throughout the day. And finally, last night, the police chief, Sean Barnes, as you just told us, he told us some details about the shooter. Could you just remind us of what he said?
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
What does this mean for people desperately waiting for an organ? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
Sarah, obviously there are some things we still want to know, and the chief among them is why, like why? But what else are the authorities saying that they're still investigating?
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
So are the authorities saying they're going to share more as they know more?
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
That is Sarah Lear of Wisconsin Public Radio. Sarah, thank you so much. Thank you for having me.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
Surgeons have implanted a new kind of engineered pig kidney into a living person.
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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Cheryl Corley, Scott Hensley, H.J. Mai, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Zia Budge, Nia Dumas, and Katie Klein. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Carly Strange, and we hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
And parents Bobby Allen is with us to talk about what this could mean. Good morning, Bobby.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
So why is the Supreme Court stepping in?
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
TikTok's American future is now up to the Supreme Court. The Chinese-owned company wants the high court to stop a ban of the app from taking effect next month. What does this mean for the tens of millions of TikTok users?
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
7,000 Syrian refugees have been living in a makeshift camp on the Jordanian border for the past nine years. Now, after the fall of the Assad regime, most of them want to go home, but what will wait for them there? And Pierce, Jane Araf is one of the first journalists to have visited the campsite.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
So it's TikTok's argument that this ban violates Americans' free speech rights?
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
OK, so what could this mean for the tens of millions of Americans who use TikTok? I mean, some people use it every day.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
There's already a lot changing in Syria now that dictator Bashar al-Assad is gone.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
NPR's Jane Araf has been traveling the country, and she's with us on the line now from Damascus. Good morning, Jane. Good morning, Michelle. So as we said, you've been traveling around Syria this past week. Tell us some of what you found.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
Now, you've also been following what's happening with Syrian Kurdish forces and Syrian Arab forces. The U.S. has been trying to broker a truce there. What did you find out about this?
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
No, conflict's still simmering, it seems like. Absolutely. That is NPR's Jane Raff talking with us from Damascus. Jane, thank you. Thank you. Verdicts this morning have been handed down in a high-profile rape trial in the south of France.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
And Paris Eleanor Beardsley is at the courthouse now. We're going to go to her in Avignon. Eleanor, good morning. Good morning, Michelle. Could you just start by reminding us who the accused are and, of course, tell us the verdicts?
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
So tell us more. We can hear that there's a hubbub there. Tell us about the scene there at the courthouse.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
Say more, if you would, about the impact of this trial, which is, as Steve pointed out, has just, I mean, it's shaken the country to its core. And, I mean, it's attracted attention all over the world.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
Before we let you go, tell us a bit more about the victim or the survivor, I think we should say, Giselle Pellicot.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
Eleanor, thank you. Thank you, Michelle. And that's up first per Thursday, December 19th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Cara Platoni, Arzu Razvani, Rylan Barton, H.J. Mai, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Katie Klein. We get engineering support from Nisha Heinous and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a single Ukrainian town. Ukraine's army has defended against superior numbers and swarms of drones. We will listen as one of those drones is shot down.
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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
It's been a busy week, but that didn't get done, so let's review. Lawmakers were on track for a bipartisan bill to manage the next few months, While a new administration takes charge, it added disaster assistance, farm subsidies, and some money for health care programs. Then, Elon Musk, the world's richest man, demanded that Congress kill the deal.
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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
President-elect Trump followed the lead of his close advisor, telling Republicans to turn against their plan. House Speaker Mike Johnson came up with a plan B, and that failed last night.
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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
The city is called Pokrovsk. It's not very large, but it's a transportation hub and a coal mining center. An independent estimate finds Russia's army has sacrificed more than 3,000 soldiers, killed and wounded, trying to capture it, so far without success.
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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
Yes, they've set up an interim government since Syria's military collapsed and President Bashar al-Assad fled. Many people celebrated Assad's defeat and then waited to see what the rebel group known as HTS would do differently. Their challenge is to govern a devastated country with many ethnic and religious groups.
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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
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