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What happened in Palm Springs?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Palm Springs Police Chief Andrew Mills says terrorism came knocking at the door of his city, but after yesterday's explosion at a fertility clinic, he sought to reassure the community.
I also want to make sure that our community understands this is an isolated incident. I am confident. that the community is not at risk any longer.
Police say one person was killed in a blast that's been reported as a car explosion, and it was heard across the city and caused widespread damage. Officials are not revealing the name of the suspect, but they say they are no longer searching for one.
The governor of Kentucky is confirming at least 18 fatalities and dozens of injuries, some critical, following severe storms that cut through the state Friday night. Karen Zahr with member station WUKY reports from London, one of the hardest hit Kentucky cities.
Governor Andy Beshear surveyed damage from the air, then on the ground. Beshear said right now all efforts are on search and rescue, and he has one fear in mind.
I worry there might be a block. A whole block out there, everybody's dead. And I hope that's not the case, but you see five houses in a row, they're just gone.
Beshear has put in a request for an official federal disaster declaration, and several members of the Kentucky General Assembly have promised state funding would be made available for recovery. For NPR News, I'm Karen Czar in London.
To Maryland now, where the nation's only sitting black governor has vetoed a bill to create a commission to study reparations in Maryland. NPR's Amy Held reports a panel would have defined economic harms to descendants of enslaved people and recommend possible remedies.
In his veto letter, Governor Wes Moore writes, now is not the time for another study. Instead, he writes, it's time for action, including policies he will introduce to address barriers to Black families' access to work and wealth.
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