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live from npr news in washington i'm lakshmi singh minneapolis police are now confirming an 18th person was injured in yesterday's mass shooting police chief brian o'hara spoke moments ago we have identified a total of 20 victims that had injuries resulting from from gunfire including the eight and ten year old who were killed yesterday.

The injured include 15 children between the ages of 6 and 15 and three adults in their 80s.

They were attacked as they were worshiping during a church service marking the first week back to school for Annunciation Catholic School students and teachers.

Authorities say the shooter was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Chief O'Hara's officers executed four search warrants at the church and three Minnesota residences.

Hundreds of pieces of evidence were recovered, including 116 rifle rounds, three shotgun shells, and one live pistol round from an apparent misfire.

For parents across the country who are talking to their children about yesterday's attack in Minneapolis, experts say, it's important to be honest.

Here's NPR's Katie Ariddle.

It's tempting to try to shield kids from these kinds of events.

But if parents don't talk to their kids about it, they risk them finding out through social media or their peers.

Melissa Breimer is Director of Terrorism and Disaster Programs at the UCLA Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.

She suggests parents remind their kids that there are protocols in place in their schools to protect them.

Do you see sometimes that the doors are locked at school?

There's a reason for that because that's one way your school is trying to make sure that you stay safe at school.

Children, she says, can handle the truth even when it's difficult.

Katie Riddle in Pure News.

The White House says a new leader for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be announced soon.

NPR's Tamara Keith reports President Trump fired CDC Director Susan Menares last night after she had been on the job for less than a month.

Several top CDC officials resigned after Menarez was pushed out.

Her lawyers say she was targeted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy when she, quote, refused to rubber stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says that explains why she had to go.

It was President Trump who was overwhelmingly re-elected on November 5th.

This woman has never received a vote in her life, and the president has the authority to fire those who are not aligned with his mission.

Levitt said the job of administration officials is to execute on the vision and promises of President Trump.

Tamer Keith, NPR News, The White House.

At last, check on Wall Street.

The Dow is up 69 points at 45,635.

From Washington, this is NPR News.

Well, moments ago in Atlanta,

the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention applauding and expressing gratitude to the several top officials who resigned after CDC Director Susan Menaris was ousted.

Menaris' attorney said she would not back initiatives not supported by science at the department led by Health Secretary Robert F.

Kennedy Jr.

Today, Kennedy again defended his decision, saying the CDC is a troubled agency.

A trio of retailers is saying Americans are still shopping more, even as prices are ticking up slightly from tariffs.

Best Buy, Dollar General, Dick Sporting Goods all describe shoppers as resilient, reporting their financial results from the latest quarter.

And Pierre Salina Seljuk has details.

Big retail chains have been acknowledging that some prices are rising because of new tariff costs on virtually all imports, but big stores and their suppliers have also been absorbing many of of those costs.

So price increases for shoppers have so far been, quote, sporadic and surgical, as Dick's Sporting Goods executives put it.

That chain is actually raising its financial forecast for the year as it says people are visiting more often and spending more when they do.

Dollar General says it also has raised some prices, but so far people across all income brackets are still shopping more than before.

And Best Buy says shoppers are hunting for deals and discounts, but still willing to spend more on big ticket items when needed.

Aileena Seluch, NPR News.

The DAOs closed up 71 points, SP gained 20, and the NASDAQ was up 115 points or roughly half a percent.

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