NPR News: 09-13-2025 4AM EDT

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Speaker 2 Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has been charged with murder and the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Speaker 2 Kirk was shot Wednesday while speaking on a university campus in Utah, and Pierre's Bobby Bobby Allen has more on the suspects.

Speaker 3 He doesn't have a criminal history. Public records show that he doesn't seem to be affiliated with any political party.
He was a really bright student in high school.

Speaker 3 He even earned a scholarship to attend Utah State University. That's just north of here in Logan.
But he dropped out after one semester. The university says that was back in 2021.

Speaker 3 More recently, Robinson's family noted that he's become more politically active, which is a really crucial point since authorities are calling Charlie Kirk's killing a political assassination.

Speaker 2 That's NPR's Bobby Allen reporting from Orem, Utah. President Trump says he's sending the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee.

Speaker 2 NPR's Frank Ordonius reports on his next moves in his federal crackdown on crime.

Speaker 4 In an interview with Fox and Friends, President Trump says his administration would next target Memphis after hearing concerns raised by business leaders.

Speaker 5 We're going to Memphis. I'm just announcing that now.
And we'll straighten out

Speaker 5 National Guard and anybody else we need. And by the way, we'll bring in the military too if we need it.

Speaker 4 Trump said he would have preferred his next target to be Chicago, but he's faced resistance from the mayor and Illinois governor.

Speaker 4 Last month, Trump sought to use emergency powers to take over control of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Speaker 4 He deployed National Guard soldiers and sent hundreds of federal law enforcement officials to the capital. Trump's also floated the idea of sending troops to New York and Baltimore.

Speaker 4 Franco Ordoñas, NPR News, New York.

Speaker 2 The U.S. has the most expensive health care in the developed world, and it's about to get even more expensive.
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Speaker 2 Perez Maria Aspen reports, people who get insurance through their employers are going to pay a lot more for their benefits next year.

Speaker 6 More than 150 million Americans get their health insurance through their employer, and now the price they pay is about to go way up.

Speaker 6 Employers who provide health benefits are bracing for the highest cost increase in 15 years. That's according to a new survey from Mercer, a benefits consultant.

Speaker 6 The drug companies, hospitals, health insurers, and other for-profit companies that control much of the U.S. healthcare system have been raising prices.

Speaker 6 That gets passed on to employers, and now most employers told Mercer they're going to pass on some of those price hikes to their workers.

Speaker 6 That means most workers will see higher paycheck deductions for health care premiums next year and higher out-of-pocket costs. Maria Aspen, NPR News, New York.

Speaker 2 NATO is adding more military equipment to regions bordering Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The equipment includes ground-based defense systems, a frigate, and Danish F-16s.

Speaker 2 The move follows an incursion by Russian drones into Polish territory this week. You're listening to NPR News.

Speaker 2 The Trump administration has disbanded a controversial climate working group, which issued a report that scientists say was full of errors and misrepresented climate science.

Speaker 2 And as NPR's Jeff Brady reports, now environmental groups want the report retracted.

Speaker 7 Energy Secretary Chris Wright picked a group of four scientists and an economist with a history of casting doubt over climate science.

Speaker 7 Then they issued a report to bolster the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to end regulations on climate pollution.

Speaker 7 Speaking at a conference in Belgium, Bright said the goal was to spur debate.

Speaker 8 We've got all sorts of comments. We're going to have public dialogues back and forth.

Speaker 8 That's what we want, is to bring people that have different perspectives or disagree to dialogue together and argue it out.

Speaker 7 But for nearly all climate scientists, the debate Secretary Wright wants is settled. They say continuing it now is a tactic to forestall regulation.
Jeff Brady, NPR News.

Speaker 2 The UN General Assembly Friday endorsed what it calls the New York Declaration, which offers support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Speaker 2 The non-binding resolution sets out a phased plan to end the almost 80-year conflict. The vote was 142 to 10 with 12 abstentions.

Speaker 2 The war in Gaza is expected to be at the top of the agenda when the World Body begins its annual meeting on September 22nd.

Speaker 2 Health officials in Central Africa are continuing their efforts to stop an Ebola outbreak in southern Congo.

Speaker 2 The World Health Organization says it sent 400 vaccines to the affected area and plans on sending additional 1,500 doses from the capital of Kinshasa, but they say a lack of funding is severely limiting its response.

Speaker 2 I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

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