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Authorities in Utah say they're preparing charges against a 22-year-old man accused of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week.

NPR's Bobby Allen reports Tyler Robinson is being held without bail in a county jail.

Law enforcement apprehended Robinson following a tip received from a member of Robinson's family.

As a young man, Robinson excelled in school and received a college scholarship, but dropped out after one semester.

Offline, he grew up in a small Utah town where hunting was commonplace.

Online, he spent a lot of time in corners of the internet that celebrate edgy and trollish humor.

Whatever led to Robinson allegedly targeting Kirk, it should shock Americans' conscience, says Utah Governor Spencer Cox.

It is also much bigger than an attack on an individual.

It is an attack on all of us.

It is an attack on the American experiment.

It is an attack on our ideals.

Authorities have vowed to seek the death penalty against Robinson.

Bobby Allen in PR News, Oram, Utah.

Louisiana health officials say the state is experiencing the worst outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in 35 years.

As NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports, one of the state's senators is now asking for help from Health Secretary Robert F.

Kennedy Jr.

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is a physician and he chairs the HELP Committee, which oversees the Department of Health and Human Services.

Cassidy cast a key vote to confirm Robert F.

Kennedy Jr.

as health secretary, despite voicing concerns about Kennedy's history of anti-vaccine activism.

A letter from Cassidy to Kennedy Kennedy this week hints at a growing rift.

Cassidy lays out the scope of the pertussis outbreak in his state, two babies have died.

He says the D-Tap vaccine is safe and effective and it protects babies against dying from pertussis.

Cassidy goes on, quote, I ask that you publicly reaffirm your support for the D-TAP vaccine and says Kennedy's public support will save lives.

HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, and PR News, Washington.

The Department of Homeland Security says an ICE officer shot and killed a man in the Chicago area yesterday.

A statement says as officers were attempting to detain him, he drove his car at them.

One fired at him after being deranged by his vehicle.

He's in stable condition.

Ozzy Lopez lives in the neighborhood and caused the incident tragic.

It's just crazy that this is what it's getting to.

You know, this is...

For someone who had to flee for their lives and then in the process lost their life and then someone else got hurt in the process where, you know,

it doesn't look good on either side.

The man who died was identified as a 38-year-old cook from Mexico.

You're listening to NPR News in Washington.

Calm is returning to Nepal after days of protests after the appointment of an interim prime minister.

New elections will be held March 5th.

The demonstration started Monday over a social media ban and turned violent.

At least 51 people died.

A controversial far-right activist in the UK is using the assassination of Charlie Cook to mobilize support for what's expected to be Britain's largest far-right demonstration in decades.

Vicki Barker reports.

Ahead of Saturday's march and rally in central London, the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson posted a photo of Charlie Kirk superimposed above the U.S.

and UK flags.

Speakers at his Unite the Kingdom event include former Trump adviser Steve Bannon as well as far-right politicians from Germany and Poland.

A counter-demonstration by the group Stand Up to Racism was taking place a few hundred yards away.

More than 1,600 police officers have been assigned to keep the groups apart, and Scotland Yard has reassured Muslim Londoners that officers would be on hand to make sure they feel safe.

For NPR News, I'm I'm Vicki Parker in London.

A ceremony was held today in Nagasaki, Japan, at the site of a World War II prison camp.

Dozens of people came from the Netherlands, relatives of Dutch prisoners who suffered abuse and starvation there during the war.

Their names have been engraved on a stone monument that was erected 10 years ago as a symbol of reconciliation and peace.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

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