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The names of the two children who were shot on Wednesday at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis were released. Harper Lillian Moyski, 10, and Fletcher Merkel, 8, were in the church benches during a mass to celebrate the first week of school when the shooter opened fire on the building. Yesterday, Fletcher’s father, Jesse Merkel, spoke publicly for the first time since the shooting and asked that his son can remember who he was, not how he died. Here is what civil servants say of violence.

• 🎧 Jesse said he hoped that his family and the school community will not forget this loss, but could cure themJason derose de npr tells First. Jesse underlined the loss of his familySaying that he will never be able to speak to his son or “watch him become the wonderful young man he was on the way to become”. According to police, the shooter, Robin Westman, 23, attended the church and the school where the shooting took place. The authorities did not identify any specific grievance that the shooter had against the establishment. The police indicate that Westman, who died of a self-inflicted ball injury after the attack, had a fascination for massive violence.
• ➡️ Talking to children from fire to school can be difficult. Here are the advice of experts to help you have these difficult conversations.

Jim O’Neill was selected to serve as an acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is currently a main advisor to the Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this reshuffle of leadership comes after Susan Monarez was forced to go out at the head of the CDC after having occupied the role of less than a month. Monarez lawyers claim that his dismissal is due to his refusal of “non-scientific rubber-stamp, reckless directives and dedicated health experts”.

• 🎧 O’Neill expressed strong libertarian viewsIncluding that the FDA should put medication on the market and allow consumers to take risks, explains Selena Simmons-Duffin from NPR. He also suggested that people should be able to buy and sell human organs to help encourage greater supply. Simmons-Duffin notes that O’Neill is not a doctor or a scientist. Most CDC directors have had medicine diplomas. Several Democratic legislators have called to Kennedy to be dismissed On the change in CDC leadership.

China should stage a military parade drawn up next Wednesday, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Une are planned guests. Dozens of world leaders appear on the guest list, including the leaders of Iran, Cuba, Vietnam and Myanmar. President Trump does not intend to make an appearance.

• 🎧 Anthony Kuhn of NPR says that the images of this meeting should be visually powerful Because it is the first time that the leaders of these three nations will come together – something that has not even happened during the Cold War. The three countries have a coalition loose with each other, and this meeting could allow them to tighten it. This is the first major multilateral event in Kim, and it should be a friendly crowd for him. The President of South Korea will be absent, but the country’s parliamentary speaker will attend the event. John Delury, eldest of the Society of Asia, says that the presence of Kim could indicates that he realizes that he should strengthen the links With China as an ally and not put all its eggs in the Russian basket.

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by Michel Martin,, Morning edition And First host

Although I did not know it at the time, covering Hurricane Katrina would be my last great assignment for ABC News before heading to NPR.

I never went to New Orleans then. I was sent to Houston to cover the arrival of the evacuated at the city’s astrodome.

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After so much horror and sadness, it was a relief to be able to add a different dimension to the story. It seemed that the whole city had been prepared. There were medical staff to meet health needs. There were IT professionals to help people locate family members when they had lost their phones and contact details. There were real estate and hotel specialists to help people find places to live. And – if you can believe it – There were regular people who took people to stay home until they could understand things.

There was a lot to understand. On August 31, 2005, 80% of New Orleans was flooded by the wave of mass storms and the failure of the dikes. Wonderful neighborhoods have been destroyed, with everything in them. Houses, schools, businesses and – as many feared at the time – relationships and networks built during generations have disappeared.

Even now, it is difficult to describe how deeply traumatic it was. The trauma was shown on the faces of the people I met at Astrodome.

I have never arrived in New Orleans at the time, but I have since. Ten years ago, we came to deeply seeking the radical changes made to the school system of New Orleans following Katrina as part of a series of live events with NPR. Now, 20 years later, we are going further. We are racing the stories of people who have gone and those who returned. We are racing why reconstruction has been more difficult for some than others. And we revisit more stories about what happened to schools. There are people I had even met and interviewed before, and that I was happy to meet for the first time. Music? Of course.

The pain persists. There have been tears. It is a different city now in some respects. There are empty land where houses and families were. There are empty chairs at the tables.

But what really stands out is the desire to keep. On. Going.

It’s New Orleans.

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Discover what NPR Look, read and listen to this weekend:

🍿 Films: In RosesOlivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch play a formerly favorable and loving couple whose career trajectories change, leading to arguments and divorce.

📺 TV: The animated comedy series Long short story jumps time to follow three brothers and sisters in a Jewish family. They are considered to be children, young adults and average age, because they treat ups and stockings of life.

📚 Books: Two graduate students travel to the depths of hell to recover their teacher and save their career prospects in RF Kuang Katabasis.

🎵 Music: The Alabama Shakes group has found a new song, “Another Life”. Their first new song in a decade marks the reunion of musicians who have freed themselves from the pressure to focus only on the past or the future, explains the independent journalist of NPR Jewly Hight.

🎮 Gaming: The Metal Gear video game series is known for its innovative game design, which confronts themes such as the relationship between people and technology. Now the game is back with its latest edition, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

❓ Quiz: I had all the questions except one good this week. Do you think you can fight me? Put your knowledge to the test. And if you are looking for additional pleasure, try the planet’s summer school quiz on political economy.

3 things to know before leaving

1. This week, the series of distant postcards takes readers to a Christian church built by the ancient Arab peoples more than 1,500 years ago in the Negev desert. Emily Feng of NPR visited the site earlier this month.
2. Today, the United States ends the “minimis” commercial exemption which allows individuals to avoid import costs for small expeditions. This will affect around 4 million packages treated each day.
3. Julian Wachner, a conductor and formerly eminent composer in New York, was accused of Indiana of having children of sexual abuse and cocaine. Until his arrest, he worked as a fourth year teacher.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.