--:-- Host (Dale Willman): This message comes from NPR sponsor, FX's The Lowdown, starring Ethan Hawke. This new crime drama follows quirky journalist Lee Raybon, whose obsession with the truth always gets him into trouble. FX's The Lowdown, all new Tuesdays on FX. Stream on Hulu.
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--:-- Host (Dale Willman): Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Some 13 federal agencies, including the FBI and National Guard, will join Memphis police to help fight crime in the city starting on Monday.
--:-- Christopher Blank: Since President Donald Trump approved the Memphis Safe Task Force last Friday, wary community leaders have debated enhanced public safety versus the optics of a military presence. Governor Lee stressed a cautious approach. The operation itself will develop as the need is understood on the ground.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): Though the city's crime rate hit a 25-year low in the past eight months, officials are aiming for permanent reductions. We don't know how long it will take for that to work, but however long it takes.
--:-- Christopher Blank: To start, the governor pledged more than 300 state troopers and $100 million toward crime-fighting technology. Troops he says will be unarmed unless local law enforcement requests otherwise and will have no power to make arrests.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): For NPR News, I'm Christopher Blank in Memphis.
--:-- Mara Eliasson: During President Trump's campaign last year, he promised to use the justice system to seek retribution against his perceived political enemies. Now, as NPR's Mara Eliasson tells us, he's made good on that promise.
--:-- Mara Eliasson: He did it Thursday when former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on charges of lying to Congress. He specifically told the attorney general to go after specific people, including Comey. He said, "Do it fast." He clearly understood the clock was ticking.
--:-- Mara Eliasson: And the interesting thing is, it doesn't matter if this case is weak or strong. He's sending a signal to everyone else that I can bankrupt you, I can ruin your career. Even if I can't convict you, I can ruin your life.
--:-- Mara Eliasson: Comey has been one of Trump's most vocal critics.
--:-- Emily Fang: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech at the United Nations on Friday, and he made this claim. Thanks to special efforts by Israeli intelligence, my words are now also being carried. They're streamed live to the cell phones of Gazans.
--:-- Emily Fang: But as NPR's Emily Fang reports, few, if any, people in Gaza heard Netanyahu.
--:-- Emily Fang: The prime minister's office shared pictures of big loudspeakers mounted on trucks in Israel on the border with Gaza to blast Netanyahu's speech into the enclave.
--:-- Emily Fang: But news outlets, including NPR, contacted people across Gaza who say they didn't hear anything.
--:-- Emily Fang: NPR producer in Gaza City, Anas Baba, also kept an ear out for Netanyahu's speech. He said that he's going to broadcast a message to the Israeli hostages.
--:-- Emily Fang: But in Gaza City now, the only thing that we can hear here is the Israeli airstrikes, the artillery, and the tanks firing.
--:-- Emily Fang: And dozens of diplomats walked out of the United Nations Assembly Hall ahead of Netanyahu's speech.
--:-- Emily Fang: For NPR News, I'm Emily Fang, Tel Aviv.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): Stocks finished up across the board on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 299 points, or 0.65%. The Nasdaq closed up 99 points, and the S&P 500 closed up 38 points.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): You're listening to NPR News.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): Inflation was up slightly in August from the same period a year ago. The Federal Reserve's favored measures showed prices up 2.7%, with core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, up 2.9%.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): The increases were what forecasters had been expecting.
--:-- Raoul Bally: Fort Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, was originally named after a Confederate general, but the Biden administration changed that in 2020 following protests for racial justice.
--:-- Raoul Bally: Now the Trump administration is making another change.
--:-- Raoul Bally: The original Fort Gordon was named after former Georgia Governor and Confederate General John Gordon. Now it is being named after Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon, who died in the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993.
--:-- Raoul Bally: His widow, Carmen Drake Owens, spoke at Friday's dedication ceremony.
--:-- Carmen Drake Owens: I believe that Gary would look at the naming of this post as a way to remember not just him, but every soldier that was involved in the Battle of Mogadishu.
--:-- Raoul Bally: Eighteen American soldiers died in the battle. It was eventually featured in the movie Black Hawk Down.
--:-- Raoul Bally: For NPR News, I'm Raul Bally in Atlanta.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): A medical examiner has confirmed that the man who killed four people in a Manhattan office tower this summer was suffering from chronic encephalopathy.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): Shane Tamura shot himself in the chest after the July 28 shooting in a building that houses the NFL headquarters.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): In a note, he urged that his brain be studied.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): Tamora played high school football a decade ago. He accused the NFL of hiding evidence of brain injuries from the sport.
--:-- Host (Dale Willman): I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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