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--:-- Dale Willman: President Trump says he's expanding his controversial deployment of National Guard troops to other cities. In a social media post Saturday, he says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon to handle domestic terrorists.
--:-- Dale Willman: But Oregon Governor Tina Kotech says the deployment would be an abuse of power by the president. There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security. And there is no need for military troops in our major city.
--:-- Dale Willman: Police officials in Portland, meanwhile, also say there's no reason for that deployment.
--:-- Dale Willman: The wife of one of the victims of the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility is speaking out for the first time. She says her husband is on life support after a gunman injured him and another detainee and killed a third person.
--:-- Sergio Martinez Beltran: Stephanie Gaffney says her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia Hernandez, is more than just an immigrant or an ICE detainee. He's a father of four and Gaffney could give birth to their fifth child, a boy, at any moment now since she's 39 weeks pregnant.
--:-- Sergio Martinez Beltran: It hurts to think like what if he never even gets to meet him.
--:-- Sergio Martinez Beltran: A Venezuelan detainee, Jose Andres Bordones Molina, was also injured in the shooting. A third detainee was killed, 37-year-old Norland Guzman Fuentes from El Salvador.
--:-- Sergio Martinez Beltran: In a statement to NPR, ICE confirmed the identities of all three victims. The agency says all three were, quote, criminal illegal aliens.
--:-- Sergio Martinez Beltran: According to law enforcement officials, the shooter sought to terrorize ICE agents. However, none of the victims were law enforcement officers.
--:-- Sergio Martinez Beltran: Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Dallas.
--:-- Dale Willman: Now that the Trump administration has announced that there may be a link between Tylenol and autism, it could cause legal headaches for the painkillers maker, Johnson & Johnson.
--:-- Sydney Lumpkin: One lawyer representing plaintiffs in an ongoing case against Tylenol's maker says his office received more than a thousand calls following the Trump administration's announcement this week.
--:-- Sydney Lumpkin: The lawsuit hit a roadblock in late 2023. A judge ruled to exclude testimony from the plaintiff's experts. She wrote that those experts cherry picked and misinterpreted the data they were relying on.
--:-- Sydney Lumpkin: But in light of the Trump administration comments, lawyers for the plaintiffs hope the court will reconsider.
--:-- Sydney Lumpkin: Outside legal experts tell NPR, however, that since there's no new data, it might not make a difference. And in product liability cases, you have to prove causation, which hasn't been established.
--:-- Sydney Lumpkin: Sydney Lupkin, NPR News.
--:-- Dale Willman: A gunman opened fire on a crowded bar in the North Carolina town of Southport Saturday night. At least three people were killed. Another eight people were injured in that shooting.
--:-- Dale Willman: The bar is on a crowded riverfront in the city. Police say that the gunman shot at the bar from a boat and then sped away.
--:-- Dale Willman: A person of interest is in custody, but it's not clear if the shooter is still at large. Officials have not offered a motive for the shooting.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari, Kevin Hart, and others are getting blowback from fellow comedians for appearing at a comedy festival that's going on right now in Saudi Arabia.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: As NPR's Chloe Veltman reports, the Riyadh Comedy Festival's roster includes dozens of A-list American performers.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: In a video on his Instagram channel, Mark Maron took aim at colleagues who signed up to perform at the festival, referencing, among other things, Saudi officials' alleged involvement in the September 11th attacks.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: From the folks that brought you 9/11, two weeks of laughter in the desert, don't miss it.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: Shane Gillis and Stavros Halkias both declined invitations to appear at the event. But others, including Chris DiStefano and Tim Dillon, said they agreed to perform because of the high fees they were offered.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: However, Dillon says his invitation was recently revoked by the organizers for comments the comedian made on his podcast about slavery in Saudi Arabia.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
--:-- Dale Willman: A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu Saturday night killed at least 36 people. 40 others were injured.
--:-- Dale Willman: The dead included eight children. Officials say there were tens of thousands of people at the rally when the stampede occurred. The weather was hot, and health officials say at least 30 people fainted while waiting for Vyjay, who's known professionally by one name, to speak.
--:-- Dale Willman: Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has now been operating on emergency power for five days. Officials say the situation is creating mounting concerns about the plant's safety.
--:-- Dale Willman: The power outage began on Tuesday when the plant's connection to the Ukrainian power grid was severed.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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