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--:-- Host Dale Willman: Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Michigan authorities have now confirmed that at least four people are dead following a shooting and fire at an LDS church in Grand Blanc on Sunday.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: NPR's Liz Baker reports. Two of the victims were killed by gunfire when the suspect, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, drove a vehicle into the church and started shooting.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: The others likely died in the fire that Sanford is believed to have lit with an accelerant.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Rennie says that some are still unaccounted for.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: The entire church has not been cleared because it's a total loss due to the fire.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: So these first responders right now, they're in recovery mode.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: They're trying to fight through all the debris from the fire.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Several explosive devices were also found and other churches in the area have been searched after receiving bomb threats in the hours after the attack.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Liz Baker, NPR News, Grand Blank, Michigan
--:-- Host Dale Willman: A North Carolina man is facing three counts of first degree murder following a shooting Saturday night in the town of Southport.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Police say Nigel Edge piloted a small boat close to a riverside bar and began shooting before speeding away.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Eight people were also injured in the attack
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Cece McDonald is the assistant senior chaplain for the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: She spoke Sunday night at a vigil.
--:-- Cece McDonald: We are a community and look at this in here. We are Southport strong. Absolutely.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Police have so far offered no motive for that shooting.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Gaza health officials say more than 66,000 Palestinians have died from Israeli fire after nearly two years of war.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Some of the latest victims include at least 19 people who were killed in an Israeli strike on a crowded outdoor market over the weekend.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Israel says it was targeting a wanted Hamas militant.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: MPR's Anas Baba reports from Gaza City.
--:-- Anas Baba: Israel launched a raid in central Gaza last year and rescued four Israeli hostages.
--:-- Anas Baba: The operation also killed at least 276 Palestinians and wounded nearly 700, according to Gaza health officials.
--:-- Anas Baba: It was one of Israel's most lethal attacks of the war.
--:-- Anas Baba: This weekend, an Israeli airstrike hit a busy market, killing 19 people, including women and children, and wounding at least 70 others, Gaza health officials say.
--:-- Anas Baba: Israel says the target was a Hamas militant allegedly involved in killing an Israeli soldier during last year hostages rescue
--:-- Anas Baba: In recent weeks hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced to South Gaza where Israel says it's safer.
--:-- Anas Baba: But that area has also been bombed almost daily.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City
--:-- Host Dale Willman: A budget standoff continues in Washington right now.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: President Trump is meeting with top congressional leaders from both parties later today in an effort to agree on a temporary budget deal.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Without one, much of the government will shut down at midnight Tuesday.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Shares are mostly higher in Asia.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: After Wall Street broke its three-day losing streak last week, Tokyo's Nikkei was the only index to drop by seven-tenths of a percent.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices fell.
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--:-- Host Dale Willman: Moldova's pro-Western governing party won a clear parliamentary majority during national elections on Sunday.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: The vote was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: The pro-EU party of action and solidarity had 50.1% of the vote, while the pro-Russian patriotic electoral bloc had 24.2%.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl 60 halftime show next year at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: NPR's Marie Andrusovich has more.
--:-- Marie Andrusovich: The NFL made the announcement during halftime of the Green Bay Packers Cowboys game Sunday night
--:-- Marie Andrusovich: The promotional video features the artist music as he sits on top of a football goalpost staked in a sandy beach
--:-- Marie Andrusovich: In a statement, Bad Bunny said, What I'm feeling goes beyond myself. It's for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown.
--:-- Marie Andrusovich: Adding, this is for my people, my culture, and our history.
--:-- Marie Andrusovich: The Super Bowl announcement comes after the artist said he excluded the U.S. mainland from his upcoming world tour due to fears his fans would be subject to ice raids.
--:-- Marie Andrusovich: Bad Bunny's recent Puerto Rico residency was attended by half a million fans.
--:-- Marie Andrusovich: He's also scheduled to host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live on October 4th.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Marie Andrusovich, NPR News
--:-- Host Dale Willman: Asia Wilson scored 31 points, but it wasn't enough to keep the Indiana Fever from beating her Las Vegas Aces Sunday night 90-83.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: The Fever tied the best of five series at two games apiece.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: The final game takes place on Tuesday.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: And the Phoenix Mercury beat the Minnesota Lynx Sunday.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: They now move to the WNBA finals.
--:-- Host Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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