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Oregon School Shooting, Russia's View On US-Ukraine Split, DOJ Sues California

Oregon School Shooting, Russia's View On US-Ukraine Split, DOJ Sues California

Up First from NPR
Oct 16, 2026 13 min
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At least three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, where police say a 16-year-old gunman was killed by an armed community member.<br>As President Trump increasingly blames Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the failure of peace efforts, Russia is watching the growing divide while beginning to release diesel under its new deal with the United States.<br>The Justice Department sued California after Los Angeles County refused to investigate a federal list of more than 20,000 voters the government says may be noncitizens.<br/><br/>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.<br/><br/>Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>.<br/><br/>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Tina Kraja, Ben Swasey, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.<br/><br/>It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Ben Abrams.<br/><br/>Our director is Christopher Thomas.<br/><br/>We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott and Robert Rodriguez.<br/><br/>Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<br/><br/>And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor.<br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(01:55) Oregon School Shooting<br>(05:21) Russia's View On US-Ukraine Split<br>(09:06) DOJ Sues California<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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