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NPR News: 05-08-2023 7AM EDT

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🗓️ 8 May 2023

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NPR News: 05-08-2023 7AM EDT

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kurova Kulman.

0:03.8

Police in Brownsville, Texas continue to investigate an incident yesterday when a motorist ran down

0:09.0

a group of people waiting for a bus.

0:11.7

Eight people were killed.

0:13.4

Authorities are still trying to learn if there was a motive.

0:16.2

Branswell Police spokesman Martin Sandeval says the incident occurred near a homeless

0:20.4

shelter that housed migrants, some of whom were victims.

0:24.0

This is a mixture of people.

0:25.0

We don't know if all of them were immigrants or not, but we can confirm that there were

0:28.4

some immigrants within the deceased and the injured.

0:31.2

Sandeval says the driver is also hospitalized and has been uncooperative in the investigation.

0:38.0

Meanwhile, officials in Allen, Texas, near Dallas are trying to learn more about the motive

0:42.9

behind Saturday's mass shooting at an outdoor shopping mall.

0:46.8

Eight people were killed and several others were injured.

0:50.0

A police officer shot and killed the gunman at the scene.

0:54.0

President Biden has ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor the victims.

1:00.0

All eyes will be on the White House tomorrow when President Biden meets with top congressional

1:04.2

leaders.

1:05.2

Lawmakers are up against a critical deadline to resolve their differences over the terms

1:10.0

for lifting the borrowing limit to avert a potential default next month.

1:14.8

And Pierre's Windsor Johnston has more.

1:17.1

A number of economists say that failing to raise the debt ceiling could impact millions

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