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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. In Boulder, Colorado, police and the FBI are

investigating an attack on an outdoor mall that left several people injured by some sort of flammable device as they

walked in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. One person, an adult male, is in custody.

Police Chief Stephen Redfern. A suspect was pointed out to our officers on the scene.

Our officers immediately encountered that suspect who was taken into custody without incident.

That suspect, who I'm not able to ID at this time, was taken to the hospital with some minor injuries as well.

He says it's a complex situation and they aren't calling it a terrorist attack at this point.

The scene is contained, but Redfern says a large area is closed off and

businesses are closed, and police are looking into a vehicle of interest. Redfern says it's too

early to speculate on a motive. Mexicans are heading to polls for an election that will remake

the judiciary. For the first time, the country will elect its judges not appoint them.

If here's Ada Peralta reports, despite a smooth process, many voters are confused.

In this election, voters were faced with a tall task, picking nearly 3,000 judges from 8,000

candidates. Just for the Supreme Court, voters have to vet 64 candidates and pick nine of them.

Eduardo Queer 33 came out of the voting booth saying it was a bittersweet experience.

I didn't feel like a test that I didn't study for, that I didn't know the subject.

Queer says he did his best to study the candidate, but he couldn't find enough information,

so he came feeling unprepared but ready to fulfill his civic duty. Others in the capital city

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