Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger

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🗓️ 11 December 2024

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People in Syria are slowly settling in to a new reality. The fall of the Assad regime offers new opportunities, but also creates big challenges. NPR's Ruth Sherlock is reporting from Damascus. The motive of the alleged gunman in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is still unclear. Police have been sifting through Luigi Mangione's online history since his arrest to learn more about his ideology, and the proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons hangs in the balance.

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0:00.0	People in Syria are slowly settling into a new reality.
0:06.1	The fall of the Assad regime offers new opportunities but also creates big challenges.
0:10.6	What's the priority for Syrians going forward?
0:13.0	We'll hear from NPR's Ruth Sherlock in Damascus.
0:15.4	I'm ARIM Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.2	The alleged gunman's motive in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is still unclear.
0:27.5	I mean, we could speculate on a hundred different things.
0:29.9	Police have been sifting through Luigi Mangione's online history since his arrest and learn more about his ideology.
0:35.6	We'll get an update on what they found.
0:37.1	And the proposed merger between two grocery giants hangs in the balance.
0:41.0	Yesterday, two separate judges in two separate cases blocked Kroger and Albertsons from joining forces.
0:47.2	Is the merger dead? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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