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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The 26-year-old man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week is fighting extradition to New York.

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At Luigi Mangione's hearing today in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the judge gave the defense 14 days to file a petition for habeas corpus.

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Though Mangione also faces charges in Pennsylvania, Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks says the priority is to help the NYPD take custody.

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The New York City Police Department and Manhattan District Attorney's Office charges should take precedence. They're more serious.

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We intend to cooperate with them to the best of our ability to facilitate their prosecution of this defendant first, but we don't intend to withdraw our charges.

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Which include forgery and gun charges. Ahead of the hearing, Mangione was seen struggling with officers as he was escorted into the courthouse.

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As a completely out of touch, as an insult to the intelligence of the American people,

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Mangione is related to a member of the Maryland State Legislature. In a statement, Republican Delegate Nino Mangione said his family is shocked and expressed condolences to Thompson's family.

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A coalition of Syrian rebel groups has named an interim prime minister. He'll manage a transition of power between the former Assad regime and the armed groups that overthrew the regime days ago. Here's NPR's Emily Fang.

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Mohammed al-Bashir will serve as acting prime minister for the next three months until March 1st of next year. Al-Bashir had been appointed the administrative head of opposition-held territory in the northwest of Syria earlier this year.

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And now the former engineer will need to figure out how to build a new coalition government between various factions still fighting for territory in Syria.

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His interim government says it will dissolve Syria's feared intelligence services and is planning a reshuffling of the formerly regime-controlled military.

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This week, Syrian opposition groups said they would give amnesty to soldiers who were forced to serve in the Assad regime. Emily Fang, NPR News, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Parents from across the U.S. are on Capitol Hill calling on the House to pass bipartisan legislation to better protect kids on the Internet. Here's NPR's Windsor Johnston.

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Marine Mollack was among the parents calling on the House to bring the bill to a vote. She lost her 16-year-old son David to suicide in 2016 after he was bullied online.

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Mollack says she's frustrated that it's taking this long to get the legislation passed. We're fighting tooth and nail to get this done. It makes absolutely no sense.

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Republican Congressman Gus Bilirakis says he's been urging Speaker Mike Johnson to fast-track the bill through the House.

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I've been pushing leadership very hard. This is a very important bill, and it's gotten even better.

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Some Republicans, including the Speaker of the House, say the Senate bill infringes on free speech rights. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, the Capitol. This is NPR News.

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A judge has blocked a $25 billion merger between the grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons. The court sided with federal antitrust regulators who argued that the merger would harm competition, consumers and employees.

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But Kroger and Albertsons maintain a merger would help them better compete with other major food retailers and rivals such as Costco and Walmart. Most people in the U.S. feel pretty good about their job security, but not their pay.

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Diving deeper into the findings of a new Pew Research Center survey, white and older workers are among the most satisfied with their job overall, and younger and lower-income workers are among the least satisfied with their jobs. The U.S.

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Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. If finalized, NPR's Jonathan Lambert tells us, the listing would establish some protections from the widely recognized insect.

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Monarch butterflies can be found in 48 states. Still, their numbers have fallen significantly over the past few decades as habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change have harmed both the butterflies and the milkweed they rely on for food.

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The proposed listing would protect key monarch overwintering grounds along California's coast and could encourage people to expand monarch habitat through things like planting more milkweed.

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But the government would continue to allow many activities that could affect monarchs or their habitat, including most farming practices. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.

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U.S. stocks end the day lower. The Dow closed down 154 points to end the day at 44,247. This is NPR News.

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