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All 14 injured children expected to survive after shooter at Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2; MN shooting spurs talk of advanced, compassionate interventions; Colorado Congressional delegates get earful from constituents; Hoosiers press leaders to block new maps.

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The Public News Service, Daily Newscast, August 28, 2025.

I'm Mike Clifford.

A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during a mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 other people before dying by suicide.

That's from the Associated Press.

Their report, police said 14 of the injured children, with their ages ranging from 6 to 15, are all expected to survive.

The three adults are parishioners in their 80s, officials said.

The shooting happened at Annunciation Catholic School just days after the first day of school on Monday.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said it's by "strongest desire that no state, no community, no school ever experiences a day like this."

Meanwhile, as Minnesotans mourn those killed in Wednesday's mass shooting, public frustration is mounting over the frequency of these attacks in the U.S.

The deadly attack on students at a Minneapolis Catholic school has again brought gun violence back in the spotlight.

At Minnesota's Hamlin University, James Densley is with the Violence Prevention Project Research Center.

His team's recent findings say those who carry out school shootings are often in a noticeable crisis, meaning students, staff and parents should be trained to recognize concerning behavior and how to report it.

So a lot of this is really around communication, that people trust in the systems that are going to get people off of that pathway to violence.

He says speaking up shouldn't lead to punishment for the person in question, but rather accessible and affordable forms of care.

The center also says mass shooters have significant trauma histories and researchers recommend a more thorough screening of childhood trauma as kids grow up.

I'm Mike Moen.

And Coloradans are giving their congressional delegation an earful before they head back to the nation's capital and resume work after Labor Day.

Colorado Representative Gabe Evans, one of four House Republicans to vote for the GOP's signature tax and spending bill, recently met with local business leaders.

The measure cuts Medicaid, food assistance programs, and clean energy investments to help pay for Trump administration priorities, including mass deportations and tax cuts.

Kelly Nordini with Conservation Colorado says HR1 is one of the most anti-consumer bills in some time.

It's gonna have Colorado families paying higher utility bills, breathing dirtier air and really bearing the cost of tax breaks for billionaires and big oil.

Nordini points to the recent scrapping of plans to build a battery factory in Brighton in the 8th district, which Evans represents as a direct result of HR1's rollback of solar and wind incentives.

The law also increases fossil fuel industry subsidies above the current $757 billion per year.

President Donald Trump campaigned on promises to ramp up oil and on gas production and to end clean energy investments that he claims amount to the federal government picking industry winners and losers.

I'm Eric Galatas.

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Next to Indiana where politics turn toward redistricting Tuesday as hundreds voted outside the state house in Indianapolis.

Our Joe Uluri explains.

Democratic leaders joined the group Mad Voters to protest potential new congressional maps.

Congressman Andre Carson of Indianapolis told the crowd why he sees the issue as critical.

I think what we're seeing is an assault on our democracy.

My hope is that my Republican friends, most of them don't want this.

Democrats argue Hoosiers deserve transparency in the process, but Indiana Republicans say they have strong reasons to support redistricting.

Attorney General Todd Rokita claimed the last census inflated numbers in other states reducing Indiana's political power.

And advocates for working families want the Congress to do more to lower the cost of childcare in Arizona and across the US.

The Child Care for Working Families Act is stalled in the GOP-controlled Congress.

Introduced in April, the bill would increase federal funding to ensure that childcare would cost no more than $15 a day for families earning the median income, which in Arizona is about $78,000 a year.

Casey Peeks with the Center for American Progress says the bill would also make child care free for extremely low-income families.

It's not just tackling the cost of child care, but also the supply.

So looking at facilities and the workforce, it also has a provision around universal preschool for three and four year olds.

Republican opposition centers around cost.

The bill hasn't been given a score by the Congressional Budget Office, but the two biggest programs, the Child Care and Development Fund and Head Start each got about 12 billion dollars in funds this fiscal year.

The bill would also fund grants to open new child care centers and guarantee higher wages for providers in order to stabilize and grow the workforce.

I'm Tramiel Gomes.

Finally, this year has been a batter year for red wolf recovery in North Carolina.

Despite shifts at the federal level, four litters were born for the last surviving population of red wolves in the U.S. located in eastern North Carolina.

Southeast Outreach Representative for Defenders of Wildlife Heather Clarkson says the red wolf recovery program has been a major success especially considering that the population was only seven wild wolves five years ago.

News of the new litters is a major accomplishment she says.

While 20 to 30 now seems low when you compare to where we were just a few years ago this is actually pretty incredible.

While there has been downsizing at the federal level, Clarkson says the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service has continued to be a good partner in red wolf recovery.

She says the success can also be attributed to groups such as the Red Wolf Coalition, North Carolina Wildlife Federation.

I'm Eric Tegethoff reporting.

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