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A grieving community gathered at a church in Madison, Wisconsin last night after a 15-year-old girl opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School. A teacher and a student were killed in the shooting. The suspect, identified as Natalie Rupnow, also known as Samantha, died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Six other people were injured. Here's what else we know about the shooting.

Students at Abundant Life Christian School are escorted to a city bus to reunite with their parents after a school shooting December 16, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. Andy Manis/Getty Images .

. Andy Manis/Getty Images Police confirmed that a second grader called 911 to report the school shooting, said Sarah Lehr of NPR station Wisconsin Public Radio. They believe the shooting happened in a study hall. Last night, police said two students remained in critical condition. Mireille Jean-Charles, a mother of three school-going boys, told Lehr that even if they are not injured, she expects them to experience emotional trauma for a long time. Authorities say they are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting. They recovered a handgun at the scene and are working to trace its origin.

President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since the election yesterday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. For more than an hour, he discussed a range of topics, from concerns about his choice for Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to his promise to lower prices. NPR's Mara Liasson said Trump said everything was pretty much perfect when he was in office before, and that things would be good again with his return to the White House.

Trump says everyone is trying to be his friend, and Liasson tells Up First there are some factors behind that. He is seen as a more legitimate president in his second term after winning the popular vote. The business community is also expected to eagerly await the arrival of a Republican president. People approach Trump differently and pick their battles, believing he can change their minds on certain ideas and policies.

For the first time, surgeons have implanted a new type of modified pig kidney into a living person. This landmark surgery is part of the quest to use genetically modified farm animals to save patients with failing organs. Towana Looney, a 53-year-old grandmother, underwent surgery at NYU Langone Health Hospital in New York.

NPR's Rob Stein was granted exclusive access to the operating room during the seven-hour procedure, which took place on November 25. The hope is that eventually, genetically modified pigs could provide an unlimited supply of kidneys, livers, hearts and other organs to help solve the organ shortage. Stein, who visited Looney two weeks after the surgery, says she is doing well so far. Looney said she feels like she has a second chance at life. There are concerns that pigs' organs transmit dangerous viruses to humans, that they breed and slaughter pigs for their organs, and that they perform experiments on desperately ill patients. Deep dive

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The Food and Drug Administration is considering banning Red No. 3, a petroleum-based food coloring used for more than 50 years in thousands of products, from candy to soda. The petition to ban the dye has been under review since 2022, but an FDA spokesperson told NPR that a decision could come “soon.”

The dye could cause cancer in animals in high doses, but the agency determined it was safe in the amounts used in food. California passed a law banning Red No. 3 last year. Lawmakers in 10 other states have introduced legislation banning the coloring in foods. California's Environmental Protection Agency reviewed research on synthetic dyes and found that when consumed in food, they can negatively impact children's behavior. Red No. 3 has been banned or severely restricted in many countries, including Australia, Japan and European Union countries. Image exhibition

The robot “Helelani” is preparing for the competition on Peterman Hill near the Lucerne Valley. Raymond Alva for NPR .

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NASA technologist Rob Mueller has dreamed up a new desert festival called RoboPalooza. It has some elements of other desert festivals, but there is one key difference. In addition to live rock bands, food trucks and portable toilets, scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots. The festival is sponsored in part by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and focuses on building a future for humanity in space. Essentially, the headliners are space robots and the people who spend their lives building them. See photos inside the festival.

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Sotheby's workers hold the stone tablet of the Ten Commandments which is to be auctioned. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images .

. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Sotheby's is expected to auction one of the first tablets bearing the Ten Commandments tomorrow. This year is coming to an end, and NPR wants to know the biggest lessons you've learned. Share your story with us, and it may be featured in this December 29 newsletter. An 18-month Senate investigation found that despite Amazon's claims of safe working conditions, the company manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer.

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