Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavoni.
President Trump on Thanksgiving Day announced the death of U.S.
Army Specialist Sarah Bekstrom gunned down in an ambush along with a fellow West Virginia National Guardsman,
Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe.
Wolfe remains in critical condition.
An Afghan Assaili, who authorities charge had driven across country to Washington, D.C.
for the attack, is now facing first-degree murder charges.
At a memorial service in Webster Spring, West Virginia Beckstrom's hometown,
the National Guard member was remembered with love and great sadness.
State Senator Robbie Moore says it's been a shock.
The loss that we are all feeling, the anger, the devastation, it's a lot.
There's never a good time for something like this to happen,
but it seems to hit harder around the holidays.
Sarah Beckstrom was 20 years old.
Investigators are still searching for a motive for the attack.
In the wake of the shooting,
the Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports.
At least 121 people are dead after a massive fire in a public housing complex in Hong Kong.
Porter Sharice Pham says more arrests have been made in a corruption probe linked to the fire.
This is one of the deadliest fires in Hong Kong's history.