A presidential candidate in Ecuador has been shot and killed at campaign event Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country’s capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso said. Read more on NPR

Six takeaways from Disney’s quarterly earnings call In a fickle media market, Disney’s overall revenue grew 4%. Despite declining ad revenue and uncertainty over the Hollywood writers and actors strikes, CEO Bob Iger sees growth opportunities. Read more on NPR

Man who threatened Biden fatally shot in FBI raid in Utah A Utah man who was accused of making threats to President Biden was shot and killed in an FBI raid. The man also threatened New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg. Read more on NPR

There has been an 80% drop in cases of unruly airline passengers since 2021 The Federal Aviation Administration partnered with the FBI in 2021 to bring criminal charges more aggressively against disorderly airline passengers. Read more on NPR

Robbie Robertson, guitarist for The Band and Bob Dylan, has died at 80 The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer helped write the blueprint for Americana music, with songwriting credits including “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek.” Read more on NPR

Amid a water crisis, Arizona is using lots of it to grow alfalfa to export overseas NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Reveal reporter Nathan Halverson about Arizona’s investment in a major land deal that effectively ships the state’s limited water supply overseas in the form of hay. Read more on NPR

Biden orders restrictions on U.S. investments in Chinese technology The executive order covers advanced computer chips, micro electronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence. Officials cited national security, rather than economic interests. Read more on NPR