News Wrap: John Hinckley, who tried to kill Ronald Reagan, goes free

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• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  Thanks, Judy.

• GWEN IFILL:

  But, for now, we're going to back to Hari Sreenivasan in Washington.

• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  Thank you, Gwen.

  In the day's other news: The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will go free as early as next week. A federal judge ruled today that John Hinckley Jr. no longer poses a risk. Hinckley shot and wounded President Reagan in March of 1981. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and sent to a Washington mental hospital. He's now 61, and already spends 17 days a month at his mother's home in Virginia.

  In Syria, the Islamic State group has claimed a massive truck bombing that killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens today. The target was a crowded district in a Kurdish-held city near the Turkish border. Thick smoke poured into the air in the aftermath of the blast, and the resulting fires set off additional explosions.

  Christian and Muslim leaders in France called for solidarity today, after Islamic State attackers killed an elderly Catholic priest. The leader of the main mosque in Paris said all French Muslims condemn such acts. Meanwhile, mourners left flowers and lit candles at a makeshift memorial.

  And Pope Francis weighed in, saying — quote — "The world is at war."

• POPE FRANCIS (through translator):

  When I speak of war, I talk about real war, not a religious war, no. There is a war of interests, a war for money, a war for resources of nature and a war to control people. This is war. Anyone who thinks I am talking of a religious war, no. All the religions want peace.

• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  The pope spoke before arriving in Krakow, Poland, for World Youth Day celebrations. Hundreds of thousands of young people are expected to attend, under heavy security.

  The crackdown in Turkey has claimed more victims; 47 journalists were detained today. And state media reports dozens of newspapers and TV stations were closed. The government says it is rooting out supporters of an opposition cleric accused of fomenting this month's failed coup.

  Back in this country, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged again, but it also said near-risks to the economy have lessened. That leaves open the possibility of raising rates later this year.

  The news did little for Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average lost a point to close at 18472. The Nasdaq rose 29 points, and the S&P 500 slipped two.

  And officials in Hiroshima, Japan, are the latest to object to the smartphone game sensation Pokemon GO. They say players are descending on the atomic bomb memorial park, and asking that the site be removed from the game. They want it done before August 6, the anniversary of the U.S. attack that destroyed much of the city.