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Have you ever thought about leaving the US Starting over somewhere new? Well, I have. And according to one poll, 40% of young women said they'd move to another country permanently if they had the chance.
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But why?
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Where to start?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Iranian government is branding those taking part in mass protests across the country terrorists and murderers. The head of the judiciary warns they could be executed. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
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Jackie Northam
Iran's judiciary chief said the Iranian regime needed to move quickly to judge and punish anyone taking part in the protests and that any protesters who beheaded or burned anyone alive shot should be executed. His comments followed a warning by President Trump that the US Would take very strong action if protesters were handed the death penalty. Trump urged Tehran to show some humanity. More than 18,000 people have been detained in the protests, which started in late December, according to the Human Rights Activist Network in Iran. The group says more than 2,400 people have died. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
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Against the backdrop of escalating tensions in Iran, some US Military personnel are leaving the Al Udeid Air base in Qatar, According to a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly. In a social media statement, the Qatari government also addressed evacuations of some personnel in response to current regional tensions. The Trump administration has abruptly terminated hundreds of federal grants for frontline addiction treatment programs. Local government and nonprofit groups say the cuts, totaling roughly $2 billion, will be devastating.
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Brian Mann
Here's NPR's Brian Mann in termination letters viewed by NPR. The U.S. substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration says programs don't align with the Trump administration's public health agenda and are being defunded, effective immediately. NPR asked federal officials for details about the cuts but got no response. Ryan Hampton heads a program that educates addiction response teams. He says his group lost half a million dollars overnight.
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Ryan Hampton
We're going to have to scale back and cancel a lot of our overdose prevention training, education, technical support that we do in the state of Nevada and across the country. It's catastrophic for us.
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Brian Mann
Public health experts tell NPR as many as 2000 programs could be forced to downsize or close. Brian Mann, NPR news, Washington.
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A U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota is in turmoil following the mass resignation of at least six veteran federal prosecutors. Here's Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepe.
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Matt Sepe
The lawyers quit over Justice Department pressure to investigate Becca Good, the widow of Renee Macklin Good, who was killed by an ICE agent last week. The prosecutors also object to the Justice Department's reluctance to investig the agent himself. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says there's no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation.
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Meanwhile, a federal judge in Minneapolis did not immediately grant a temporary halt to the ICE operation in Minnesota in a status conference this morning, but will hold a hearing on the issue either late next week or early the following week. The judge said while the matter is important, there is no substantial case law basis to make an immediate decision. From Washington, this is NPR News. The Oglala Sioux tribe in South Dakota is demanding information about tribal members still in ICE custody since they were detained last week in Minneapolis. The tribe's president, Frank Star, comes out, said in a statement four men were picked up at a homeless encampment. He says one has been released, but three remain illegally detained. He says federal officials told the tribe information about the detained men would be released only if the tribe entered into an agreement with ice, which the tribe says is not going to happen. A new global study of generative artificial intelligence in schools finds the risks outweigh the benefits, at least for now. NPR's Cory Turner explains.
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Cory Turner
The study comes from the Brookings Institution's center for Universal Education, and it included interviews with students, parents, educators and tech experts in 50 countries, as well as a review of hundreds of research articles. The authors found that generative AI can help teachers save time and could make access to education more equitable, but that those benefits don't currently outweigh the harms. The study found that when students use AI to do their work for them, it can actually stunt their cognitive development. And the use of chatbots designed to always agree with users is stunting kids social and emotional growth, making engagement with AI feel preferable to the messier give and take of human engagement. Cory Turner, NPR News.
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U.S. stocks are trading lower this hour. The Dow's now down 163 points at 49,028. The S&P has lost 60 points. The NASDAQ is down 337 points. This is NPR News.
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