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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump has issued another threat to Minnesota. Writing online, he says if attacks continue on ICE agents, he will invoke the Insurrection Act. A federal agent shot and injured a Venezuelan immigrant last night in Minneapolis. Authorities say the ICE agent feared for his safety. Last week, an ICE agent there shot and killed Renee, Macklin Goode. NPR's Meg Anderson reports. Anti immigration protests have grown to include high school students in neighboring St. Paul.
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The students chanted and marched with satisfaction signs that said things like skipping our lessons to teach you one and we will not learn your hate. They ended at the Minnesota State capitol. One student, 17 year old Shisintli Quiros, says she has had friends detained by immigration officers.
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We're fed up. We're tired. ICE is coming to our schools and it's like nowhere is safe now. And honestly, that makes me really sad.
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The day Goode was killed, immigration officers showed up during the dismissal of a Minneapolis high school and released chemical irritants on some bystanders. Since then, hundreds more immigration officers have been deployed to the Twin Cities. Meg Anderson, NPR News.
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The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today on Iran and its deadly protests. Rights groups in the US say more than 2,000 people have been killed, but Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi told FOX News that high death toll is exaggerated.
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I certainly, you know, deny the numbers and figures. They have said it is an exaggeration. It is a misinformation campaign only to find excuses to do another aggression against Iran.
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President Trump has threatened military action against Iran. New data show that signups for Affordable Care act plans are down for the first time in five years. As NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports, The the Trump administration has pulled millions of dollars from the marketplaces.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services says that 22.8 million people have picked an Affordable Care act plan. So far, though, that number is not final. Health policy experts had been expecting many people to drop their insurance because premium costs are double, on average, what they were last year after enhanced federal subsidies expired at the end of the year. The 22.8 million number is about 3% lower than last year, not a dramatic drop. It's the first time enrollment has dropped in five years. Analysts also warn that the numbers don't reflect who has actually paid for their coverage. Some people, especially those who auto renew, may drop their coverage once they get their first invoice. Selena Simmons Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
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You're listening to npr. The Senate has rejected a war powers resolution that would limit President Trump's ability to order new military action in Venezuela. Vice President Vance had to break the 5050 tie vote. Republicans Todd Young of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri switched sides to support Trump's position, allowing the GOP to block the plan. President Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, says the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza is getting started with phase two is supposed to focus on demilitarization, governance of the territory and reconstruction. U.S. officials say they've sent invitations to create an international body that will run Gaza. President Trump is supposed to choose who's on the board. Dinosaur ages have been estimated by using growth rings in their bones. One ring per year. Ari Daniel explains that may not be quite right.
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To really confirm the ring counting approach, one would need to study live dinosaurs. The next best thing are their living relatives, including crocodiles.
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Their skeletons tell a story about how they grew.
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University of Cape Town paleobiologist Anusia Chinsami Taran and her colleagues injected several crocs with an antibiotic, which got taken up in their bones. When they later looked at those bones, they found more rings than expected. This may have implications for dinosaur bones, suggesting some dinos may have been younger when they perished than previously thought. Researchers not involved in the study, however, argue it's premature to throw out growth rings as annual age markers. For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.
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