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Giles Snyder
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. After a nearly three week trial, a Texas jury has acquitted a former Uvalde school police officer for his response to the Robb elementary school shooting. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports.
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David Martin Davies
Adrian Gonzalez was the first law enforcement officer to arrive at Robb elementary on May 24, 2022, when a gunman was shooting at the school. Prosecutors alleged Gonzalez hesitated and did not do his duty. The gunman was able to enter a classroom and kill 19 students and two teachers. After deliberating for more than seven hours, the the Nueces county jury found Gonzalez not guilty in the 29 counts of child endangerment. This was the first trial over the response to the Uvalde attack. Former school district police Chief Pete Arredondo is also expected to be tried. For NPR News, I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.
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Giles Snyder
To Europe now, where there is a sense of relief after President Trump said he will not pursue military force to take control of Greenland. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today, Trump ruled out military force and said on social media that he will no longer impose additional tariffs. But NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports on concern that the crisis may be far from over.
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Eleanor Beardsley
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Luc Rasmussen welcomed the fact that Trump now says he won't use force to capture Greenland, but warned that his expansionist ambitions remain intact. Speaking on French television, former NATO General Olivier de Bavan Shove remarked on Trump's disdain, disdain for Europe. He basically said, you are all ingrates. We Americans do everything, and without us, you are nothing. Then, a few hours after his speech, Trump said he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have reached agreement on a framework of a future deal on Greenland. No details yet, though it does not apparently entail the US Owning the Arctic island. Eleanor Beardsley in Pyrenees, Paris.
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Giles Snyder
President Trump has lately downplayed the possibility of sending military forces to Minnesota, but a military police battalion in North Carolina has been put on alert. As NPR's Quill Lawrence reports, a U.S.
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Quill Lawrence
Official who is not authorized to speak publicly has confirmed to NPR that an army military police battalion stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has received a prepare to deploy order for Minnesota. That's in addition to the 1,500 soldiers with the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska. The told last week to ready themselves to support the Trump administration's massive ice deployment in the Twin Cities. Protests have continued in Minneapolis for two weeks since an ice agent shot to death Renee Macklin Good, a 37 year old mother of three. The Trump administration is not investigating the shooting, but has opened investigations into Democratic Minnesota government officials for allegedly blocking federal immigration enforcement. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
This is npr. The governors of both north and South Carolina have declared states of emergency ahead of that winter storm. Forecasters are warning about. A winter storm watch is in effect from New Mexico to the Appalachian Mountains, and forecasters say it could cause power outages across the south this weekend. Experts expect frigid conditions to persist into early next month. A new report finds as many as 11 million Americans used magic mushrooms in the past year as part of a broader trend toward microdosing. When you take a small dose of a psychedelic drug. NPR's Will Stone has more.
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Will Stone
The RAND Drug Policy Research center asked more than 10,000 adults about psychedelics. Based on those responses, the researchers found that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, was by far the most widely used substance. Other popular psychedelics were mdma, ketamine and lsd. Many people said they microdose. While there's no single definition, generally that amounts to taking about 10% or less of a regular dose that would produce mind altering effects. Proponents of microdosing often say they do it to improve their mood, relieve anxiety and depression or promote creativity. However, there's not much high quality research data on microdosing. Will Stone, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
Stocks in Japan are on track toward ending a five day losing streak. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei rebounding in Thursday trading after President Trump dropped tariff threats and ruled out seizing Greenland by force. The Nikkei tracking Wednesday's gains on Wall street. All three major U.S. stock markets jumped 1.2%, the Dow adding 580. This is NPR News.
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