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Forecasters say heavy snow and crippling ice are in store for a large section of the country and frigid temperatures will persist into next week. More than a half dozen states have declared emergencies and pulled up National Guard troops. Governor Jeff Landry warns that residents in north Louisiana could be without electricity for days.
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An ice storm is going to create power outages.
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Ice accumulates on trees, it accumulates on the lines, and then it causes them to fail.
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School systems, including Chicago, Des Moines and Milwaukee canceled classes today, and airlines have canceled hundreds of flights. Debbie Elliott, NPR News.
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A 5 year old boy is at the center of a controversial arrest by ICE agents in Minnesota. He's now in federal custody in Texas. NPR's Sarah Ventri reports. He's the fourth child detained from the same school district over the last few weeks.
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The child, Liam Conejo Ramos, was taken from a running car in the family's driveway when federal immigration agents came to arrest his father. That's according to Zena Stanvik, the Columbia Heights Public Schools superintendent, the district where the boy is a student. She claims the child was used as bait to bring his family members out of their home. In a post on X, DHS says the child was abandoned by his parents and that's why he was taken. They've confirmed that both the child and his father are being held at the Dilley Detention center outside of San Antonio. In Texas, DHS continues to say that it's taking dangerous criminals off the streets of Minneapolis and that its officers have made over 3,000 arrests in the last six weeks. Sarah Ventri, NPR News, Minneapolis.
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Swing voters will be key in this year's midterm elections. NPR recently spoke to a focus group of 14 voters in Pennsylvania. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. The group voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump in the 2024 election.