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This message comes from Live Wright, publisher of the Mattering Instinct. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, Rebecca Neuberger Goldstein argues that the primal need to matter is the source of humans greatest progress and their deepest conflicts.
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Available now live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Jeanine Herbst. Minnesota officials identified the person shot and killed today in Minneapolis as Alex Jeffrey Preddy. As NPR's Meg Anderson reports, he was the second person kill by federal immigration agents in less than three weeks.
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In a news conference with city officials, US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith named Preddy as the shooting victim. They said Pretty was a 37 year old ICU nurse, a US citizen and a Minneapolis resident. Senator Tina Smith, the Trump administration has already called Alex Preddy a domestic terrorist. He was a nurse. She stressed that if this can happen in Minnesota, it can happen in any community in the country. In the aftermath of the shooting, Mayor Jacob Fry requested that the governor deploy National Guard members to support Minneapolis police officers. Guard members will wear yellow safety vests to distinguish them from other entities on the ground. Meg Anderson, NPR News, Minneapolis.
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A massive winter storm is sweeping through a huge swath of the country from the southwest heading to the Mid Atlantic and then up through the Northeast this weekend with heavy snow and ice possible freezing rain and sleet is also expected in many states. That could bring down trees onto power lines, leading to widespread power outages. Already thousands are without power in the Southwest. National Weather Service meteorologist Josh Weiss.
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So if people lose power, people can't get out of their homes because snow and ice is covering the roadways. They could be stuck for several days without the ability to get warm. And it's going to be so cold. We've got sub zero wind chills that may reach as far south as Dallas, Memphis and Raleigh, North Carolina and all points north of there. So people are trapped due to heavy snowfall and damage, increasing rain. This cold is going to linger all of next week, making a dangerous situation truly life threatening.
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Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed because of the storm. U.S. officials say progress was made in trilateral talks with Russia and Ukraine to end Moscow's nearly four year long war. NPR's Tamara Keith reports.
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The U.S. team spoke to reporters after two days of meetings in Abu Dhabi with high level delegations from Ukraine and Russia. The officials said, quote, just getting them to the table to talk is a big step. And quote, the conversations were very respectful even if there were no significant breakthroughs. They said having everyone in the same room was progress. After months of at times frustrating shuttle diplomacy major sticking points remain, including how territory will be divided up and the terms of de escalation if there is a deal. The officials say the next meeting has already been set for a week from now. Again in Abu Dhabi, Tamara Keith, NPR News.