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Ryland Barton
Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The northeastern US Is getting the last brunt of a massive winter storm that dumped snow, sleet and ice across the south and East. At least 30 weather related deaths have been reported. The heaviest snow fell from New York northward into England. Arctic air is moving in behind the storm. Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz says he's had what he calls a productive call with President Trump about de escalating tensions over immigration enforcement in his state. NPR's Martin Costi says the talks come after bipartisan anger over videos showing immigration agents killing a Minneapolis man.
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Martin Kosti
On Saturday, Walz announced on social media that he'd spoken to Trump and that Trump, quote, agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota, unquote. In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Walz added that Customs and Border Protection commander at large Greg Bovino would leave the state. Since last summer, Bovino has been the face of immigration enforcement surges in Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans and now the Twin Cities, where he said without evidence that Alex Preddy had intended to, quote, massacre law enforcement agents before he was shot and killed. Bovino also provoked local anger by referring to the Border Patrol agents as the victims in that incident. Wall said Trump would send in ICE veteran and border czar Tom Homan to take over the operation. In Minnesota, Martin Kosti, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
The Republican chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Rand Paul, is calling for Immigration and Border Patrol officials to testify in the aftermath of Preddy's killing. As NPR's Claudio Grisales reports, Senate Democrats are also moving to block a spending bill that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Claudia Grisales
The House passed a spending package on a bipartisan basis last week it left for with the expectation the Senate would do the same. The bill needs to pass by Friday to avoid a shutdown of portions of the government. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the DHS funding plan is woefully inadequate and fails to keep ICE agents in check. In the wake of Preddy's death, Democrats are demanding Republicans pull the DHS funding from the overall $1.3 trillion bill, which also funds the Departments of Defense, labor and Health and Human Services, among others. Republicans are pushing back, but many are also calling for a full investigation into Preddy's killing. Claudia, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
A new Gallup poll finds that American workers have adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years. About 12% of employed adults say they use AI daily in their job, while nearly half say they've used it at least a few times in a year. ChatGPT sparked a widespread commercial boom for a AI tools that can write emails and computer code, summarize long documents or help answer questions. U.S. stock indexes ticked higher today and the price of gold shot to a new record. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A former French senator is on trial in Paris accused of drugging a lawmaker to sexually assault her. Joel Jerriaud is accused of putting ecstasy in a glass of champagne served to Parliament Member Sandrine Josseau. Blood tests revealed Josseau ingested a significant amount of MDMA using Guerriot denies intending to drug her. The case follows the landmark Pelicot trial, which highlighted drug facilitated sexual abuse in France. The Arctic is louder than previously thought, according to a new study. NPR's Rebecca Hersher reports. Much of the noise comes from snowmobiles, ships and planes.
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Rebecca Hersher
The Arctic is generally thought of as a quiet place compared to other regions where there are major cities. That's beneficial for ocean creatures, which thrive in quiet seas. But a new study by researchers in the United Kingdom finds that there's more ocean noise in the Arctic than previously thought. They analyzed recordings from underwater microphones. Here's one recording of a snowmobile driving on sea ice. That's what the snowmobile sounds like. Underwater climate change means a warmer Arctic, which makes it easier for ships, mining operations and other potentially noisy activities to escalate even more, the authors warn. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
Demands for more concerts from K pop sensation BTS in Mexico have prompted action from the country's president. After a quick sellout last week, the president, Claudia Shanebaum, sent a letter to South Korea's prime minister requesting additional dates. Shanebaum also reached out to concert organizers, but the promoter stated adding dates is currently not possible. This is NPR News from Washington.
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