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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Hundreds of active duty troops who were told to be ready for deployment to Minnesota have been told to stand down. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports. ICE operations in that state may be scaling.
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A U.S. official has confirmed to NPR that more than 1,500 troops based in Alaska, Colorado and North Carolina have been taken off alert by U.S. northern Command. They had been on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota, where protesters have been demonstrating against the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement tactics. Last month, President Trump threatened repeatedly to invoke the Insurrection act and send active duty soldiers to Minneapolis over the wishes of state and local government. But after bystander videos showed two cases where Ice Age shot dead US Citizens, the public outcry seems to have prompted a shift. White House border czar Tom Homan says about 700 of the 3,000 federal agents in Minnesota are leaving. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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A federal judge in Florida has sentenced the man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump on a golf course when he was running for president in 2024. NPR's Greg Allen reports. Ryan Ruth will spend the rest of his life in prison.
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US District Judge Eileen Cannon previously found Ruth guilty on five counts for his planned attempt on Trump's life. When the then presidential candidate was golfing at his club in West Palm Beach, a Secret Service agent saw Ruth holding a rifle in the tree line, a hole ahead of where Trump was golfing. The agent accosted and then fired on Ruth, who fled in his car and was arrested. A short time later at a sentencing hearing, Ruth addressed the court seeking leniency. But Judge Cannon was unmoved. Your plot to kill was deliberate and evil, she said. You, you are not a peaceful man. Ruth's attorney says he will appeal the life sentence. Greg Allen, NPR News.
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The Supreme Court is allowing California to move forward with its new congressional map. Republicans had asked the court to block it, calling the map a racial gerrymander. But in a brief order today, the justices declined to intervene. California Democrats redrew the map to offset the GOP friendly redistricting that President Trump pushed for and got in Texas. The Winter Olympics opening ceremony isn't until Friday, but is, as NPR's Becky Sullivan reports, events officially got underway today in Milan.
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The first four mixed doubles curling matches are today and the men's alpine skiers had their first training run, including the US Downhill skier Ryan Cochrane Siegel, who recorded the day's fastest time in women's hockey. Group stage games begin tomorrow, too. The US Team is captained by Hillary Knight, and they will take on Czechia in Milan. It's a far flung Olympic Games. The only events in Milan are speed skating, figure skating and hockey. Everything else, from curling to ski jumping to snowboard cross to biathlon, is being held in resort towns stretching across the Dolomites in northern Italy. Becky Sullivan, NPR News, Milan.
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At last check on Wall street, the dow was up 222 points. This is NPR News. The Washington Post announced today that it's cutting jobs across its newsroom. The paper is shutting down its sports desk book sections, suspending its signature podcast post reports, and shrinking its international team. Leaders are calling the move a strateg. A baseball pioneer has died. Ron Teasley was among the first wave of African American players signed to the major leagues after Jackie Robinson broke the racial barrier and was also a standout in the Negro national leagues. He was 99. NPR's Debbie Elliott has this remembrance.
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Ron Schoolboy Teasley signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. He got the tryout after excelling in Detroit's Northwestern High School and in college at Wayne State University, where he still holds a batting record. He played for a Dodgers minor league team, but was cut a few months later and joined the New York Cubans of the Negro Leagues. That was unusual, says his son, Ronald A. Teasley.
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That means that my dad actually played in the minor leagues, mlb, minor leagues before playing in the Negro League. I don't think anybody other player did that.
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After his playing career, Teasley was a longtime coach at his high school alma mater and worked to return baseball to the inner city. Debbie Elliot, NPR News.
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McDonald's is bringing a touch of luxury to Valentine's Day. The fast food chain is releasing a limited edition McNugget caviar kit. It includes a 1 ounce tin of Siberian sturgeon caviar and a $25 gift card to buy McNuggets. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.
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