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NPR Host
On the Throughline podcast from npr. Immigration enforcement might be more visible now, but this moment didn't begin with President Trump's second inauguration or even his first, a series from Throughline about how immigration became political and a cash cow. Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lakshmi Singh
LAW Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi singh. Vice President J.D. vance is paying tribute to his close friend and ally, Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week in Utah. Vance pledged to keep Kirk's legacy alive, though, when he hosted the Charlie Kirk show today. The executive producer of the show, Andrew Colvett, tells CNN interest in Turning Point usa, the nonprofit Kirk co founded, has surged.
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Andrew Colvett
It's been amazing to see. I mean, at this point, we're over 37,000 inquiries just, just through our website, tpusa.com saying I want to get involved and start a chapter. And to put that in perspective, right now we have 900 college chapters, official college chapters and 1200 high school chapters and about 3500 total. So 37,000 is enormous.
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Lakshmi Singh
A memorial service will be held for Kirk Sunday in Arizona. China's government says US Chipmaker Nvidia has violated the country's antitrust law. This coming as negotiators from China and the US Wrapped up two days of trade talks in Spain. Here's NPR's John Ruich.
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John Ruich
The state Administration for Market Regulation says in a statement a preliminary investigation has found that Nvidia broke China's anti monopoly law. It does not give details, but says the California based company also violated the regulatory conditions for its 2020 acquisition of a company called Mellanox Technologies. The Chinese regulator says it'll investigate further. Nvidia makes the world's most in demand chips for the development of artificial intelligence. The US Government has banned it from selling China its best chips, though. And the fate of Nvidia's business in the world's second biggest economy has become a political football as Beijing and Washington wrangle over trade and security issues. John Ruich, NPR News.
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Lakshmi Singh
Health officials have begun vaccinating people exposed to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the World Health Organization. NPR's Jonathan Lambert has more.
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Jonathan Lambert
The Ebola outbreak was declared earlier this month and has so far claimed 16 lives, including four healthcare workers. The virus is highly contagious and spreads through close contact with bodily fluids. To try to control the outbreak, health officials are employing a strategy known as ring vaccination. Here, people in close contact with sick people, including healthcare workers, are given the vaccine first to try to form a ring of immunity around the virus. So far, only 400 doses of the vaccine have been sent to the remote part of the DRC that's impacted, but the country has a stockpile of 2,000 doses. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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Lakshmi Singh
A British soldier is on trial in Belfast over the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland. The ex paratrooper, identified only as Soldier F, as being prosecuted on murder and attempted murder charges to which he has pleaded not guilty. Authorities say he was among the troops who opened fire on unarmed civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry, killing 13 people and wounding 15 others. From Washington, this is NPR News. Windsor Castle is preparing for President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom this week, and it will be his second such visit. King Charles III is expected to welcome Trump with royal pomp and ceremony, including horse drawn carriages and a state banquet in the name of diplomacy. The the United Kingdom is seeking stronger ties with the Trump administration, whose policies have tested Britain and other European allies on matters of trade and national security. Topical magnesium is a popular health trend lately. Many social media influencers claim it improves sleep, but there is little evidence to Support the fad. NPR's Katie Riddle takes a closer look.
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Katie Riddle
Magnesium supplements have long been thought to be helpful for sleep. Though there isn't much science to support this claim, there's even less evidence that magnesium lotion would promote sleep, despite what many tiktokers would have people believe. John Winkleman is a sleep specialist at Harvard. He says he has never recommended any kind of magnesium for sleep.
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John Winkleman
I'm a great believer in scientific evidence and if somebody is making a claim that something works, I'm going to say prove it.
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Katie Riddle
That says, says Winkleman, if magnesium lotion is working for you, there's probably very little harm in using it. KATIE riddle, N. At last check on.
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Lakshmi Singh
Wall street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 25 points at 45,808. The Nasdaq was up 165 points and the S&P gained 21. This is NPR News.
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