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Luis Schiavone
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Luis Schiavone. A federal judge has ruled that migrants who were deported in March to a Salvadoran detention center were not given due process. He's ordered the U.S. government facilitate their return. NPR's Jasmine Garsd reports.
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Jasmine Garsd
In March of this year, migrants who were being held in a detention center in Texas were sent to seacot, a notorious prison in El Salvador. In order to send them, the Trump administration invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used wartime power. They were accused without evidence of being members of Venezuelan gang trend. A federal judge has now ordered the government facilitate six of these men's ability to obtain a hearing, writing, quote, our law requires no less. He also certified the group as a class so the the case brought by the six men could represent all of those who were removed on March 15. He gave the administration until January 5 to comply. Jasmine Garsd, NPR News.
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Luis Schiavone
More than a dozen staff members at the Heritage foundation have left the influential conservative group. They're joining a think tank founded by President Trump's first vice president, Mike Pence. NPR's Sarah McCammon has details.
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Sarah McCammon
The Heritage foundation has recently had to grapple with the boundaries of the conservative movement and the role of right wing influencers who promote antisemitism and other extremist ideas. Advancing American Freedom, a group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, says it's hired more than a dozen former Heritage staffers, including leaders of the group's legal, economic and data teams. In a statement, Pence says they bring a, quote, deep commitment to the Constitution and conservative movement. Heritage, meanwhile, issued a statement accusing some of the staff members who left of disloyalty. A task force focused on fighting antisemitism recently cut ties with Heritage over relationships concerns. Sarah McCammon, NPR News.
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Luis Schiavone
Concerns about wintry weather have led holiday travelers to get off to an early start. In the Midwest and the East. Snow and some wintry mix are hidden. The forecast. Aisha Diaz, Triple A spokesperson says the roads will be crowded between now and New Year's.
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Aisha Diaz
We only look at domestic travel when we're talking about the forecast. And more than 122 million Americans traveling is going to set a new record. We keep building on previous records over the holidays.
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Luis Schiavone
Another atmospheric river is leaving torrential rain in the West. In Northern California, there have been water rescues amid flooded roads. The National Weather Service is also forecasting heavy mountain snow in the Sierra Nevada. Forecasters say snow and mixed wintry precipitation are likely across the northern mid Atlantic into New England, with the heaviest snow likely to be across Maine. On Wall street today, the dow closed up 227 points. The NASDAQ gained 121. The S&P5 closed up 43 points. This is NPR News. In Washington. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Wegovy Pill, a drug designed to assist in weight loss and the maintenance of lower weight. Novo Nordisk says the pill is the first oral GLP1 therapy approved by federal regulators for weight management. An activist group says it has scraped millions of music files and data from Spotify, the world's largest streaming service. The group plans to release the files online. NPR's Isabella Gomez Samiento has more.
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Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The open source engine Anna's archive says it extracted metadata for 256 million tracks from Spotify, all of which is now available online. Metadata typically includes information like a song's artist title, genre producers and other identifying information. The activist group also said it scraped 86 million music audio files, which it plans to release at a future date. The group says its goal is to create the largest publicly available music archive. In a statement to npr, Spotify says the company has identified and disabled the accounts, engaged in unlawful scraping, and that it is implementing safeguards to prevent piracy and copyright infringement. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR News.
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Luis Schiavone
The oldest working National Park Service ranger has died. Betty reed Suskin was 104 late in life. At age 85, she was hired as an interpretive ranger at the Rosie the riveter World War II Home Front National Historical park in Richmond, California. She helped shape creation of the site to honor the millions of Americans who worked in defense. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.
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