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Vance answered questions about the ICE officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.

As NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports, Vance took the briefing as an opportunity to slam the media.

Seventeen House Republicans joined with Democrats today in voting to restore health insurance subsidies that lapsed at the end of last year.

The House version of the proposed extension is not likely to become law, but NPR's Sam Greenglass reports that a bipartisan group of senators say they're getting close to a deal on a compromise bill.

On Wall Street, stocks close mostly lower with the Dow Jones Industrials.

gaining 270 points, but the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 104 points.

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The Iranian government has shut off the country's Internet and telephone services, and protests sparked by economic instability continue.

The latest demonstration was called by the country's crown prince as a test of his ability to sway public opinion.

At least 42 people have been killed in the unrest, and nearly 2,300 others are injured.

Some dogs can learn new words by overhearing people's conversations.

As NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports, it is similar to how toddlers learn language.

NASA has canceled its first spacewalk of the year and ending its mission to the International Space Station after an astronaut became ill.

The agency's chief health officer did not disclose the nature of the medical issue and says that the move is being taken out of caution.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens.

Thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis last night for a vigil mourning a resident who was killed by an ICE agent.

As Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reports, witnesses are disputing federal claims that the woman had posed a threat to immigration officers.

The U.S.

has seized two more tankers in the North Pacific, including one vessel that had been the target of a two-week-long pursuit.