Shumita (Shamita) Basu
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365 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 22 Jan
Shumita (Shamita) Basu’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And finally, a few other stories we're following.
ICE officials are forcing their way into people's homes without judicial warrants against longstanding guidelines.
That's according to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press.
The Department of Homeland Security memo authorizes officers to enter residences solely on a more narrow administrative warrant, which advocates say goes against Fourth Amendment protections upheld by the Supreme Court.
Lawyers, advocates, and rights groups for years have told immigrants not to open their doors unless they see a warrant signed by a judge.
AP reporters recently witnessed one case of ICE ramming a front door down without a judicial warrant in Minneapolis, and the instruction is apparently being used to train new officers.
A DHS spokesperson said ICE officers already had, quote, full due process and a final order of removal in those cases where they lacked a judge's signature.
The former school police officer charged with inaction over the Uvalde mass shooting was found not guilty.
As we mentioned yesterday, Adrian Gonzalez had been charged in what had become an unusual case.
Prosecutors alleged he had endangered lives by not following his active shooter training.
But after seven hours of deliberation, the jury did not agree.
Investigations into how the events of that day unfolded have sharply criticized the overall police response, but only Gonzalez and one other officer ultimately faced charges.
And the Sundance Film Festival kicks off today for the final time at its original home in Park City, Utah.
The annual festival, which features films that often go on to be big hits, is moving to Boulder, Colorado in 2027.
Plans this year include screenings of some of the festival's notable past movies like Little Miss Sunshine and founder Robert Redford's Downhill Racer, a film he produced in which he played an arrogant champion skier.
Redford, who died in September, will also be honored at a gala.
Here he is speaking about the origins of the festival in an interview from 2015, and one thing that people often got wrong about it.
The Sundance Institute says the festival is moving so that it can grow.
You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app.
And if you're already listening in the news app right now, we've got a narrated article coming up next.
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