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NPR News Now

NPR News: 01-08-2026 4AM EST

08 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

1.769 - 5.034 Shea Stevens

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

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Chapter 2: What happened during the vigil for the woman killed by an ICE agent?

5.655 - 20.436 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.

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20.416 - 40.656 Matt Sepik

Witness video shows 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good partly blocking a street with her SUV as ICE agents were conducting what the agency calls, quote, targeted operations. After agents order her out of the vehicle, Good reverses the SUV briefly, then pulls forward and turns to drive away as one of the agents opens fire.

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41.156 - 50.305 Matt Sepik

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Good weaponized her vehicle in an act of domestic terror. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry says that's completely false.

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50.285 - 57.332 Unknown

This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.

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57.712 - 64.238 Matt Sepik

Using an expletive, Fry told ICE to get out of the city. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.

64.879 - 82.225 Shea Stevens

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. White House officials say the tankers are linked to Venezuela in violation of sanctions. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says the U.S. does not plan to run Venezuela, but will control its oil.

82.505 - 97.048 Unknown

This was the sanctioned oil that was basically just sitting in barrels, sitting on ships because of the effective quarantine of the United States of America. And the interim authorities have agreed to release that oil to the United States, so it will be arriving here at home very soon.

97.208 - 118.294 Shea Stevens

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife... Celia Flores are being held in New York following their arrest during a raid on Saturday. They have pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism and other charges. Congressional forecasters expect the U.S. will add fewer than 7 million people to its population over the next decade.

119.067 - 125.357 Shea Stevens

As NPR's Scott Horsey reports, that's largely due to the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

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