Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dohali Saikautau.
Chapter 2: What recent events are unfolding in Minnesota regarding police investigations?
Officials in Minnesota continue to push the Justice Department to include state police in the investigation of the killing of a Minneapolis mother by an immigration agent. Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports.
Democratic U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar say in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi that excluding state authorities from the investigation, quote, raises serious questions about its objectivity. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is asking the public for any evidence that they may have of the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good.
But Moriarty concedes that the FBI controls key evidence that she'd need to make a charging decision.
The FBI currently has, for example... Ms. Good's car, the shell casing, and witness interviews.
Vice President J.D. Vance says, quote, a bunch of radicals in Minneapolis should have no part in the investigation. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
Despite officials in the U.S. and Venezuela announcing that a significant number of political prisoners would be released from jails, so far only 10 have been freed. President Trump said the U.S. had requested the release and that Venezuelan officials were complying, as NPR's Carrie Khan reports.
Relatives and friends of political prisoners continue waiting in front of the infamous prison known as El Acorde, waiting the promised releases. The mountainous, multi-level building was designed to be a shopping center, but is known as the most feared detention facility in the country.
In announcing the release on Thursday, Venezuela's congressional leader, Jorge Rodriguez, the brother of the interim president, said the move should be considered a gesture seeking peace. Those released so far include members of the political party led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado and five Spanish citizens.
Human rights groups decry the paltry number of releases and say more than 800 people Political opponents remain imprisoned. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Bogota, Colombia.
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