Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Iranian government is branding those taking part in mass protests across the country terrorists and murderers. The head of the judiciary warns they could be executed. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
Iran's judiciary chief said the Iranian regime needed to move quickly to judge and punish anyone taking part in the protests and that any protesters who beheaded or burned anyone alive should be executed. His comments followed a warning by President Trump that the U.S. would take, quote, very strong action if protesters were handed the death penalty. Trump urged Iran to show some humanity.
More than 18,000 people have been detained in the protests, which started in late December, according to the Human Rights Activist Network in Iran. The group says more than 2,400 people have died. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
Against the backdrop of escalating tensions in Iran, some U.S. military personnel are leaving the al-Udeid air base in Qatar, according to a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly. In a social media statement, the Qatari government also addressed evacuations of some personnel in response to current regional tensions.
The Trump administration has abruptly terminated hundreds of federal grants for frontline addiction treatment programs. Local government and nonprofit groups say the cuts totaling roughly $2 billion will be devastating. Here's NPR's Brian Mann.
In termination letters viewed by NPR, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration says programs don't align with the Trump administration's public health agenda and are being defunded effective immediately. NPR asked federal officials for details about the cuts but got no response. Ryan Hampton heads a program that educates addiction response teams.
He says his group lost half a million dollars overnight.
We're going to have to scale back and cancel a lot of our overdose prevention, training, education, technical support work that we do in the state of Nevada and across the country.
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Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on the protests in Iran?
It's catastrophic for us.
Public health experts tell NPR as many as 2,000 programs could be forced to downsize or close. Brian Mann, NPR News, Washington.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota is in turmoil following the mass resignation of at least six veteran federal prosecutors. Here's Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Seppik.
The lawyers quit over Justice Department pressure to investigate Becca Good, the widow of Renee Macklin Good, who was killed by an ICE agent last week. The prosecutors also object to the Justice Department's reluctance to investigate the agent himself. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch says there's no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation.
Meanwhile, a federal judge in Minneapolis did not immediately grant a temporary halt to the ICE operation in Minnesota in a status conference this morning, but will hold a hearing on the issue either late next week or early the following week. The judge said, while the matter is important, there is no substantial case law basis to make an immediate decision. From Washington, this is NPR News.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is demanding information about tribal members still in ICE custody since they were detained last week in Minneapolis. The tribe's president, Frank Star, comes out, said in a statement four men were picked up at a homeless encampment. He says one has been released, but three remain illegally detained.
He says federal officials told the tribe information about the detained men would be released only if the tribe entered into an agreement with ICE, which the tribe says is not going to happen. A new global study of generative artificial intelligence in schools finds the risks outweigh the benefits, at least for now. NPR's Corey Turner explains.
The study comes from the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education, and it included interviews with students, parents, educators, and tech experts in 50 countries, as well as a review of hundreds of research articles. The authors found that generative AI can help teachers save time,
and could make access to education more equitable, but that those benefits don't currently outweigh the harms. The study found that when students use AI to do their work for them, it can actually stunt their cognitive development.
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