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What recent legal ruling affects peaceful protesters in Minneapolis?
A federal judge in Minneapolis has ruled that federal agents may not arrest peaceful protesters or observers without probable cause. As Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports, the decision comes in response to a lawsuit from six people detained or threatened last month while monitoring immigration and customs enforcement activity.
The injunction also prohibits agents from using pepper spray and similar weapons on protesters and from stopping drivers without probable cause. Judge Kate Menendez says safely following agents at an appropriate distance, quote, does not by itself create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop. Officers arrested lead plaintiff Susan Tincher December 9th as she was observing them. They cut off her wedding ring, took her clothes, and detained the 55-year-old for five hours. The plaintiffs provided extensive video evidence, but ICE agents did not testify. The defense provided only a second-hand account from a field director. Tincher says she'll persist in monitoring ICE. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
Venezuela's opposition leader says she's sure she'll return to her home country and that there will eventually be a transition to free elections there. Maria Corina Machado spoke in Washington, D.C. Friday, one day after meeting President Trump at the White House and presenting him with her Nobel Peace Prize. His administration has sidelined Machado since the U.S. ousted Nicolas Maduro. NPR's Kerry Khan has more on our report.
Machado was asked what her role will be in Venezuela given that President Trump backs the interim president, essentially leaving the Maduro government intact. She says the acting leader, Delce Rodriguez, is a communist and runs a, quote, criminal regime. But Machado steered clear of criticizing the U.S., saying repeatedly that the moment in Venezuela is complicated. And I know that it is not the objective of President Trump or Secretary Rubio to leave the regime in place, she said. President Trump has spoken more about Venezuela's oil resources than a democratic transition. Machado insists she will have a role in Venezuela's future. Carrie Conn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.
NASA is one step closer to launching its Artemis II mission. It will eventually send astronauts back to the moon for the first time in five decades. Later today, the fully-stacked Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft will begin its slow rollout. Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson says the first movement will begin at 7 a.m. ET.
Takes us a little while to get out of the building, but about an hour after we get that first motion, you'll begin to see this beautiful vehicle cross over the threshold of the VAB and come outside for the world to have a look.
Stocks were down slightly on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 83 points. NASDAQ down 14. S&P 500 closed down by four points. You're listening to NPR News. The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear an appeal from agrochemical manufacturer Bayer. Bayer is trying to block thousands of state lawsuits filed against his popular weed killer Roundup by people who say it could cause cancer. Some studies associate the key ingredient of glyphosate with cancer. Bayer says an EPA approval without a cancer warning should block state cases. The United Kingdom's deputy prime minister has arrived in Ukraine for an unannounced visit. It's timed with the anniversary of what the U.K. calls a 100-year partnership with that country.
That partnership was signed last year. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from London.
During Deputy Prime Minister David Lamy's visit to the capital, Kiev, the U.K. government announced another $27 million in funds to repair Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The Ukrainian energy minister says Russia has attacked every single one of the country's power stations in a strategy Ukrainian officials call weaponizing winter. Russian attacks have left hundreds of thousands without heat or lights during one of the coldest Ukrainian winters in years, with temperatures around zero Fahrenheit.
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