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What cognitive disorders affect criminal defendants?
Cognitive disorders are common among criminal defendants. Many of them would struggle with a basic explanation. And it wouldn't even be, did they do it or not? It would just be like, where were you that day? Hear about one pioneering effort to address the needs of those with cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system. The Sunday Story from the Up First podcast. Listen now on the NPR app.
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has mobilized the state's National Guard to support local law enforcement there. That's after he put the guard on standby following the fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Good by an ICE officer. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.
Members of Minnesota's National Guard have been mobilized to support the state patrol, according to Guard spokesperson Army Major Andrea Suchia, who clarified that troops are not deployed to city streets at this time. She said that troops are, quote, staged and ready to respond across the city. In a post on X, the Minnesota Guard said that if troops are deployed, they will be wearing bright yellow reflective vests over their uniforms to, quote, help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms. This is different from other places in the country where National Guard troops have been federalized by President Trump and deployed to cities, and local residents have often said it's difficult to tell them apart from federal agents.
Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Minneapolis.
President Trump announced Saturday that he will impose a 10 percent tariff on several European nations that have expressed opposition to his hope for taking control of Greenland. At the same time, a demonstration took place in Greenland to protest Trump's actions, as NPR's Barbara Sprunt tells us.
Thousands of people marching to protest Trump. Lots of passion, tons of chanting of Greenland is not for sale. I saw a lot of hats that looked almost like the signature red Make America Great Again hats, but they said, Make America Go Away. I went up to one gentleman who had a sign that showed an image of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, and it said, Americans, we know there is good in you. Come back to sanity.
That's NPR's Barbara Sprunt with our report this evening. The U.S.
How is the National Guard being utilized in Minnesota?
is warning Syria not to continue a military campaign against Syrian Kurdish forces, saying it could threaten efforts to fight ISIS. NPR's Jane Araf has our details.
The Syrian military said Saturday it planned to push Kurdish forces out of Tabqa military airport in northern Syria, calling it a base for a Turkish Kurdish group it calls terrorists. It's the same accusation leveled by Turkey, which backed Syrian opposition fighters who later became the backbone of Syrian government forces. The U.S. fought alongside the Syrian Kurdish forces to defeat ISIS in Syria six years ago. It has been trying to broker a negotiated settlement between Syrian-led forces and the Syrian government. It says fighting between Kurdish and government forces will harm joint efforts to fight ISIS. Jane Araf, NPR News, Amman.
U.S. forces have now fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq. That's according to Iraqi officials. That withdrawal comes as part of an agreement between Washington and Baghdad to end a U.S. coalition that's been fighting the Islamic State in Iraq. Some U.S. military advisors and support personnel are still in Iraq, though. Officials say that's because of the situation in Syria. You're listening to NPR News. Uganda's president won his seventh term on Saturday. Yoweri Museveni beat challenger Bobby Wine by more than 45 percent. Wine alleges there was fraud and some polling agents were abducted. A new study about public attitudes toward the use of generative AI in entertainment reveals growing comfort with the technology.
But as NPR's Chloe Veltman reports, consumer acceptance of AI in entertainment depends heavily on how and how transparently it's used.
Around three quarters of the 2,500 US adults who responded to Hub Entertainment Research's 2025 survey say they feel at least somewhat familiar with AI and have used AI tools.
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