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NPR News Now

NPR News: 01-21-2026 11PM EST

22 Jan 2026

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

0.031 - 10.29 Ira Glass

This is Ira Glass. On This American Life, one thing we like is a good mystery. Sometimes about really big things, but most times, the little mysteries are the best.

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10.59 - 15.619 Unknown

Our lost and found is currently filled with pants. I don't know, I've never seen this happen.

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16.06 - 16.721 Eleanor Beardsley

Wait, this is true?

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16.761 - 23.794 Ira Glass

This is true. Mysteries of every size, each week. This American Life, wherever you get your podcasts.

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25.175 - 41.007 Giles Snyder

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. After a nearly three-week trial, a Texas jury has acquitted a former Uvalde School police officer for his response to the Robb Elementary School shooting. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports.

40.987 - 59.164 David Martin Davies

Adrian Gonzalez was the first law enforcement officer to arrive at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, when a gunman was shooting at the school. Prosecutors alleged Gonzalez hesitated and did not do his duty. The gunman was able to enter a classroom and kill 19 students and two teachers.

59.144 - 80.781 David Martin Davies

After deliberating for more than seven hours, the Nueces County jury found Gonzalez not guilty in the 29 counts of child endangerment. This was the first trial over the response to the Uvalde attack. Former school district police chief Pete Arredondo is also expected to be tried. For NPR News, I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.

80.761 - 103.445 Giles Snyder

To Europe now, where there is a sense of relief after President Trump said he will not pursue military force to take control of Greenland. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today, Trump ruled out military force and said on social media that he will no longer impose additional tariffs. But NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports on concern that the crisis may be far from over.

103.606 - 122.527 Eleanor Beardsley

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Loke Rasmussen welcomed the fact that Trump now says he won't use force to capture Greenland. but warned that his expansionist ambitions remain intact. Speaking on French television, former NATO General Olivier de Bavin-Chauve remarked on Trump's disdain for Europe.

Chapter 2: What recent legal decision was made regarding the Uvalde School shooting?

123.408 - 147.802 Eleanor Beardsley

He basically said, you are all ingrates, we Americans do everything, and without us, you are nothing. Then, a few hours after his speech, Trump said he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have reached agreement on a framework of a future deal on Greenland. No details yet, though it does not apparently entail the U.S. owning the Arctic island. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

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147.882 - 160.144 Giles Snyder

President Trump has lately downplayed the possibility of sending military forces to Minnesota, but a military police battalion in North Carolina has been put on alert, as NPR's Quill Lawrence reports.

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160.124 - 171.357 Quill Lawrence

A U.S. official who is not authorized to speak publicly has confirmed to NPR that an Army military police battalion stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has received a prepare-to-deploy order from Minnesota.

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171.837 - 191.446 Quill Lawrence

That's in addition to the 1,500 soldiers with the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska told last week to ready themselves to support the Trump administration's massive ICE deployment in the Twin Cities. Protests have continued in Minneapolis for two weeks since an ICE agent shot to death Renee Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three.

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191.987 - 203.45 Quill Lawrence

The Trump administration is not investigating the shooting, but has opened investigations into Democratic Minnesota government officials for allegedly blocking federal immigration enforcement. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

203.61 - 226.877 Giles Snyder

This is NPR. The governors of both North and South Carolina have declared states of emergency ahead of that winter storm forecasters are warning about. A winter storm watches in effect from New Mexico to the Appalachian Mountains, and forecasters say it could cause power outages across the South this weekend. Experts expect frigid conditions to persist into early next month.

227.458 - 240.795 Giles Snyder

A new report finds as many as 11 million Americans used magic mushrooms in the past year. As part of a broader trend toward micro-dosing, when you take a small dose of a psychedelic drug, NPR's Will Stone has more.

240.976 - 260.061 Ira Glass

The Rand Drug Policy Research Center asked more than 10,000 adults about psychedelics. Based on those responses, the researchers found that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, was by far the most widely used substance. Other popular psychedelics were MDMA, ketamine, and LSD. Many people said they micro-dose,

260.041 - 279.784 Ira Glass

While there's no single definition, generally that amounts to taking about 10 percent or less of a regular dose that would produce mind-altering effects. Proponents of microdosing often say they do it to improve their mood, relieve anxiety and depression, or promote creativity. However, there's not much high-quality research data on microdosing. Will Stone, NPR News.

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