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NPR News: 01-24-2026 5PM EST

24 Jan 2026

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What happened in Minneapolis involving Border Patrol officers?

1.448 - 19.454 Janine Herbst

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. In Minnesota, a U.S. Border Patrol officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says he believes the man was a U.S. citizen.

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Immigration officers were conducting a targeted raid against a person they say was undocumented and armed and wanted for violent assault when the man who was shot approached. Border Patrol head Greg Bovino says he had a handgun.

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The agents attempted to disarm the individual, but he violently resisted. Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, a Border Patrol agent fired defensive shots.

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47.385 - 51.428 Janine Herbst

Governor Tim Walz is calling on the president to pull federal agents out of the state.

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Donald Trump, I call on you once again. Remove this force from Minnesota. They are sowing chaos and violence. We've seen deadly violence from federal agents again and again and again.

65.563 - 83.481 Janine Herbst

This is the third person shot by federal officers this month. Two were killed, one was wounded. Meanwhile, protests continue in the city. The powerful winter storm carving its way across two-thirds of the U.S. is expected to hit the Northeast tomorrow, and New York could get its heaviest snowfall in years. Steve Kastenbaum has more.

83.697 - 92.929 Steve Kastenbaum

New York City mayors are often judged by how they handle a big snowstorm. Zaran Mamdani is in the middle of that test now as he manages the city's response.

93.27 - 102.181 Zaran Mamdani

Every single New Yorker is going to receive the same level of service where we prepare the city, take care of the city, and then get the city back on its feet in time after the storm.

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Temperatures plummeted into the single digits early Saturday morning, prompting an emergency declaration here.

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